EM Fundamentals

ECG INTERPRETATION

Goals and Objectives Goals Resident will systematically interpret ECGs and recognize common emergent ECG findings Learning Objectives Resident will be able to list steps in the systematic interpretation of ECGs Resident will be able to describe and recognize the characteristics of common ECG diagnoses: ST-Elevation MI Anterior MI Inferior MI Posterior MI LVH LBBB RBBB Atrial fibrillation Atrial flutter SVT Ventricular tachycardia Ventricular fibrillation

Recommended Resources Prior to Conference Anterior STEMI (LITFL) Chest Pain Case (Amal Mattu) ECG Reference Card (ECGpedia) PCI Cheat Sheet (EMCrit) Who Needs PCI? (EMCrit / Steve Smith's ECG Blog) (pdf) Additional Resources Archives LITFL ECG Library Amal Mattu's Emergency ECG of the Week Steve Smith's ECG Blog ECGpedia ECG Interpretation Systems "7 + 2" (ECGpedia) "Rule of 4s" (LITFL) "Double Mnemonic" (clinicalcases.org) Anterior MI Anterior STEMI (LITFL) Inferior MI Inferior STEMI (LITFL) Posterior MI Posterior MI (EM-in-5) Posterior MI: How Accurate is Flipped ECG? (ALIEM) Miscellaneous Who Needs PCI? (EMCrit / Steve Smith's ECG Blog) Steve Smith on ECGs (EMCrit) Pediatric ECG Interpretation (EM-in-5)

Original Post by Eric Shappell on 9/11/2014
Reviewed by James Ahn on 9/11/2014
Last Updated by Eric Shappell on 06/12/2015 Contact / Feedback