Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 14, 2023

A 40-something with persistent Ventricular Fibrillation presented after attempted prehospital resuscitation A 40-something with no previous cardiac history presented to the ED in persistent Ventricular Fibrillation after attempted prehospital resuscitation. Finally, head-up CPR (which was not used here), makes for better resuscitation.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Furthermore, among 35 patients with acute left main coronary artery occlusion, 9 presented with RBBB (mostly with LAH) on the admission ECG. See this paper by Widimsky et al, which shows the high association of RBBB, especially with LAFB, with LAD occlusion.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Jesse McLaren (@ECGcases), of Emergency Medicine Cases Reviewed by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith An 85yo with a history of hypertension developed chest pain and collapsed, and had bystander CPR. The patient was brought to the ED as a possible Code STEMI and was seen directly by cardiology. Vitals were HR 58 BP 167/70 R20 sat 96%.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This post will focus on the key parts of the guideline that affect ED evaluation and management. It is reasonable to administer vasodilators (eg, nitrates, phentolamine, calcium channel blockers) for patients with cocaine-induced coronary vasospasm or hypertensive emergencies. Top 10 Take Home Pearls 1. COR 2a, LOE C-LD.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The patient arrived in the ED and had this ECG recorded: Interpretation? Is there likely to be fixed coronary stenosis that led to demand ischemia during pneumonia? --Was Furthermore, among 35 patients with acute left main coronary artery occlusion, 9 presented with RBBB (mostly with LAFB) on the admission ECG.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 9, 2017

Case A 42-year-old lady presented to the ED with complaints of intermittent episodes of chest pain associated with shortness of breath for the last 2 days. CPR was initiated and she subsequently entered into V-Fib storm. If this patient was discharged from the ED she very likely would have died. Thanks, Sam! Normal ECG.”

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

This is a 30-something healthy patient presented with COVID pneumonia who presented to the ED. He underwent CPR, and regained a pulse after epinephrine, with an organized narrow complex rhythm at 140, but still with severe shock. And so it is wise to look at the coronary arteries. He was moderately hypoxic.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 9, 2019

Post by Smith and Meyers Sam Ghali ( [link] ) just asked me (Smith): "Steve, do left main coronary artery *occlusions* (actual ones with transmural ischemia) have ST Depression or ST Elevation in aVR?" Smith and Meyers answer: First , LM occlusion is uncommon in the ED because most of these die before they can get a 12-lead recorded.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

About an hour later, he was then found on the floor in cardiac arrest in the ED. He underwent CPR and then was shocked out of VF. The history in today's case — was that of a man in his 70s who presented to the ED for 2 hours of chest pain , that was still present on arrival in the ED. But we should not be surprised.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 11, 2016

Her prehospital ECG was identical to her first ED ECG, and the cath lab was activated: There is massive ST elevation (greater than 15 mm) in V2 and V3, with ST elevation in I and aVL and reciprocal ST depression in II, III, aVF. Peterson ED, Hathaway WR, Zabel KM, et al. Hathaway WR, Peterson ED, Wagner GS, et al.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Here is his ECG on presentation to the ED, approximately 45 minutes after onset of pain, but with pain improving since onset: What is your interpretation? The initial ECG was interpreted as "normal" by the computer ( Algorithm: Marquette GE / 12SL ) and "no acute ischemic changes" by the ED physician.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

He reportedly told his family "I think I'm having a heart attack", then they immediately drove him to the ED, and he was able to ambulate into the triage area before he collapsed and became unresponsive. CPR was initiated immediately. It was reportedly a PEA arrest; there was no recorded V Fib and no defibrillation.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 29, 2020

CPR was started immediately. I was texted this ECG in real time, but it turns out to actually be the 2nd one recorded in the ED. ECG #4 — This is the 3rd ECG that was done in this case ( obtained ~1 hour after arrival in the ED ). A 60-something woman presented after a witnessed cardiac arrest. She was never defibrillated.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Sex ed” sucks. They believe that Sex Ed programs are irrelevant to real-life experience and contain inadequate discussion of important issues, including consent or positive sexual relationships. Reviewed by: Vicki Currie Article 5: Does occluding the femoral artery during neonatal CPR increase the likelihood of ROSC? (In

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