The ECG in Prehospital Emergency Care

List of Contributors Foreword Preface Section 1: 1 Clinical Applications of the ECG Robert C. Schutt, William J. Brady, and Steven H. Mitchell 2 Clinical Impact of the ECG Robert C. Schutt, William J. Brady, and Steven H. Mitchell 3 ECG Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram - Single-, Multi-, and 12-lead Analysis Robert C. Reiser, Robert C. Schutt, and William J. Brady 4 Variants of the Normal, Lead Misplacement, and Electrocardiographic Artifact Encountered in Clinical Practice Robert C. Reiser, Robert C. Schutt, and William J. Brady Section 2: 5 Cardiac Rhythms with Normal Rates Korin B. Hudson and William J. Brady 6 Narrow QRS Complex Tachycardia Courtney B. Saunders and Jeffrey D. Ferguson 7 Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Michael Levy and Francis X. Nolan Jr 8 Bradycardia Korin B. Hudson and J. Aidan Boswick 9 Atrioventricular Conduction Block Steven H. Mitchell, Korin B. Hudson, and William J. Brady 10 Intra-ventricular Conduction Block: Bundle Branch Block and Other Conduction Abnormalities Steven H. Mitchell, Richard B. Utarnachitt and William J. Brady 11 Atrial and Ventricular Ectopic Beats Jeffrey D. Ferguson, Michael Levy, and J. Aidan Boswick Section 3: 12 Ishemic Heart Disease: Anatomic and Physiologic Considerations Peter Pollak, Peter Monteleone, Kelly Williamson, David Carlberg and William J. Brady 13 Historical Development of the Prehospital ECG Erik Iszkula and David Carlberg 14 ECG Findings in Acute Coronary Syndrome Peter Monteleone, Peter Pollak, David Carlberg and William J. Brady Section 4: 15 The ECG in the Pediatric Patient Robert Rutherford, Robin Naples, and William J. Brady 16 The ECG in the Poisoned Patient Steven H. Mitchell, Christopher P. Holstege, and William J. Brady 17 The ECG in Hyperkalemia Steven H. Mitchell and William J. Brady 18 Life-Threatening ECG Patterns Steven H. Mitchell, Richard B. Utarnachitt, and William J. Brady 19 The ECG in Patients with Implanted Devices Amita Sudhir and William J. Brady 20 Electrocardiographic Tools in Prehospital Care Robin Naples, Alvin Wang, and William J. Brady 21 Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome William J. Brady 22 Cardiac Arrest Rhythms Amita Sudhir and William J. Brady Section 5: 23 Electrocardiographic Differential Diagnosis of Narrow Complex Tachycardia Megan Koontz and William J. Brady 24 Electrocardiographic Differential Diagnosis of Wide Complex Tachycardia Amita Sudhir and William J. Brady 25 Electrocardiographic Differential Diagnosis of Bradyarrhythmia Megan Koontz 26 Electrocardiographic Differential Diagnosis of ST Segment Elevation Megan Koontz 27 Electrocardiographic Differential Diagnosis of ST Segment Depression Amita Sudhir 28 Electrocardiographic Differential Diagnosis of T Wave Abnormalities: The Prominent T Wave and T Wave Inversions Amita Sudhir and William J. Brady Index