Here we see 5 electrocardiograms. All were done on the same person (a brilliant and handsome 41 year old EM physician) at the same time. There are clearly differences among them. One of them is ‘correct.’ To get you started, these are lead reversals.
Dr. Parsley, good to have you in the club.
There are some mistakes that learners commonly make as they are getting the hang of lower extremity DVT ultrasound. Here are some that I see them make when imaging the femoral vein:
There is clearly ST elevation in leads V1-V3. Are we activating the cath lab based on this EKG?
Reunited and it feels so good. It’s great to see some of our graduates crossing paths at the ACEP Scientific Assembly. Don’t forget us little people as you move around the country doing bigger and better things. Keep in touch, guys!!
Wellens’ syndrome it is. (For completeness sake, Dr. Wellens has an “s” a the end of his name – it is not “Wellen’s syndrome” it is “Wellens’ syndrome.” And, whether one should use the apostrophe or not with an eponymous syndrome is debatable. Some sources omit it completely: “Wellens Syndrome” but not “Wellen syndrome” – I feel better now that that’s off my chest.)
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The workaround for this problem is to ‘end’ an exam before you save any images. That resets the clock and your study should cross over on the correct day. It does not save an ’empty study’ and no file without any images are sent to qPath. It’s a freebie. I’d recommend doing that. It will make your images much easier to find in qPath.
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