When looking at a 12-lead ECG, a few logistics must be understood. First, the standard 12-lead ECG is a 10-second strip. The bottom one or two lines will be a full “rhythm strip” of a specific lead, ...

Identifying an acute myocardial infarction on the 12-lead ECG is the most important thing you can learn in ECG interpretation. Time is muscle when treating heart attacks. Missing a ST segment ...

If you are a nurse, doctor or other medical professional that deals with cardiac issues or ECG readings, you owe it to yourself and your patients to take an EKG interpretation course. An EKG ...

I was involved in a malpractice case a couple of years ago as a consultant. The case involved an emergency physician who was being sued for failure to make a rapid diagnosis of an ST-segment elevation ...

This study is reminiscent of a 2009 publication by Jayroe and colleagues [1] in which researchers asked 15 experienced cardiologists to interpret 116 ECGs for evidence of STEMI. In that study, only 8 ...