Description: Emergency cardiac care, cardiology, EKGs, ECGs, electrocardiography, echocardiography, dysrhythmias, arrhythmias, STEMI, NonSTEMI, NSTEMI, cardiology
Written by Pendell Meyers
A woman in her 50s presented with acute chest pain and lightheadedness since the past several hours. Here is her triage ECG during active symptoms:
Obvious STEMI(+) OMI of inferior, posterior, and lateral walls, now with likely 2nd degree heart block type 1 (Wenckebach).