Acute chest pain and ST Elevation. Activate the cath lab?
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 40s presented with acute chest pain. Here is his triage ECG: What do you think? The ECG above shows a…
Chest (or abdominal?) pain and ECG artifact.
An elderly woman presented with one day of chest and right arm pain, and also abdominal pain. There was associated tingling and numbness…
A 60-year-old diabetic with chest pain, cath lab activated
I came to work one day and one of my partners said, “Hey, Steve, we had a STEMI this afternoon!” I said, “Cool, can I see…
A woman in her 50s with chest pain and dyspnea
Submitted by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 50s presented to the Emergency Department with chest pain and shortness of…
Our OMI Toolbox Application is out now !
We are happy to announce that our “OMI Toolbox” application has just released and ready for your use. As myocardial…
A 60 year old with chest pain
A 60 year old with chest pain presented to the ED. Here is his first ECG: What do you think? It looks bizarre, doesn’t it? There…
Are these Hyperacute T-waves?
I received this ECG in a text message, with the message: “Hey, these look like hyperacute T waves to me, what do you think? It’s…
I was shown this ECG without any information. What do you think?
I was shown this ECG; “Steve, what do you think of this?”: What is going on? I said: “This is pulse tapping artifact and a…
Acute chest pain and a bizarre ECG
Written by Pendell Meyers A middle aged adult presented with acute undifferentiated chest pain. Here is his ECG at triage: What do you…
Bizarre (Hyperacute??) T-waves
Thanks to one our great HCMC nurses, Ryan Burch. He figured this one out. A dialysis patient presented with dyspnea. He was a bit…