Denver Health Paramedics

The sole providers of EMS for the City and County of Denver. We train EMTs and Paramedics, as well as provide continuing education, and community training.

[ECGWeekly @ECGWeekly]

A 68 yo man is brought to the emergency department by EMS with acute chest discomfort. The following prehospital ECG was obtained and shows concave ST elevation across multiple leads. The computer interprets the tracing as benign early repolarization.....https://t.co/YObMuNTkXS

[ECGWeekly @ECGWeekly]

A 68 yo man presents after syncope with profound bradycardia. The ECG shows a very slow ventricular rate with high-grade AV block. The reflex move is to focus only on pacing, but the tracing has additional clues that....https://t.co/0KZMusUqy2

[CO - Emergency Mgmt @COEmergency]

From @Glendale_PD_CO Facebook page

Glendale PD posted shelter info

🚨 Community Assistance Notice 🚨

Due to a large apartment complex fire in Denver near the Glendale area, many residents have been displaced and significant power outages are impacting the surrounding community.

In response, the City of Glendale has opened a temporary overnight shelter at the Glendale Event Center, located at 4400 E. Kentucky Ave, for anyone in need of a warm, safe place to stay—especially with tonight’s cold temperatures.

This location is available for immediate shelter needs. Please share this information with anyone who may be affected.

https://t.co/zlOab0Helg

[Stephen W. Smith @smithECGBlog]

A man in his 50s with chest pain. You must strongly advocate for your patient who has an NSTEMI-OMI ECG pattern.

https://t.co/crsqGyOwuU

@PendellM @PMcardioApp

[Stephen W. Smith @smithECGBlog]

Sam Ghali video: A 55-year-old woman complaining of “severe indigestion”

https://t.co/PJdwkikBiL

@EM_RESUS

[ECGWeekly @ECGWeekly]

A 36-year-old man with hypertension and regular cannabis use (edibles, ~3x/week) is referred from clinic to the ED for chest pain and an abnormal ECG. His first ECG during pain is read as an anterolateral STEMI and is shown below....https://t.co/J31b3u6uxz

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

Clinicians can enhance patient understanding by using numerical data instead of verbal probabilities, consistent denominators, absolute risk comparisons, and clear context for unfamiliar data types.

https://t.co/dcOmkNwtlS

[ECGWeekly @ECGWeekly]

A 16 yo male is referred to the emergency department from a primary care clinic with concern for STEMI. He has no known past medical history. At the clinic, he reported nonspecific chest pain, but upon arrival to the ED he is asymptomatic......https://t.co/XTS66Mxmtx

[ECGWeekly @ECGWeekly]

A 79-year-old man is sent to a community hospital for evaluation of bradycardia discovered at his nursing facility. He is ultimately transferred to a tertiary care facility for consideration of pacemaker placement after the following ECG is obtained:https://t.co/gFoA9L96WW

[ECGWeekly @ECGWeekly]

A 61 yo woman with PMHx of prior MI presents with acute midsternal chest pain that radiates to the left shoulder. Symptoms have been intermittent for the fast few weeks, without clear alleviating or aggravating symptoms. The following ECG...:https://t.co/l5no0hwy4A

[Denver Int'l Airport @DENAirport]

No capes, just courage. 💜

Join us in thanking the DEN First Responders!

[ECGWeekly @ECGWeekly]

A 76-year-old man presents to the emergency department with shortness of breath, severe weakness, diaphoresis, and confusion. The following ECG is obtained on arrival.....https://t.co/hOjWAasPIE

[ECGWeekly @ECGWeekly]

A 46 yo reorts feeling a rapid heart rate before losing consciousness. She has a few witnessed episodes in the emergency department and is noted to have brief episodes of polymorphic VT that result in syncope but self terminate... https://t.co/nyQMjMWmdo

[Denver Int'l Airport @DENAirport]

DEN emergency crews responded to an aircraft incident earlier this evening at gate C38. All passengers were safely evacuated from the plane. 12 people were transported to local hospitals with minor injuries. DEN operations are normal. Refer to @AmericanAir for further details.

[Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS]

#ECG Shark Fin Sign! 🦈

Be able to recognize it and save a life!

[ECGWeekly @ECGWeekly]

A 69 yo man arrives at the ED with SOB and profuse sweating. The ECG obtained shows sinus tachycardia at a rate of ~ 130 bpm with a RBBB. The interpretation, both by the ECG machine and the clinical team, labels it simply as sinus tachycardia with RBBB. https://t.co/k3b3Fp3p1W

[Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS]

Here’s a deadly #ECG of a 60-year-old man who presented to the ER in shock

What’s the diagnosis?

[ECGWeekly @ECGWeekly]

A 60-year-old man is being transported by EMS to the emergency department for acute chest pain. The following ECG is transmitted prior to arrival as a “CODE STEMI” and brought to you for interpretation ... https://t.co/PCKFK6FjCi

[EMS Cast @ems_cast]

Geoff Murphy Founder of Master Your Medics joined us on our most recent episode and talked about how for him the goal is not prefection, instead it's thoughtful imprefection. Quote- "I'm in a point where I feel okay being wrong...

[9NEWS Denver @9NEWS]

Paramedics help protect firefighters on the front lines of wildfires https://t.co/Z7UCyPQNHV