Above is a real ECG
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Latest posts
Purely in the order that I post them, the newest stuff on the site will appear below for your delight.
ECG RULES for a Normal ECG PR interval should be 120 to 200 milliseconds or 3 to 5 little squaresThe width of the QRS complex should not exceed 110 ms, less than 3 little squaresThe QRS complex should be dominantly upright in leads I and IIQRS […]
A simple diagram showing a very quick way to calculate approximate ECG ventricular rate Download a PDF version below
The National Early Warning Score v2 (Royal College of Physicians) is a go-to quick reference for measuring acuity of patients and changes over time in physical observations. This is a grayscale credit-card sized version simplified for quick-reference. There are 8 on a sheet of A4, so […]
This is a 10-minute CPD (or 30-minute training if you’re new to ECGs) slideshow which introduces the relationship between the heart muscle, the electrical impulses through the heart, how they affect contraction to squeeze blood out, and how this looks on an ECG. The slideshow goes […]
This is a useful little sheet you can print out and keep in your pocket book, which you can use to give a full ATMIST style handover to a trauma or medical team and not forget anything. It prints with four on a page so you […]