EMpret ECG Masterclass

Wednesday, 21 September 2022
08:00 – 16:30

Course Fee

• Organizing Society Member (AAEM, MAEM): $335
• Non-Member: $380

Course Description

This is an established ECG course that covers all the important pearls and pitfalls of interpreting ECGs in the emergency setting. That includes practical technical aspects of the ECG such as the dangers of limb lead swaps and paper speed manipulations, a failsafe system to interpret an ECG and STEMI equivalents including high lateral STEMI, posterior STEMI, Wellens, deWinters, Sgarbossa and others. We also cover pulmonary, toxicological and electrolyte ECG abnormalities. Scary dysrrthmias, syncope and the differential diagnosis of ST elevation are not forgotten. Candidates will be given supportive reading material which they can use before, during or after the course. They will also receive a workbook with 10 12-lead ECGs to practice on during the course. A "test yourself" quiz with a prize for the winner adds some spice to the challenge. Yoga and art punctuate the course, keeping candidates fresh and engaged.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the course, each participant should be able to:

1. Generate a reasonable diagnosis based on ECG interpretation
2. Analyse technical quality of an ECG
3. Defend using a systematic analytical approach versus pure pattern recognition
4. Contrast ST segment elevation due to STEMI with ST segment elevation due to other causes such as benign early repolarisation, pericarditis, Brugada syndrome, LBBB, LVH, etc.
5. Contrast the official AHA guidelines for STEMI with STEMI equivalents
6. Relate ECG changes to important pulmonary conditions
7. Relate the cardiac action potential to toxicological changes on the ECG
8. Defend using the ECG to screen patients for life-threatening electrolyte abnormalities
9. Compare and contrast important tachydysrrhthmias such as 2:1 atrial flutter vs. SVT vs. sinus tachycardia, drug and electolyte induced broad complex tachycardias vs. VT
10. Formuate an approach to the patient presenting with syncope

Target Audience

Healthcare practitioners working in emergency medicine, critical care, cardiology, internal medicine, family practice and anaesthesiology.

Course Prerequisite

Reading the pre-course material is recommended but not mandatory.

Course Agenda*

*agenda subject to change

Time	Topic	Faculty
08:00 - 08:20	Bonjour	Andreas Engelbrecht, Vidya Lalloo, Suma Rajan
08:20 - 09:00	ETechnical secrets of the ECG; seated cat and cow yoga	Vidya Lalloo
09:00 - 09:45	Back to basics; the approach; Medievil Fresco	Andreas Engelbrecht
09:45 - 10:00	Break
10:00 - 11:00	Not every ST-segment elevation is STEMI; seated crescent moon pose; hand and wrist yoga	Vidya Lalloo
11:00 - 12:00	STEMI equivalents; Chair pigeon pose; bhramari breathing; neck and shoulder stretches	Suma Rajan
12:00 - 12:20	Pulmonary catastrophes; Chiaroscuro; impressionism	Andreas Engelbrecht
12:20 - 13:00	Lunch
13:00 - 13:30	Tox-ECG; Surrealism	Suma Rajan
13:30 - 14:30	Syncope; deep shoulder stretches; tree pose; nadi shodana breathing	Vidya Lalloo
14:30 - 15:30	Scary dysrrhythmias; expressionism	Andreas Engelbrecht
15:30 - 16:00	Electrolyte madness; seated spinal twist	Suma Rajan
15:30 - 16:00	Management of Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency Department	George Glass
16:00 - 16:30	Quiz and Addiju!	Andreas Engelbrecht, Vidya Lalloo, Suma Rajan

Course Director

Andreas Engelbrecht, MBChB FCEM MMed (Fam Med) DipPEC DA DTM&H
Professor Emergency Medicine, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Faculty

Vidya Lalloo, MBChB, FCEM, MMed (emerg med), DipPEC, PGDipGUS
Senior Lecturer and Emergency Medicine Specialist, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Suma Rajan, MBBS, FCEM, MMed (emerg med), DipPEC
Specialist Emergency Physician, Letterkenny University Hospital, Letterkenny, Ireland

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