Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Instructive ECGs in Emergency Medicine Clinical Content

Associate Editors:
— Pendell Meyers & Ken Grauer (2018)
— Jesse McLaren & Emre Aslanger (2022)
— Willy Frick (2024) — Sam Ghali (2025)

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Resources


Protocols:

— Abbott High Sensitivity Troponin Algorithm at Hennepin Healthcare


ECG Educational Videos (on various ECG-related Topics)

— ECG Videos by Dr. Sam Ghali

— Additional ECG-related Videos …


Laddergrams (How to Read and/or Draw Laddergrams):

— Laddergrams in Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog

— More Laddergrams (from Dr. Ken Grauer’s ECG Blog)


LVH (ECG Criteria for LVH and LV “Strain” ):

— ECG Criteria for LVH

— ECG Criteria for RVH (See My Comment in the February 12, 2023 post).

— ECG Criteria for RAA and LAA ( CLICK HERE ).


Systematic Approach to ECG Interpretation

— See My Comment at the bottom of the page in the October 17, 2022 post.


Low Voltage (and an example of “Shark Fin“ ST Elevation)

— Causes of Low Voltage (and a Shark Fin example)

— What is Voltage Discordance?


Books:

— Dr. Smith’s Book: The ECG in Acute MI

— Doug Brunette’s Great Book: Extraordinary Cases in Emergency Medicine 

— Dr. Wang’s Atlas of EKG – the best

— Great Ultrasound Textbook, Reardon on Echocardiography

— Critical Decisions in Acute Care electrocardiography — ACS section by Dr. Smith


Websites:

— Life in the Fast Lane Best ECG Resources

— To test your rhythm interpretation skills: https://monitortech.org/rhythm-strip-practice.html

— Pierre Taboulet’s Great French ECG site

— ECG Medical Training

— Life in the Fast Lane ECG library

— EMS 12-Lead

— Ken Grauer‘s excellent ECG Interpretation BLOG —

— EM Crit

— hqmeded.com