Cardiac Arrest, Wide Complex, Is it STEMI?
For other cases of cardiac arrest, see these posts Case This 200 kg patient was watching TV when he had a witnessed v fib arrest, and had a…
Incomplete LBBB, posterior STEMI, posterior leads, in a snowstorm
A 76 yo male had Chest Pain followed by a cardiac arrest. He was resuscitated in the field, and had hypotension annd electrical storm in the…
Cardiac Arrest suddenly after blood loss, is it due to MI? Also, when the rhythm looks like torsade, it is usually not.
A 74 yo f with ESRD on dialysis and h/o CAD bumped her access fistula and began to bleed profusely. She had a prehospital BP of 60, pulse 70,…
Atypical Left Bundle Branch with acute RCA occlusion
This 70 year old woman with a history of left bundle branch block presented with 10 hours of dyspnea. Notice there is QRS widening with a wide…
If there is high suspicion for ischemia, do serial EKGs and pay attention to them!
Case 1) This is the initial EKG of a 60 yo male with a couple days of stuttering chest pain. He is pain free at the time of the EKG at 2100.…