StripTease is not intended to be a text, so much as a venue to test your rapid interpretation, and a forum to discuss. The interpretations and discussions assume a fairly high level of EKG knowledge, and if you are unsure of technical terms, common acronyms and abbreviations, or physician\/senior medic-level 12-lead EKG theory and interpretation you may miss a beat now and then (no pun intended).<\/p>\n
Have no fear: there are a myriad truly excellent online resources, not to mention some incredible books. I include only a few favorites here- not necessarily the best ones, but a damn good start.<\/p>\n
Online Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n Text-style reference<\/span><\/p>\n ECGpedia<\/a> : nice wiki-format breakdown of all things EKG. stands alone as a text.<\/p>\n Life in the Fast Lane<\/a>\u00a0: online mixed resources for EKG learning and case-based practice.<\/p>\n Utah ECG<\/a>: Another reference with lots of examples.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Case-based reference with subject-indexed cases<\/span><\/p>\n Harvard Wave-Maven<\/a>\u00a0: case-based EKGs with clinical correlation and some quiz questions. My favorite place to run through 12Ls and interpretations. Can search by diagnosis and restrict to certain difficulty levels.<\/p>\n EMS 12 Lead<\/a> : case-based high-end 12 lead interpretation (not<\/strong> just for medics, you snooty-ass MDs). Good index to learn specific topics.<\/p>\n Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog<\/a>: another case-based high-end 12L site. Scroll down to the bottom right of the page and look for ‘labels’ to see great discussions of specific findings.<\/p>\n Dr. Ken Grauer’s ECG blog<\/a>: yet another one. Scroll down and look on the right for the subject-specific cases.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Recommended Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n Basic Arrhythmias<\/a>, Walraven : For me it was a critical stepping stone to getting fast. Has hundreds<\/em> of strips grouped to build fluency and speed. Pricey, so buy a used copy or older edition. Note these are no harder than two-star strips on this site, and the vast majority would be one-star, so not a great book if you are already crushing StripTease.<\/p>\n ECG’s for the Emergency Physician 1<\/a>, Mattu, Brady : The first epic volume. Once you have the basics down, buy this and it will make you the 12L king on call.<\/p>\n ECGs for the Emergency Physician 2<\/a>, Mattu, Brady : Vol 2. It’s that good.<\/p>\n 150 ECG Problems<\/a>, Hampton : A high quality lighter\/faster version of the Mattu texts. You will learn far less but its fine for when you’re looking for a quick fix (or for the attention-deficient). More accessible to folks with lesser EKG skills. Similar to Harvard wave-maven, but in a 6×6″ book you can read on the train.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ACLS algorithms and texts<\/strong> (from AHA): useful for translating arrhythmia interpretation to management in the critical care environment.<\/p>\n 2010 ECC Highlights<\/a> (covers updates from 2005, all resuscitation protocols, does not include ACLS algorithms)<\/p>\n Full 2010 ACLS guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n ACLS 2010 visual algorithms<\/a> (all on one page).<\/p>\n
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