Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

Written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 50s with no significant past medical history experienced acute anterior chest pain that woke her from sleep and radiated to her back. She described it as "stabbing", 8/10, constant, and associated with nausea. She denied preceding symptoms or recent illnesses. Here is her triage ECG during active pain: What do you think?

STEMI 119

STEMI Coronary ED OR 119

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JUNE 15, 2025

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Mobile Integrated Health 59

Mobile Integrated Health Paramedic Community Paramedicine OR 59

Peter Canning

JUNE 15, 2025

This is my first Father’s Day without my own father who passed away last August at 90. I think of him everyday. While I can’t call him, it is not hard for me to remember him. I see him hitting a home run in a company picnic softball game when I was a little boy. He ran around the bases as fast I’d ever seen him run as the outfielders chased after the ball and tried to relay it home before he crossed the plate to his side’s cheers.

OR 52

OR 52

JEMS

JUNE 15, 2025

A 78-year-old bicyclist was airlifted to a Massachusetts hospital with serious injuries Friday afternoon after being struck by a motor vehicle on Route 111.

Ambulance 52

Ambulance EMS 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 15, 2025

Reference: Ye et al. Preoxygenation strategies before intubation in patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure: a network meta-analysis. Frontiers in Medicine. 2025 Feb Date: June 12, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Aine Yore is an Emergency Physician, practicing in the Seattle, Washington area for over twenty years. She is the former president of the Washington chapter of ACEP, and her career focus outside of clinical practice has been largely devoted to health care policy.

ICU 245

ICU ALS OR 245

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

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OR 40

OR 40