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Current ECG Podcast

Advancing the skill of ECG Interpretation by providing current ECG research, making it a little less scary and little more fun.

Offering audio and video podcasts as well as courses in ECG (EKG) Interpretation, Current has a passionate and animated approach to presenting Electrocardiography.

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Nov 3, 2021

On this episode Dave shares about acute coronary syndrome and some of the important ECG shapes and morphologies that can occur in the very beginnings of the injury to the Cardiomyocytes of your heart.

 

Also In This Episode

  • Abnormally wide T waves
  • ECG Tracing examples
  • Don't get confused with Hyperkalemia 

 

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Oct 6, 2021

On this episode Dave is joined by Dr. Jerry W. Jones, MD FACEP FAAEM, to discuss why ST elevation is not always an infarction. Dr. Jones will highlight why we need to think about morphology and shape when interpreting ECGs and why reciprocal changes are just as important as the primary changes and more! 

 

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Sep 1, 2021

In this episode, Dave is joined by Tarlan Hedayati, MD, FACEP, to discuss how to decipher dysrhythmias in devices such as Pacemakers and ICD's.

Dr. Hedayati is a practicing Emergency Physician in Cook County, Chicago. She is also the Associate Professor and Chair of Education for the Emergency Medicine Department. 

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Aug 4, 2021

In this episode, Dave shares about moving away from the concept of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) and focusing on Occlusion Myocardial Infarction (OMI).

 

Also In This Episode:

  • OMI vs. STEMI
  • Patient Case: 70 YO Male
  • De Winter's T Waves
  • ECG Tracing example
  • ECG Diagnostic criteria
  • ECG Tracing examples
  • Review...


Jul 7, 2021

In this episode, Dave talks about End-tidal CO2 (EtCO2), and how to use Capnography to better assess and treat your patients.

Also In This Episode:

  • What is Capnography?
  • Patient Case: 25 YO Male
  • When CO2 is not exhaled effectively
  • Oxygenation and Ventilation
  • 4 phases of EtCO2
  • EtCO2 and airway management 
  • Using EtCO2...