EKG at the resident level

[Pudortu]

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Hey everyone. I was sitting through my intern orientation when someone mentioned that we need to get a better EKG book. I just assumed (in my infinitely ignorant way) that Dubin's would be good enough. I was hoping you guys could give me some help with what I should try to read during my intern year. I scoured some of the older posts and saw the 12 Lead ECG: The Art of Interpretation by Garcia and Holtz. Would you guys recommend I buy a copy of this as an EM physician? Any guidance would be much appreciated and thanks a ton.

 

[Pudortu]

Hey everyone. I was sitting through my intern orientation when someone mentioned that we need to get a better EKG book. I just assumed (in my infinitely ignorant way) that Dubin's would be good enough. I was hoping you guys could give me some help with what I should try to read during my intern year. I scoured some of the older posts and saw the 12 Lead ECG: The Art of Interpretation by Garcia and Holtz. Would you guys recommend I buy a copy of this as an EM physician? Any guidance would be much appreciated and thanks a ton.

Let me clarify by saying that I've already read Dubin's...now going onto more intermediate level stuff as an intern I suppose. Any help is much appreciated.

 

[danzman]

Hey everyone. I was sitting through my intern orientation when someone mentioned that we need to get a better EKG book. I just assumed (in my infinitely ignorant way) that Dubin's would be good enough. I was hoping you guys could give me some help with what I should try to read during my intern year. I scoured some of the older posts and saw the 12 Lead ECG: The Art of Interpretation by Garcia and Holtz. Would you guys recommend I buy a copy of this as an EM physician? Any guidance would be much appreciated and thanks a ton.

http://www.amazon.com/ECGs-Emergency-Physician-Amal-Mattu/dp/0727916548

 

[EM_Rebuilder]

http://www.amazon.com/ECGs-Emergency-Physician-Amal-Mattu/dp/0727916548

Never read this one, but I will say that Amal Mattu is an awesome speaker!

I have talked to him before and anytime I go to a national meeting, I make certain to attend his lectures...

 

[DeadCactus]

I really like the Garcia book. It's color coded and designed to be gone through three times at increasing levels of depth. I do feel like I saw some typos/errors in there though...

 

[Hair Police]

http://www.amazon.com/ECGs-Emergency-Physician-Amal-Mattu/dp/0727916548

There's a second edition, which is also excellent.

Never read this one, but I will say that Amal Mattu is an awesome speaker!

I have talked to him before and anytime I go to a national meeting, I make certain to attend his lectures...

You should check this out.

 

[joeDO2]

I really like the Garcia book. It's color coded and designed to be gone through three times at increasing levels of depth. I do feel like I saw some typos/errors in there though...

I like this book as well. You can look at the same ECGs with varying levels of interpretation and therefore you can use the same book as you become more proficient. The other thing I would add is to subscribe to a few of the ECG blogs that are out there. Sometimes the ecgs in the books are a little too nice looking and you need to mix it up with some artifact etc. from the raw tracings.

 

[Dwindlin]

Third (or fourth, whichever. . .) vote for the Garcia book. I liked his arrhythmia book as well.

 

[Aesculapius]

Garcia book is probably the best EKG book out there, IMO.

 

[Cerberus]

I have both the Garcia and the Amal Mattu books. Both are worth reading.

 

[DeadCactus]

Almost forgot the obligatory Dr. Smith's EKG Blog recommendation...

http://hqmeded-ecg.blogspot.com/

 

[Cerberus]

Almost forgot the obligatory Dr. Smith's EKG Blog recommendation...

http://hqmeded-ecg.blogspot.com/

I consider his blog more advanced (2nd/3rd year reading). It is good though!