EKG Interpretation by ... Ortho?

Sure you passed your ACLS class --barely -- but your specialty area doesn't deal with electro-physiology all that much and you have a hard time remembering what all those EKG rhythms mean. 

@TCKMed on twitter had a great thread to ... um .. help. 

Safe Squiggles (NSR)
- Aw yeeee
- Pumpy boi doin good
- Don't tell me it's a false flag shut up nerd pic.twitter.com/XSVi0cFsG9

— TCK Med (@TCKMed) May 22, 2020

Okay, that was easy, how about ... 

 

Speedy Squiggles (ST)
- Coffee
- Or you got pimped in front of the entire department
- Cocaine?
- DM me pls pic.twitter.com/IjKZ3V3k5c

— TCK Med (@TCKMed) May 22, 2020

Let's slow this down ... 

 

Lazy Squiggles (SB)
- I get it you do crossfit
- Stop showing off
- Wait why are you so cold pic.twitter.com/fW4LiPoiWI

— TCK Med (@TCKMed) May 22, 2020

 

BASED Saw Squiggles (Aflutter)
- I like this one cause it is a saw
- What do you mean it's bad
- Saws can't be bad pic.twitter.com/1YA28O55eR

— TCK Med (@TCKMed) May 22, 2020

Now it gets confusing, hang on ... 

 

Confusion Squiggles (AFib)
- Bro I have no idea what's going on rn
- This came from the saw?
- So it's just smol saw
- No problem pic.twitter.com/cW5po8aQPL

— TCK Med (@TCKMed) May 22, 2020

 Danger ...

Edgy Squiggles (1st Degree)
- Seems like doin a concern but prolly not
- Really just wants attention
- Visits some questionable internet pages pic.twitter.com/Xr2Y6eM0Xu

— TCK Med (@TCKMed) May 22, 2020

Irrelevant Squiggles (2nd Type 2)
- Literally no one cares about this one
- So there's probably like 80 UWorld questions on it
- Never as cool as his brother pic.twitter.com/Kpy3dw06zN

— TCK Med (@TCKMed) May 22, 2020

Now things get seriously ... anoying? 

 

Free Squiggles (JER)
- Escaped the Matrix
- Just wants to do his own thing
- Doing it in a bad place
- What are you running from bro
- Call mom she misses you pic.twitter.com/KHXImf6jrh

— TCK Med (@TCKMed) May 22, 2020

Failure Squiggles (Pacemaker Capture)
- Trying his best
- Keeps screwing up
- Everyone lets him know
- It's like Pokemon Snap when you have to try and get a photo of Mew and he keeps ducking you like an asshole so you restart the level 100 times
- No I will not calm down pic.twitter.com/ca9CKQ2h7d

— TCK Med (@TCKMed) May 22, 2020

Ummm ... crash cart squiggles?

 

Failure Squiggles (Pacemaker Capture)
- Trying his best
- Keeps screwing up
- Everyone lets him know
- It's like Pokemon Snap when you have to try and get a photo of Mew and he keeps ducking you like an asshole so you restart the level 100 times
- No I will not calm down pic.twitter.com/ca9CKQ2h7d

— TCK Med (@TCKMed) May 22, 2020

The Final Squiggles!

 

Homicidal Squiggles (Torsades)
- Bro what the fuck happened to Steve
- He took HOW MUCH Hydroxychloroquine?
- We can fix this
- We can't fix this
- We gotta leave now bro pic.twitter.com/dYc3ih2pHr

— TCK Med (@TCKMed) May 22, 2020