ECGs for the Emergency Physician 2

This is an excellent book- There are several attributes that make this book ideal for the EM physician who is learning EKG's: 1.) Cases are quick and short, so if you only have 10-15 min you can get valuable info during that time. 2.) It starts easy and gets harder which is ideal. 3.) You see multiple variations of the same thing with thorough explanations each time. I went through the 1st section with about 30 min 3x a week in one month and felt more comfortable reading EKG's than some of my senior colleagues.

This is the second volume of the best EKG book for Emergency Medicine training. The EKGs get progressively more difficult and just have a small tagline "50yo female with chest pain" etc. Then you look up the answer in the back. In the back the EKGs are read formally "Normal sinus rhythm, left axis deviation, prolonged QT, left anterior fascicular block and ST-elevation in the inferior leads consistent with transmural ischemia"...something like that. Then it gives an explaination of the main finding for example in this case it might go on to tell you about inferior STEMI. I learn quite a lot from these explanations and they seem to build on each other as you go.

Good test of your ECG reading with all the fine details explained for the intellectuals. Great book, highly recommended to any ED doc

Vale cada centavo

ECG's for the Emergency Physician Volume 2 is yet another great ECG resource for paramedics. This volume takes a harder look at rhythm interpretation and places important emphasis on the adage, "Wide and Fast is VT until proven otherwise." If you're a paramedic who is comfortable in their 12-Lead interpretation and have completed Volume 1 of this series, I highly recommend picking up this volume and continuing to improve your interpretation skills. Seasoned paramedics may find this volume is less challenging than the first, but overreading 200 more ECG's is helpful regardless.

Good book, good price.

Great review book

(this review applies to the combination of both volumes 1 and 2) Much like “Challenging ECGs” by Henry J. L. Marriott, these two volumes are a collection of ECG's designed to test your diagnostic acumen and in the process teach you. Most of the cases aren’t as challenging as Dr. Marriott’s, but the interpretations are much more extensive and in depth. While Dr. Marriott's text would be of interest for experienced EKG readers with a strong interest in electrocardiography who are looking to challenge themselves, as the title suggests, Mattu's book is oriented more towards the average emergency physician looking to take their interpretations to the next level. That said, the information and practice these books offer should be essential reading for any emergency or critical care providers tasked with reading EKG's. They’re useful books, but a bit pricey even for used copies at the moment. You can get almost as many tracings in a single copy of “Challenging ECGs” as you would from purchasing both of these books for 3 times the price. They may not be overly challenging for the advanced ECG reader, but I think they are still essential review. I might not buy them again if I lost my copies, but I'm still giving my reviews five stars because this is information anyone reading ECG's simply can't go without.