Book Review: ACLS 2013 Practice Code Scenarios by Dr. Ken Grauer

Submitted by Dawn on Sat, 01/19/2013 - 17:36

Are you concerned that ACLS is becoming "cook book", and some people are just getting their cards, without really understanding the reasons behind the ACLS recommended therapies? The ACLS 2013 Practice Code Scenarios book will remedy that.

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for Jan. 13th - 20th.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 10:12

Patient's clinical data: 46-year-old black man

The computer's interpretation was "undetermined rhythm".

What is the source and mechanism of this rhythm?

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for Jan. 6th - 13th.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sun, 01/06/2013 - 19:03

This ECG was taken from an 87-year-old black man and was diagnosed by the reviewing cardiologist as "complete AV block".

Is that really the interpretation or is it something else?

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for Dec. 23rd - 30th.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 12/22/2012 - 14:08

I performed this ECG earlier this year in an outpatient clinic.

Patient's clinical data: 85-year-old white man; asymptomatic.

Questions?
(1.) What rhythm is this tracing showing?
(2.) What clue/sign is used to differentiate between the two anomalous beats (i.e., 4th and 6th beats). HINT: It's named after a part of a certain animal's anatomy.

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Featured Case Study by Guru member Vince DiGiulio, EMT-CC.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 12/22/2012 - 11:25

This week, in addition to my own blog, I'm going to feature a guest case study by Guru member Vince DiGiulio, EMT-CC. This past Monday, Vince messaged me (along with Dr. Ken Grauer) on Facebook and requested my input and opinion on these serial ECGs. With Vince's blessing, he gave me permission to use any of his original 12-lead ECGs here on the Guru. Of his 6 ECGs, I've decided to post 4 of them here.

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Content on the ECG GURU / Twitter

Submitted by Steven on Fri, 12/21/2012 - 11:50

Content on the ECG Guru will now post to twitter. Follow ECG GURU on twitter!

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for Dec. 16th - 23rd.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 12/15/2012 - 11:54

Found this "gem" buried deep-down in the back of the vault and have wanted to share it for many months. Due to the impressive QRS voltage and overlapping waveforms, I initially debated on whether or not I should post this at 1/2-standard but in the end I decided to retain its original size. This ECG is from 27 years ago so I have very limited information, but this is what I do know.