Another Cardiac Arrest – Is it OMI this time? Use your skills from the previous post!
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Steve Smith: A 49 year old male with history of HTN suddenly complained of shortness of breath, and…
A 33 year old male with acute back pain radiating to the chest
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Steve Smith Case I was called to the EMS control room to answer an RMA (Refusal of Medical Advice).…
T-wave inversions and dynamic ST elevation
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Steve Smith I received a text message with no clinical information other than the following ECG, with…
A middle aged man with unwitnessed cardiac arrest
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Steve Smith Thanks to my attending Nic Thompson who superbly led this resuscitation We received a…
The OMI Manifesto
The OMI Manifesto A collaboration by Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog and EMCrit Pendell Meyers, MD Scott Weingart, MD, FCCM Stephen Smith, MD The current…
You have two hours to save this patient’s life
Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Steve Smith A female in her 60s with history of CAD s/p PCI and CABG, alcohol abuse, and recurrent…
A crashing patient with an abnormal ECG that you must recognize
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits from Steve Smith Let’s consider this nearly pathognomonic ECG without the clinical context…
To activate or not to activate?
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Steve Smith I was texted this ECG with no clinical information: (This will be called ECG-2) What do…
Shoulder pain after lifting a heavy box
Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Steve Smith This will be too easy for most long-time readers, but if you are at that level, sit back and…
A female in her 60s who was lucky to get expert ECG interpretation
Submitted and written by Alex Bracey, with edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith: I was walking through the critical care section of the ED…