Paramedicine 101

Rate & Rhythm Calculating the heart rate: One thing I always teach is that there is a difference between pulse and heart rate . These ...

This is simply artifact. I used the calipers to map the RR interval. By doing this you can see which complexes are conducted beats and whic...

My goal with this 3 part post is to discuss a particular disease state focusing on the pathophysiology and the current treatment guideline...

Today at our monthly inservice training, we were introduced to our new airway management protocols. I must say I am impressed, and excited. ...

Back to the EMS Garage post with Mickey S. Eisenberg, MD on resuscitation, [1] the rest of the episode was great. One of the points brought...

The most common arrhythmia associated with LQTS is torsades de pointes (TdP) [1]. This is more commonly associated with hypomagnesaemia, a...

Putting names to the waves: As you can see above, each wave or deflection is represented by a letter. Not all waves are always present. Th...

Making sense of the waves: Remember how I said that a lead has a positive electrode? Well this comes into play when looking at a specific le...