The ECG in Prehospital Emergency Care

Description

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.Content: Chapter 1 Clinical Applications of the Electrocardiogram (ECG) (pages 1–6): Robert C. Schutt, William J. Brady and Steven H. MitchellChapter 2 Clinical Impact of the Electrocardiogram (ECG) (pages 7–11): Robert C. Schutt, William J. Brady and Steven H. MitchellChapter 3 Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram – Single?, Multi?, and 12?Lead Analysis (pages 12–16): Robert C. Reiser, Robert C. Schutt and William J. BradyChapter 4 Variants of the Normal, Lead Misplacement, and Electrocardiographic Artifact Encountered in Clinical Practice (pages 17–21): Robert C. Reiser, Robert C. Schutt and William J. BradyChapter 5 Cardiac Rhythms with Normal Rates (pages 23–28): Korin B. Hudson and William J. BradyChapter 6 Narrow QRS Complex Tachycardia (pages 29–36): Courtney B. Saunders and Jeffrey D. FergusonChapter 7 Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia (pages 37–43): Michael Levy and Francis X. NolanChapter 8 Bradycardia (pages 44–49): Korin B. Hudson, J. Aidan Boswick and William J. BradyChapter 9 Atrioventricular Conduction Block (pages 50–53): Steven H. Mitchell, Korin B. Hudson and William J. BradyChapter 10 Intraventricular Conduction Block: Bundle Branch Block and Other Conduction Abnormalities (pages 54–61): Steven H. Mitchell, Richard B. Utarnachitt and William J. BradyChapter 11 Atrial and Ventricular Ectopic Beats (pages 62–66): Jeffrey D. Ferguson, Michael Levy, J. Aidan Boswick and William J. BradyChapter 12 Ischemic Heart Disease: Anatomic and Physiologic Considerations (pages 67–75): Peter Pollak, Peter Monteleone, Kelly Williamson, David Carlberg and William J. BradyChapter 13 Historical Development of the Prehospital Electrocardiogram (ECG) (pages 76–78): Erik Iszkula, David Carlberg and William J. BradyChapter 14 Electrocardiographic Findings in Acute Coronary Syndrome (pages 79–94): Peter Monteleone, Peter Pollak, David Carlberg and William J. BradyChapter 15 The Electrocardiogram in the Pediatric Patient (pages 95–103): Robert Rutherford, Robin Naples and William J. BradyChapter 16 The Electrocardiogram in the Poisoned Patient (pages 104–111): Steven H. Mitchell, Christopher P. Holstege and William J. BradyChapter 17 The Electrocardiogram in Hyperkalemia (pages 112–116): Steven H. Mitchell and William J. BradyChapter 18 Life?Threatening Electrocardiographic Patterns (pages 117–121): Steven H. Mitchell, Richard B. Utarnachitt and William J. BradyChapter 19 The Electrocardiogram in Patients with Implanted Devices (pages 122–126): Amita Sudhir and William J. BradyChapter 20 Electrocardiographic Tools in Prehospital Care (pages 127–133): Robin Naples, Alvin Wang and William J. BradyChapter 21 Wolff–Parkinson–White Syndrome (pages 134–137): William J. BradyChapter 22 Cardiac Arrest Rhythms (pages 138–143): Amita Sudhir and William J. BradyChapter 23 Electrocardiographic Differential Diagnosis of Narrow Complex Tachycardia (pages 145–151): Megan Starling and William J. BradyChapter 24 Electrocardiographic Differential Diagnosis of Wide Complex Tachycardia (pages 152–160): Amita Sudhir and William J. BradyChapter 25 Electrocardiographic Differential Diagnosis of Bradyarrhythmia (pages 161–164): Megan Starling and William J. BradyChapter 26 Electrocardiographic Differential Diagnosis of ST Segment Elevation (pages 165–175): Megan Starling and William J. BradyChapter 27 Electrocardiographic Differential Diagnosis of ST Segment Depression (pages 176–182): Amita Sudhir and William J. BradyChapter 28 Electrocardiographic Differential Diagnosis of T Wave Abnormalities: The Prominent T Wave and T Wave Inversions (pages 183–194): Amita Sudhir and William J. Brady