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Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
abberancy - N B Afib ... (4) SA node arrest ... - ventricular pacemaker ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis ... rhythm, Conduction blocks ... system: Conduction blocks ... Fibrillation (V-Fib ... #Causes #cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
- Differential Diagnosis ... w/ AV Block, Atrial ... Arrhythmia, Sinus Arrest ... SVT WI Wide QRS, Ventricular ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
- Differential Diagnosis ... • AV Block (ISt ... interval) • AFib ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
EKG Interpretation ... (e.g. ectopic atrial ... Waves/Fibrillary = afib ... Electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #diagnosis #system
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... supraventricular or ventricular ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Bundle branch block ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... capture of the atria ... arrhythmia • Atrial ... #differential #cardiology
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber

50's male witnessed arrest. Unknown hx. AED no
male witnessed arrest ... Diagnosis? ... getting 12 lead ECG ... #S4C #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal Short Axis

50's male witnessed arrest. Unknown hx. AED no
Ventricular Fibrillation ... male witnessed arrest ... Diagnosis? ... getting 12 lead ECG ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
, particularly ventricular ... Call for cardiac arrest ... Consider invasive arterial ... consultation with cardiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis