ECGs for the Emergency Physician 1

by Mattu, Amal; Brady, William J.

• ISBN13: 9780727916549
• ISBN10: 0727916548
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-19
• Publisher: BMJ Books

Summary

With over 200 traces to test your knowledge, this book is a first class learning tool for emergency physicians. Basic student-level knowledge of ECGs is assumed, so the reader can move directly to learning about the more complex traces that occur in the emergency department. The level of difficulty is stratified into two sections for specialists in training and specialist emergency physicians.A minimum amount of information is given beneath each trace, as if in the real situation. The full clinical description is printed in a separate section to avoid the temptation of "looking".Accompanied by learning points, and with the cases presented randomly, this book provides a rich source of information on the interpretation of ECGs - a core skill for all emergency department staff.

Author Biography

Amal Mattu, Director Emergency Medicine Residency Program and Co-director, Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Combined Residency Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.

William Brady Associate Professor, Vice Chair and Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Universityof Virginia Health System,, and Medical Director, Charlottesville-Albermarle Rescue Squad, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	ix
Dedications	xi
Part 1
Case histories	3	(50)
ICG interpretations and comments	53	(24)
Part 2
Case histories	77	(52)
ICG interpretations and comments	129	(23)
Appendix A: Differential diagnoses	152	(2)
Appendix B: Commonly used abbreviations	154	(1)
Index	155