PQRST – WHO?
I am an ER nurse with a profound interest for electrocardiography. I do not claim to be an expert, nor is my purpose to educate the masses. My intentions are only to present and discuss interesting ECGs with you, the readers. The 12 lead ECG is a great diagnostic tool, and in my opinion all health care professionals involved in patient care, should possess a basic knowledge of ekg interpretation. To become a skilled interpreter one needs to both see and discuss many, many ekgs. Many of us don’t have colleagues who share this interest, which makes the internet a great resource.
In order to keep everything anonymous, names, ages, times, places and genders have been altered.
As I’m not an expert myself, merely an enthusiastic learner, I’ll let this blog live by the famous words of a cardiologist called Rosenbaum: