A report by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body highlighted significant variation in how UK paramedic students are taught 12-lead ECG skills.

A woman in her early 40s, diabetic, presented with severe right-sided chest pain radiating to her right hand of 2 hours’ duration. She did not have history of any previous episodes of chest pain, ...

Most would be familiar with the conventional 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), a set of 12 electrodes positioned around the chest and on the limbs that record the heart’s electrical activity and ...