Now that state of the art equipment can be carried in ambulances, prehospital emergency staff are able to perform an ECG soon after arrival on scene, enabling the EMS provider to gather important diagnostic information that can not only guide prehospital therapy but also direct hospital-based treatment.

This book exclusively addresses ECGs for prehospital emergencies, ranging from basic rhythm diagnosis to critical care applications of the electrocardiogram and advanced 12-lead ECG interpretation in the ACS patient.  It provides self testing traces covering all these conditions seen in prehospital and hospital- based environments. It includes 200 randomly presented cases mirroring real life situations, with the answers set out separately together with additional invaluable information.

Written by highly experienced emergency physicians with EMS qualifications and experience, this text is an ideal learning tool for trainees and fully qualified staff alike, including ground EMS advanced life support providers, aeromedical staff, and inter-facility critical care transport personnel.

Contents

۱ Clinical applications of the electrocardiogram (ECG)
۲ Clinical impact of the electrocardiogram (ECG)
۳ Interpretation of the electrocardiogram – single-multi-and 12-lead analysis
۴ Variants of the normallead misplacementand electrocardiographic artifact encountered in clinical practice
۵ Cardiac rhythms with normal rates
۶ Narrow QRS complex tachycardia
۷ Wide QRS complex tachycardia
۸ Bradycardia
۹ Atrioventricular conduction block
۱۰ Intraventricular conduction block: bundle branch block and other conduction abnormalities
۱۱ Atrial and ventricular ectopic beats
۱۲ Ischemic heart disease: anatomic and physiologic considerations
۱۳ Historical development of the prehospital electrocardiogram (ECG)
۱۴ Electrocardiographic findings in acute coronary syndrome
۱۵ The electrocardiogram in the pediatric patient
۱۶ The electrocardiogram in the poisoned patient
۱۷ The electrocardiogram in hyperkalemia
۱۸ Life-threatening electrocardiographic patterns
۱۹ The electrocardiogram in patients with implanted devices
۲۰ Electrocardiographic tools in prehospital care
۲۱ Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome
۲۲ Cardiac arrest rhythms
۲۳ Electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of narrow complex tachycardia
۲۴ Electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of wide complex tachycardia
۲۵ Electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of bradyarrhythmia
۲۶ Electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of ST segment elevation
۲۷ Electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of ST segment depression
۲۸ Electrocardiographic differential diagnosis of T wave abnormalities: the prominent T wave and T wave inversions