Ecgstasy!

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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!

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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?

ECG “Rule of Fours”

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ECG pimping – the ECG rule of fours…

Emergency Musical Interlude XXVIII

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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

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Review of Peter L Thompson’s “Coronary Care Manual (2E)”.

Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog

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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 is a faculty emergency physician at Hennepin County Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University [...]

Troubling Tachycardia

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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

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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

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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…

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Can you spot the subtle ECG abnormality that will help you nail the diagnosis in this patient with chest pain?