Lateral Hyperacute T-waves in V5 and V6
A middle aged male with no significant past medical history complained of several hours of chest pain. Here is his initial ED ECG: The…
Long QT Syndrome with Continuously Recurrent Polymorphic VT: Management
A young woman presented with intermittent shocks from her implantable defibrillator. She was intermittently unconscious and unable to…
Diffuse ST Elevation and Chest Pain, What is it?
A male in his 40s presented by EMS with 24 hours of chest pain. The pain was central, anterior, dull and squeezing, and 5/10, not…
Giant R-waves. What are they?
This case was sent to me by my frequent co-author, Brooks Walsh, with some editing by me: An elderly patient was brought in by EMS from a…
Chest pain in the setting of Paced Rhythm: 3 minute ECG Video
I recorded this years ago, before the blog existed:
A Male in his 40’s with Decreasing Chest pain – what do you think?
A male in his 40s presented with decreasing chest pain. Here was his first ECG: There is sinus rhythm. The QTc is 379 ms. There is ST…
More Evidence that Inspiratory Threshold Device Improves CPR
More evidence that inspiratory threshold device improves CPR (but only when CPR is done right!): Resuscitation online…
Cardiac Arrest and ST Elevation: You Should Learn to Recognize This!
The following case was incredibly interesting for other reasons, but in order to maintain confidentiality and also to allow for a subsequent…
Early Repolarization, Anterior MI, or Other?
A 30 something presented with atypical chest pain. Here is the ECG: –There is huge ST elevation in V2 and V3, approximately 5 mm.…
Four Great Instructional SMACC Videos from Hennepin
These great procedural videos on online at SMACC. All done at Hennepin County Medical Center’s Emergency Department by my…