Instructor Collection ECG: Simultaneous Occlusions in LAD and Diagonal
This ECG was obtained from a 35-year-old man who was complaining of crushing substernal chest pain which radiated down his left arm for...
Pregnancy Trauma
Background The pregnant trauma patient presents a unique challenge because care must be provided for two patients—the mother and the...
The FRCEM Intermediate Question Style:
An example of a question about cardiology. We'll try to share different sample questions to prepare for the exam. The questions in the...
Pneumoperitoneum
From medscape Pneumoperitoneum (air within the peritoneal cavity) most commonly results from perforation of abdominal viscus. On upright...
ACS
Approach Considerations Initial therapy for ACS should focus on stabilizing the patient's condition, relieving ischemic pain, and...
ECG with a pacemaker.
This ECG is taken from an elderly man who has a history of complete heart block and AV sequential pacemaker. On the day of this ECG, he...
Intoxicación por nitratos y nitritos
CASO CLINICO Paciente de 15 años, con antecedentes de alergias ambientales a ácaros y a epitelio de perros, y antecedentes personales de...
Bundle Branch Blocks (Part 1 – Left and Right Bundle Branch Blocks)
A bundle branch block is a disorder in which there is an obstruction in the heart’s electrical conduction system. These can be broadly...
Critical Chest Radiographs
Pneumomediastinum Pneumomediastinum is free air in the mediastinal structures. It most commonly occurs following trauma or iatrogenic...
CRITICAL CHEST RADIGRAPHS
Tension pneumothorax A tension pneumothorax develops when injury creates a one way valve for the air to enter but not to leave, the...
