Found this interesting. Zalenski, R. et al. Annals of Emergency Medicine 1993 Value of 15 lead EKG's 149 patients with clinical suspicion of AMI 28.9% with ECG...
Hi all, I received this message from the moderator of a critical care nurses group here on yahoo. Thought since most of the members of this group are most...
It has been my experience that the majority of the abnormalities do clear up within a short time. However, if there is any evidence of cocaine cardiomyopathy,...
Hi AnnMarie, That depends on the patient. In most cases, the ST elevation corrects within 24-72 hours. If ventricular aneurysms develop, then the changes in...
I acquired ekg #1 on a 60 yr. old african american male who presented to the ER with 8 day history of "cold" symptoms and increased shortness of breath with...
I'm working on figuring out how to get those files smaller. My apologies again... Pam __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find...
Okay, if I haven't already jammed up everyone's inbox...here are the files at a more reasonable size! I acquired ekg #1 on a 60 yr. old african american male...
Hi Pam, I cannot speak about your particular patient for medico-legal reasons. However, a hypothetical patient who presents with a lot of diaphoresis and a...
Seems odd that with those clinical symptoms he wasen't admitted but here is my EKG interpretation: EKG 1: NSR QRS's to P's and P's to QRS's regular no BBB ...
The patient does not smoke or drink. No history of drug use. No known medical problems other than the asthma and HTN. On his second visit he compained of...
Pam, I still have a hard time believing that in today's day and age, people are still letting someone out with only one set of cardiac enzymes! I know that...
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I finally got a chance to talk to my medical director yesterday about whether he thought we should be doing 15 lead ekgs on all of our patients with inferior...
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Andrew I had a great case today... time to review some of the basic rhythms again I think... partner and I disagree with the clinic but then I disagree with my...
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Hi Pam, Your director makes some good points about lead mislabeling, etc. but I have to disagree with him about waiting to see if the patient is hypotensive. ...
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Tom, I am a paramedic student, riding in an area where we are some of the few doing 12 leads. We are heavily trained in 12 lead interpretation, but want to...
Hi Iver, Here are a couple of graphics from my book. Feel free to use them for educational purposes for yourself and your department. I think that it is a...
I agree. If the 15 lead ekg needs to be done prior to even giving sl ntg then it would have to be the medics doing them...and someone would need to know how...
Dr. Garcia, In the graphic it looks like V4R is on the 4th intercostal space. I always thought V4R was on the 5th intercostal space with V5R and V6R on the...
How about a little March Madness! Here is a basic rhythm strip to go along with my story.... or maybe it isn't so basic! 87 yobf visits her long time clinic...