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…
An elderly woman found down with bradycardia and hypotension
Submitted by Alex Bracey, with edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith A female in her 70s with PMH of hypertension, coronary artery disease,…
The blood sample is hemolyzed. Twice. Is there hyperkalemia on the ECG?
This patient presented from dialysis because his shunt was malfunctioning. He had no definite indication for dialysis unless his K was…
Potato Poisoning (Not due to Solanine in greens!). With Positive Modified Sgarbossa Criteria.
A dialysis patient presented with progressive weakness over 3 days. He denied chest pain or shortness of breath. He also had a…
Is this just right bundle branch block?
This ECG was texted to me with the text: “There is a history of RBBB but we do not have an image to compare this with. I interpret…
A middle aged man with unwitnessed cardiac arrest
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Steve Smith Thanks to my attending Nic Thompson who superbly led this resuscitation We received a…
Altered Mental Status, Bradycardia
911 was called for an elderly woman who fell and was confused. Medics found her unresponsive, with “convulsive”…
ST elevation in aVL with reciprocal ST depression in the inferior leads
Written by Pendell Meyers A male in his 50s with history of thyroid cancer was brought to the Emergency Department after being found minimally…
“Steve, what do you think of this ECG in this Cardiac Arrest Patient?”
I was shown this ECG. The resident asked: “Steve, what do you think of this ECG in this Cardiac Arrest Patient?” What do you…
Test almost all of your most important ECG rhythm interpretation skills with this case.
Sent by Anonymous, written by Meyers, edits by Smith: A female in her 70s with history of HTN woke up around 2am with severe shortness of…