Seizure and Tachycardia
This was written by one of our fantastic Emergency Medicine 3rd year residents, Emily Ferrari: A young man presented with AMS and seizure like…
Chest pain. Is this EKG completely Normal? First hs troponin T = 32 ng/L. Management? Diagnosis?
This was contributed by Hans Helseth (he will start medical school soon). With edits and additions by Smith and Grauer. A 75 year old…
Do we need serial ECGs for this case of chest pain?
From Drew Williams A 40-something patient called 911 for 30 minutes of left sided chest pain radiating to right arm/shoulder (Smith aside:…
What is this rhythm? And what should we do about it?
This was written by Hans Helseth, with Ken Grauer, and a bit of help from Smith Without any patient information, how might you interpret…
HEART Score Zero. Computer Normal ECG. Troponin Undetectable. Speckle Tracking Echo normal.
A completely healthy 30-something year old woman with no cardiac risk factors had sudden onset of bilateral trapezius pain that radiated…
Altered mental status, bradycardia
This was written by Hans Helseth. Paramedics arrived at the house of a 59 year old man after his caretaker called 911 for altered mental…