Happy New Year to the ECG Club List ...... I have a small favor to ask. I will be speaking at a State EMS Conference soon and I was looking for some input as I...
Jason: The most enlightening part of being involved (in a very small way) with the ACC D2B initiative was recognizing the gap between cardiology and emergency ...
Tom: I could not have said that any better! Here in our system, we had a combination of the two....some EM docs had a hard time giving up that control while...
I guess too many hours at work today, is my excuse for forgetting to move the decimal point. 4% false activations. Sorry! David A. Hildebrandt EMS Supervisor...
David: I remember reading about the Hennepin County experience! 0.04% seems shockingly low. If I remember correctly, at the time your first round of data was ...
Coming as a side thread from Jason's request... For those with the ability to activate a cath team prehospitally, based upon Paramedic interpretation: At what...
I'm looking for a 12 lead of a person suffering from an AMI in the presence of LVH... Barring that, descriptions of interpretation findings would be swell... ...
EKG Club: I created a brief article explaining the hexaxial reference system on the Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexaxial_reference_system Best, Tom...
Hello everyone. My name is Christina. Im so glad to have found your group. Im a RN that has gone back to hospital work. Ive been put on a Cardiac Care Unit. I...
Please review the following: http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic4/cardizeminj_ids.htm Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter. Temporary control of rapid...
Jon: In theory it should be okay to give Cardizem to AVRT, even an antidromic AVRT, because both AVNRT and AVRT depend upon the AV node for their maintenance....
Welcome Christina, try a google search for any type of rhythm. ECG library is worth a look... Joe ~ShutterBug~ <plantinga3@...> wrote: Hello everyone. My...
Welcome Christina, try a google search for any type of rhythm. ECG library is worth a look...www.ecglibrary.com Joe ~ShutterBug~ <plantinga3@...> wrote: ...
Recovering from a heart attack from stress. "Broken Heart" syndrome as some call it.Not a nice experience.Being a moniter tech I could read the strips and knew...
The reason, as I understand it, for not using in WPW with AF, is that the accessory pathway and the AV node can transmit independent signals, because the...
You might consider diltiazem to slow a very rapid rate, not convert it, in a recurring a fib where the patient is questionably coumadinized, et cetera, and...
Do you happen to have anything either from the manufacturer or a study that supports the use of NS rather than D5W. There are articles that state that it's...
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also called Ampulla Cardiomyopathy or Apical Ballooning Syndrome, is an acute cardiomyopathy that is probably a result of a...
Yeah, I know, I was asking if that was what he had since he described it as "broken heart" and the syndrome is commonly seen after an intense emotional event. ...
For the record, I also read that as "What is" as opposed to "Was it..."! :) The only other place I've seen this referenced is this letter to the editor in the...
Greetings to all, on this lovely Friday afternoon. I am seeking LP12 strips showing AMIs. Location of the infarct isn't important--preferably nothing...