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ECGs for the Emergency Physician 2

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This is the perfect follow-up to Mattu and Brady's first EKG book, and a must read for those who really want to fine-tune their EKG skills.
As with the first volume, this one contains hundreds of unknown EKG's and a one-line clinical vignette. Once you have made your reading, you check the correct answer at the end of the section, which also includes teaching points.

Neither of these books would be for someone new to reading EKG's - they are too demanding. But, for those wishing to be as good as you can be, go through these two volumes.

Then do it again!

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.

If you want to be challenged, this is the book for you. All of Mattu's ECG books humble me. I recommend this one to our residents.

This is a great book with very illustrative case examples that help hone keg skills. Sadly the format is a pain. The book itself is a pain with the answers in a different section from the ecgs. This makes it difficult to look at the discussion from one without accidentally seeing the diagnosis for the next. What is a difficult format in print is made worse on the kindle with its cumbersome navigating.

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.

This book is excellent to have while doing your residency and will come in handy for the board preparation as well.