Sudden Chest pain and SOB with a Wide Complex Tachycardia
This case was contributed by a medic who wishes to remain anonymous (his comments are in red). This was a 60 something male who called for…
A Middle-Aged Man with Chest pain, Hypotension and Tachycardia
In the evening, a middle-aged man complained of chest pain at the nursing home. Nurses found him with a BP of 50/30 and heart rate of…
An athletic 30-something woman with acute substernal chest pressure
Post by Smith, with short article by Angie Lobo (https://twitter.com/ALoboMD), a third year intermal medicine resident at Abbott…
Chest pain and T-wave inversion in lead V2
This is the ECG of a young man who complained of chest pain. Here is the computer interpretation: ATRIAL FLUTTER/TACHYCARDIA (this is…
Prehospital OMI recognized immediately by a fantastic paramedic
Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Steve Smith This case was sent by a paramedic who wishes to remain anonymous. “The enclosed case…
RBBB. Is there ST Elevation in III and aVR, with reciprocal ST depression in I and aVL?
I received this ECG from someone who wishes to remain anonymous. Case “Last night we had a Stage 4 Lymphoma Cancer Patient presenting…
Could you have prevented this young man’s cardiac arrest?
Written by Pendell Meyers We received a call from an outside hospital asking to transfer a “traumatic post arrest” patient. We…
A pathognomonic ECG you should recognize instantly
Written by Pendell Meyers Here’s a pathognomonic ECG from a patient presenting with generalized weakness and malaise. After so many…
Bupropion Overdose Followed by Cardiac Arrest and, Later, ST Elevation. Is it STEMI?
A young woman presented with status seizures and apparent overdose of bupropion. There was a question of cocaine use too (with later…
Syncope in a 20-something woman
A 20-something was outside exerting herself. She states that it was hot outside and that she was probably dehydrated. At one…