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January 05, 2011
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EMS 12-Lead
by Tom Bouthillet

Not so fast...

Can you interpret these ECGs?

By Tom Bouthillet

Editor's note: We're pleased to introduce a new competition this month connected to "EMS 12-Lead." Think you know what's going on in this latest scenario? Read the details and the 12 Lead ECG below and submit your diagnosis and how you would treat this patient – get it right and you could win an EMS1 T-shirt and bottle opener. Enter your thoughts in the comments section. And good luck!

--> UPDATED: 01/20/2011 - Patient Follow-Up Posted.  CLICK HERE FOR THE ANSWER

Here's an interesting case submitted by Stephen Moorhead of Greenville County EMS.

EMS is called in the early morning to the residence of a 85-year-old male with a chief complaint of chest pain.

On arrival the patient is found sitting on the edge of his bed. He appears anxious and acutely ill.

His skin is pink, warm, and moist.

He states that he was awoken from sleep with severe chest pain.

Onset: 20 minutes prior to EMS arrival
Provoke: Nothing makes the pain better or worse
Quality: "Heaviness" and "constricting"
Radiate: The patient does not radiate
Severity: 10/10
Time: No previous episodes

Past medical history: HTN, dyslipidemia, MI, CABG, pacemaker

Medications: Lisinopril, metropolol, niacin, calcium

Vital signs:

RR: 20
Pulse: 136
BP: 150/96
SpO2: 96 on RA

The cardiac monitor is attached.

 


A 12-lead ECG is captured.



How would you treat this patient and why? Tell us in the comments below— get it right and you could win an EMS1 T-shirt and bottle opener.

 

About the author


Tom Bouthillet is a Fire Captain/Paramedic with Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue, Editor of the EMS 12-Lead blog, host of the Code STEMI web series at First Responders Network, a member of the Editoral Advisory Board of EMS World Magazine, and developer of the 12-Lead ECG Challenge smartphone app. He has taught nationally in the Critical Care Transport (CCEMT-P) program out of UMBC and his writings have been referenced in the American Heart Journal, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions and the EP Lab Digest. Contact Tom at tom.bouthillet@ems1.com.
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