Sudden shock with a Nasty looking ECG. What is it?
A 60-something woman complained of sudden severe abd pain. She was found by medics agitated, hypotensive, diaphoretic, and in shock. There…
A teenager involved in a motor vehicle collision with abnormal ECG
Written by Pendell Meyers A teenager was involved in a motor vehicle collision and presented to the Emergency Department via EMS altered and…
An elderly woman with acute vomiting, presyncope, and hypotension, and a wide QRS complex
Written by Pendell Meyers Family of an elderly woman with many comorbidities called EMS when she suddenly experienced shortness of…
A man in his 40s who really needs you to understand his ECG
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 40s presented for “left sided chest pain sudden onset yesterday when sneezing and coughing…
RBBB and LAFB: Is there a “concordance” of the ST segment in inferior leads? Is the ST depression in V3 due to RBBB only?
This ECG was texted to me. I later received this clinical history: The patient in his 60s with h/o COPD had presented with 2…
A man in his 60s with syncope. In syncope, what are we looking for on the ECG, and why?
Submitted and written by Rachel Plate M.D., with some edits by Smith and Meyers A man in his 60s with history of type 2 diabetes,…
A deadly alcohol binge: a man in his 30s with chest pain and initial high sensitivity troponin I within normal limits
Submitted and written by Emergency Physician Dr. Arjun J V, with some minimal edits by Smith and Meyers A man in his 30s was rushed into our…
Cardiac Arrest at the airport, with an easy but important ECG for everyone to recognize
Written by Pendell Meyers Every once in a while we need to go back and cover some easy but important ECGs. This will be far too easy for…
An 80-something with weakness, cough, and CP. Should this ECG provoke a Prehospital Cath Lab activation?
An 80-something called 911 for chest pain, generalized weakness, and cough. Here is his prehospital ECG: The medics were worried about this…
A woman in her 60s with 6 hours of chest pain, dyspnea, tachycardia, and hypoxemia
Case submitted and written by Anonymous, with edits by Meyers and Smith A female in her 60s presented with an ache in her chest that…