Deep, Symmetrical T Wave Inversions
This ECG is from a 50-year-old man with chest pain. Unfortunately, we don’t have any other clinical information. This tracing is a...
Torsades de Pointes
Torsades de pointes is a specific form of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia that occurs in the presence of prolongation of the QT...
Atrial Flutter
This nice example of atrial flutter offers many teaching opportunities. "Sawtooth" flutter waves are readily visible in Leads II, III,...
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Here is a good example of an ECG showing the signs of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome during normal sinus rhythm. WPW is one of the...
ECG Basics: Torsades Cardioverted
These two strips are from one patient who was electrically cardioverted twice in a few minutes. The original reason for the...
The Art of Breaking Bad News
Breaking bad news is something that every doctor will have to do many times during his or her career. It can be a tremendously difficult...
Left Main Coronary Artery Obstruction
Today’s ECG of the WEEK comes from Sebastian Garay, Paramedic. He presented it on his excellent website CardioCareConcepts.com, and was...
The Oxygenator Assessment – Part 2
In Part 1 of ‘The Oxygenator Assessment’ we learnt what the oxygentor is. In Part 2 we are going to look at the 6 big issues that need to...
Sodium Nitrate toxicity
CLINICAL CASE A phone call is recieved from a high school in the ambulance coordination center, the caller tels the coordinator that one...
AV Block With Changing PR Intervals
Just like other subjects we are taught in school, ECG interpretation is usually taught in a very basic, simplistic way. As we add to our...
