Making big decisions on little information is the very nature of emergency medicine. Nothing epitomizes this more than the decision to activate your cardiac catheterization lab for a patient with a potential ST elevation MI. Grand Master of the squiggly lines, Dr. Sara Nelson, recently took us through a tour of several challenging chest pain patients and their respective ECG's. Take a look at these cases and ask yourself, what is your initial management? What is your interpretation of the ECG . . . do you activate the cath lab or not?.... you make the call!!
To the Cath Lab or Not ? - Case # 1
Sara Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
To the Cath Lab or Not ? - Case # 2
Sara Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
To the Cath Lab or Not ? - Case # 3
Sara Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
To the Cath Lab or Not ? - Case # 4
Sara Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
To the Cath Lab or Not ? - Case # 5
Sara Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
To the Cath Lab or Not ? - Case # 6
Sara Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
To the Cath Lab or Not ? - Case # 7
Sara Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
