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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge for the month of January, 2014.

Patient data:  64-year old man who, prior to this ECG, had been in normal sinus rhythm.  Whatever your level of sophistication in rhythm interpretation (i.e., basic, intermediate, or advanced), this ECG has a little bit of something for everybody.  Basic interpreters will undoubtedly recognize the dominant disturbance of rhythm.  Intermediate interpreters will probably add more descriptors to their interpretation that will better describe the overall pattern.  Advanced interpreters will recognize the unique nature of multilev

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Teaching Tip: A Series of ECGs Can Tell A Story

When teaching ECG, I always try to make the ECG interpretation have some practical context for the student.  Why study squiggly lines, if they don't mean something to our care of our patients?  Even putting a simple scenario (actual or invented) with an ECG can make it more relevant for your students.  A series of ECGs taken as the patient undergoes changes, is especially helpful.

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Amal Mattu's ECG Case of the Week: Dec 16, 2013


With Dr. Mattu's expressed consent, we are posting this week's video.

Are you an arrogant schmuck? Find out in 20 minutes!

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge for the month of December, 2013.

The only patient data I have is that this ECG is from a 73-year old man.  At the request of the site administrator (Dawn Altman), I'm posting this ECG because there isn't one quite like it in the Guru's archives.  Some readers will recognize it as one I recently posted on another website.  This one lives up to the title of "Challenging".  I'll make the same general statement I did on the other website:  You'll need to make careful measurements with calipers on this ECG to come to the correct interpretation.

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the month of November, 2013.

Sticking with the same general theme from my last ECG Challenge for the months of September and October, 2013.  This is more of a back-to-basics for some readers but will still challenge others.  No information for this patient other than it was an adult.  How would you interpret this?   

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IT'S OUR SECOND ANNIVERSARY!

Thanks to all teachers, students, and ECG users who have visited and interacted with our site! We have grown from 17 visitors the first day (probably all  Administrators and friends), to 14,500 unique visitors and over 17,000 visits per month!  We love providing content that helps you teach and learn ECG. Please comment here or email any suggestions for content you would like to see in the future.  THANKS TO A GREAT TWO YEARS - LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE!

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Book Review: Dr. Grauer's New Book Is Out!

Dr. Ken Grauer's 2014 edition of the ECG Pocket Brain is now available!  

Those of you who have visited the ECG Guru before are already familiar with Dr. Ken Grauer and his wonderful teaching style.  He is a frequent contributer to the ECG Guru, both on the "Ask the Expert" page, and as a commenter on our content.  Dr. Grauer's ECG and ACLS books are valuable resources for ECG students, instructors, and anyone who interprets ECGs.

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Take Time to Relax

Most visitors to this site are busy medical professionals, instructors, or students.  Most of us endure a great deal of stress in our lives as we deal with life, death, and quality of life issues with our patients.  We take on extreme responsibility and do potentially dangerous procedures while trying to improve the health of our patients.

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Mattu ECG Case: Aug 19, 2013


With Dr. Mattu's expressed consent, we are posting a video of his that covers one of his (and our) favorite topics!

If you love Wellens ECGs, here's 4 cases and 16 minutes of love!
Dr. Amal Mattu, an Emergency Physician with University of MD, brings you weekly educational EKG Videos that could help you save a life! Check out all of the Cases of the week at http://ekg.umem.org

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge for the months of September and October, 2013.

Patient's clinical data:  56-year old man.

At Dawn's request, this month's ECG is laying down the foundation for a topic she wanted me to eventually talk about on the ECG Guru.  On this ECG, I'm not just looking for the obvious disturbance of rhythm.  This type of ECG is literally begging for a laddergram to help reveal the mechanism responsible for a couple of very subtle and rare findings.

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