Interpretation of ECG from 23 November 2022
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ECG of the Week 23rd November 2022
The following ECG was printed when the ST segment alarm on the cardiac monitor started alarming:
ECG of the Week 16th November 2022 – Interpretation
Interpretation of ECG from 16 November 2022
ECG of the Week 16th November 2022
The following ECG was obtained from an independent 78 year old woman at 11pm who complained of left sided shooting jaw ache that had commenced earlier that morning. She is adamant she has no chest pain. She had taken a RAT test earlier in the morning because of myalgia and was day 1 COVID positive.
ECG of the Week 9th November 2022 – Interpretation
The most obvious abnormality is ST segment elevation in lead aVR with diffuse ST depression in most other leads (least in aVL but obvious in all others).
ECG of the Week 9th November 2022
A 60 year old man, who speaks little English, is triaged as a category 2 for left sided chest pain after being brought to hospital by ambulance. He has a history of the following:
- CMML under surveillance (he says “no treatment, just blood tests”, but can’t tell you who his haematologist is)
- Kidney Dysfunction (he can’t elaborate further)
- Hypercholesterolaemia (takes a statin)
- Reflux (takes a PPI)