A woman in her 50s with multiple episodes of syncope
By Sofiya Diurba MD, reviewed by Meyers, Grauer A woman in her 50s with PMH known RBBB and prior syncopal events presents to the ED for five…
Another deadly triage ECG missed, and the waiting patient leaves before being seen. What is this nearly pathognomonic ECG?
Written by Bobby Nicholson, MD 67 year old male with history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the Emergency Department via…
What if your system adopted the recommendation that a computer “normal” ECG need not be shown to the doctor?
Written by Pendell Meyers with edits by Smith. Sent by anonymous A man in his 40s with no previous heart disease presented within 30…
Quiz post: two patients with chest pain. Do either, both, or neither have OMI?
Written by Pendell Meyers Two patients with acute chest pain. Do either, neither, or both have OMI and need reperfusion? Patient 1:…
Handed this ECG from triage. What will you do?
Written by Sean Trostel MD I returned to my desk after seeing a patient and saw this screening ECG sitting on my desk to be read. The…
Early repol or anterior OMI?
Chest Pain – Benign Early Repol or OMI? Written by Destiny Folk, MD, Adam Engberg, MD, and Vitaliy Belyshev MD A man in his early 60s with a…
Two prehospital ECGs of patients with chest pain.
Written by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith Here are two cases of middle-aged men with chest pain who had prehospital ECGs. Patient 1, ECG 1:…
What happened after the Cath lab was activated for a chest pain patient with this ECG?
Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers I received a text with this image and no other information: What do you think? I simply texted…
A man in his 50s with shortness of breath
Sent by Tom Fiero, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 50s presented with acute shortness of breath. Unfortunately we do not have…
How will you save this critically ill patient? A fundamental and lifesaving ECG interpretation that everyone must recognize instantly.
Written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 30s called EMS for acute symptoms including near-syncope, nausea, diaphoresis, and abdominal pain.…