The following ECG is from a 60 year old lady with chest pain and dyspnoea a few hours after finishing a triathlon. At the scene she was hypothermic at 32 degrees.
On arrival to ED she has no chest pain but ongoing dyspnoea and her temperature has normalised.
This is her initial ECG, what are the key abnormalities and how will you manage the patient?
With thanks to Dr Lorna Cronin for ECG and answer.
A 67 year old man with possible cardiomyopathy and renal impairment is seen post ROSC.
His blood tests show: Continue reading
Several pieces of gold in the FOAM world from doctors Stephen Smith and Amal Mattu have highlighted the importance of ST changes in ECG lead aVL for diagnosing and excluding inferior and lateral STEMIs.
Having recently returned from the FOAM-ite mecca, SMACC GOLD, in this edition I take a look at just a few of the many highlights. Given there were frequently 3 speakers on at the same time, there were many talks that I missed so this is not an all inclusive list by any means. Continue reading
Here’s the answer to our ECG of the Week.
Here’s the answer to our ECG of the Week.
Here’s the answer to our ECG of the week.
Here’s the answer to our ECG of the week.
A 58y.o presents with 90 minutes of palpitations, chest pain, dizziness and this ECG
No clinical information on this one but an interesting ECG