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Tiny Tips: STEMI? Don’t forget your PAILS!

In Medical Concepts, Tiny Tips by Thomas WinterLeave a Comment

Reading ECGs is a bread and butter emergency medicine skill. At busy centres a triage nurse may hand you tens of them to glance at per shift. It can be a mindless, monotonous task, but your brain needs to know where to look. So, when you identify legitimate ST elevation and you are concerned about a STEMI, where are those reciprocal changes found again? Think of PAILS! This mnemonic identifies that ST segment …