Inferior MI subtleserial ECGThrombolyticsTransfer for PCI11 Min Read Steve SmithonNovember 8, 2019 A 41 year old with chest pain and a Nondiagnostic Triage ECG. Thrombolytics prior to transfer for PCI. This was sent by Tom Fiero, from Merced CA, and an avid reader of the blog. “A 41 yo man presented with sudden severe chest pain, onset…
7 Min Read Steve SmithonNovember 5, 2019 A healthy 30-something presented with nausea, vomiting, benign positional vertigo and atrial fibrillation A healthy 30-something presented with nausea, vomiting, vertigo and atrial fibrillation. The vertigo is triggered by head movement and…
aVRDiffuse ST Depressionintracranial hemorrhageST depression7 Min Read Pendell MeyersonNovember 3, 2019 A man in his 50s with witnessed arrest and ST elevation in aVR Written by Meyers, edits by Smith A 50-ish year old man was working construction when he suddenly collapsed. Coworkers started CPR within 1…
6 Min Read Steve SmithonNovember 1, 2019 How do you interpret this ECG? Late in an evening shift, during a lull in care, I was reading a list of ECGs, one after another, on the computer queue and saw this one,…