A sick elderly patient with nonspecific symptoms
Written by Pendell Meyers An elderly woman summoned EMS for generalized weakness and multiple vague complaints. She was confused and ill…
Seizure and Tachycardia
This was written by one of our fantastic Emergency Medicine 3rd year residents, Emily Ferrari: A young man presented with AMS and seizure like…
Electrical instability in a healthy 50 year old. How to manage?
Written by Magnus Nossen (with 2 important comments by Smith at the bottom) The patient in today’s case is a 50 year old…
Pre-syncope and a bizarre wide complex
Written by Magnus Nossen with edits by Grauer. The following ECG is from a man in his 70s with a history of atrial fibrillation (AF). He…
Wide and weird
Written by Clare Gunn MD, peer reviewed by Smith, Meyers, Bracey A 74-year-old female presented to the ER after a trip and fall (unclear if…
Weakness and Dyspnea with a Sine Wave. It’s not what you think!
I don’t have all the clinical data on this patient, and unfortunately the ECGs are of low resolution, but they are good enough. Case A…
Right Bundle Branch Block with New Anterior ST elevation
An elderly female with no known history of CAD presented to the ED as a walk-in with vomiting and upper abdominal discomfort. The…
Wide Complex Tachycardia after Ingestion and Seizure
A young man presented after a prolonged seizure. He had had a fight with his girlfriend, and she thinks he ingested something, thinks it was…