It’s time for the LITFL team to highlight how awesome our ECG Library is… including some new additions and a page featuring Nick Tullo great ECG Academy videos.
Shock, syncope, sweating… and severe chest pain!
November 3, 2011 By 7 Comments
A 67-year old male is brought to hospital by ambulance with severe chest pain, sweating, vomiting and syncope. There is something deeply worrying on his ECG… Can you make the diagnosis that will save his life?
Emergency Musical Interlude XXVIII
May 17, 2011 By 2 Comments
The generic standard of mediocrity underpinning the Emergency Musical Interlude series has just taken a giant step forward with “Not Enough Perfusion” b y Manik, M.D.M.C.
Coronary Care Manual 2e – Review
February 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Review of Peter L Thompson’s “Coronary Care Manual (2E)”.
Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog
January 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
Reviewed and revised 12 May 2012 Among Scott Weingart’s ED Critical Care Dirty Dozen for 2010 was Dr Smith’s ECG blog. The LITFL team thought it was about time we gave this great blog a shout out too. Dr. Stephen Smith (@smithECGBlog) is a faculty emergency physician at Hennepin County Medical Center and an Associate [...]
Troubling Tachycardia
January 18, 2011 By 4 Comments
Another crazy night in the ED… One of the nurses hands you this ECG. “Will you take a look at this guy? He doesn’t look so well…” Can you recognize and treat this life-threatening tachyarrhythmia?
Flummoxing Familial Fibrillation
December 28, 2010 By 3 Comments
A teenager in atrial fibrillation… A worrying family history… A very unusual looking ECG… Can you put together the pieces of the puzzle?
Sudden Syncope on the Soccer Field
December 8, 2010 By 2 Comments
A 26-year old man presents to ED by ambulance after an episode of syncope while playing soccer. He begins to deteriorate in the resuscitation room. Can you make the ECG diagnosis that will save his life… and possibly the lives of his children?
A Subtle Sign of Something Sinister…
November 16, 2010 By 2 Comments
Can you spot the subtle ECG abnormality that will help you nail the diagnosis in this patient with chest pain?
