Showing posts with label ECG259. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ECG259. Show all posts

Wednesday, 1 January 2014

ECG of the Week - 30th December 2013 - Interpretation

The next ECG follows on the case of our patient from last week.
Following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest the patient presented with ROSC.
The initial ECG on Emergency Department presentation can be found here.
Following initial treatment with iv adrenaline infusion, external pacing, a transvenous pacing wire was placed.
The resultant ECG is below.

Friday, 27 December 2013

ECG of the Week - 30th December 2013

This ECG follows on the case of our patient from last week.
Following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest the patient, a 58 yr old male, presented with ROSC.
Initial treatment included iv adrenaline infusion and external pacing, followed by placement of a transvenous pacing wire. The resultant ECG is below.

Friday, 20 December 2013

ECG of the Week - 23rd December 2013

The following ECG is from a 58yr old male who was brought to the Emergency Department following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. 
The inital rhythm on paramedic arrival was VF, initial DC cardioversion resulted in PEA with ROSC following iv adrenaline. A further episode of pre-hospital VF responded to DC cardioversion.
On arrival to the Emergency Department the patient is intubated, starting to make voluntary movements, with eye opening to stimuli. Vital signs: BP 98/67, BSL 8.2, Temp 36.8
The initial ECG is below: