ECG's for the Emergency Physician 1 1st Edition

I use this all the time for on shift teaching with my residents. It is a great, easy review of some difficult ekgs when you only have 5 to 10 minutes to teach.

Excellent review of real EKGs with short one-liner histories, just like when you're working in a busy ED and constantly have the EKG techs asking you to sign EKGs. This book is for people who need to read real EKGs of real patients, and it is definitely not for beginners. You need to know the basics of how to read an EKG first, and this book will help you pick up on abnormalities which are necessary for emergency medicine. It does not talk at all about the basics of the EKG tracing or give an overview of EKG at all, it is cover-to-cover real EKGs with explanations, no wasted space. It does have an index in the back, which is nice because you can go back and find cases of particular abnormalities easily.

This book is an excellent resource for anybody with a good grounding of ECG basics. This is not for the beginner. The ECGs are of high quality with great explanations of the findings and their clinical pertinence emphasized. This really is for any physician (not just the ER doc) or anybody interested in increasing their ECG acumen and ability. As Dr. Mattu points out it may help you to save a life. I am actually quite impressed with this simple and well thought out format. There is a lot of repetition to hammer home key points. By doing 10 EKGs every day you will get through this book in 3 weeks...and will go back again and again for reinforcement.

For long I wanted to get very good at reading EKG . Now I can . This is an absolutely superb way to become very proficient at interpreting ECG 's, even difficult ones. Concise, to the point, rich in information, intelligent, effective ...Pierre Ghassibi,md

Dr. Mattu needs no introduction as a recognized expert. However, this book, whether in e-form or paperback is incredibly poorly assembled in my opinion. The EKGs are in one place in the book and the explanations are in another. So one must constantly switch back and forth. The publisher should consider changing the format so that the EKG and it's explanation is on the same page, even at the expense of adding a few pages!

One of the best ways to study ECG for beginners! Take Amal Mattu's ECG class online and after the class, study this book. You won't become an expert in one night, of course, but you will start understand ECGs.

First of all shipping was free and prompt...yes! Okay overall there are 200 12 lead ECG's with patient case scenarios. Before I go any further this is from a practicing paramedics perspective I will do my best to think of everybody else. Ok back to the book. It doesnt give entire pmhx but includes just the basic pertinent stuff ie chief complaint or current conditions CHF, CP, SOB, HTN or whatever. Then comes all those weird looking lines? QRS complexes and isoelectric lines. If you haven't taken ACLS or something similar in cardiology this book wont help you very much. It is designed for the already practicing or proficient healthcare professional. As it says in the title ECG's for Physicians! Answers contain paragraphs of exactly what is going on and if you get confused as to why something is funky there are ref. to diagrams. Good book but if you wish for more of an introduction i recommend Bob Pages 12 lead EKGs made easy and Wahlraven Basic EKG's which contains a cd rom with 1000's of rhythms. 12 leads are a relative new introduction to prehospital medicine and require constant practice to remain proficient. For some reason 12 leads are still not a national registry requirement why? idk and about only basic information is expected ie infarction, bundlebranch, ischemia yadayadayada etc. If you have a chest pain patient and are relying on your lifepack 15, zoll, or god forbid a phillips to tell you what is going on you're a boob and you got a problem. Just remember you are smarter than the machine only you can find a preinfarction, bundlebranch block, PE, and arrhythmias. This is a good book to test your skills.It is not terribly time consuming and you can bring it with you to work or at home. i give it 4/5 it would be 5/5 if it had a cd-rom. I have not purchased the 2nd version so don't ask me what I think about it.

Great eduction for those looking to learn more subtly in ECG reading. Would not use it if you’re just beginning to learn.