Latest news with #EKG
Medscape
07-07-2025
- Health
- Medscape
Palpitations: A 12-Lead EKG Doesn't Tell the Full Story
This transcript has been edited for clarity. Palpitations are one of the most common complaints when seen in the clinic, but a normal 12-lead EKG does not tell the full story. It captures just a few seconds. Your patient might still be having intermittent arrhythmias, like atrial fibrillation, premature ventricular contractions, or short runs of ventricular tachycardia, that simply do not show up during the visit. What do we do? We start with a detailed history. Ask about when it happens, how long it lasts, what brings it on, and whether it comes with dizziness, chest pain, or near syncope. The pattern matters: regular vs irregular, brief or sustained, activity related or at rest. Then we monitor. A 24- to 48-hHolter is fine if symptoms are frequent. If they're rarer, think longer-term options like a 14-day patch monitor or even an event recorder. For concerning symptoms, an implantable loop recorder is still on the table. Next, we stratify risk. If symptoms happen with exertion or there is a history of heart disease,you want to refer to cardiology. Those patients need imaging and further workup. The bottom line is that a normal EKG does not rule out a real rhythm problem. If something feels off, trust your gut and dig deeper.
Business Wire
03-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
o9 is Raising the Bar for Enterprise Planning and Execution
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- o9, a leading AI-powered software platform for enterprise planning and execution, today announced new capabilities centered on specialized AI agents and self-learning models within its Digital Brain™ Platform. These advancements take intelligence, automation, and value-creation speed to the next level. The platform enables the digitization of processes from execution to long-range planning, across the supply chain, commercial, and P&L domains. It helps create a boundaryless operating model for optimized, synchronized decision-making in response to rapidly emerging and evolving market risks and opportunities. Leading manufacturers, retailers, distributors and service providers across 30-plus industry verticals use the o9 Digital Brain™ to connect the islands of data and tribal knowledge into its patented Enterprise Knowledge Graph (EKG), enabling integrated planning and execution across the enterprise. o9 clients have reported value generation in the hundreds of millions per year, driven by inventory savings, cost of goods reduction, and improvements in customer service and productivity. The value proof points o9's clients are experiencing strongly validate o9's founding premise: enhancing enterprise planning and execution capabilities is the top value creation driver for any business navigating an increasingly volatile and complex world. o9 invested in deep R&D and pilot programs with strategic clients to develop the following capabilities, which are now generally available. Specialized o9 AI Agents for Planning and Execution The Digital Brain now features specialized AI agents that enhance the productivity and expertise of management, planners, and individuals in front-line operations roles. o9 built these AI Agents by combining generative and agentic AI with its patented Enterprise Knowledge Graph (EKG), which connects data and tribal knowledge into a system of record of digital knowledge. These new AI Agents can analyze large volumes of data to identify risks and opportunities while answering key management questions that o9 refers to as the 3Ws: What happened and why? What is likely to happen? What cross-functional actions should be taken to improve the plan? Performance Post-Game-Analysis (PGA) Solutions with Inbuilt Learning Models for Continuous Improvement o9's PGA solutions powered by inbuilt learning models, provide insights into why the execution deviated from the plan and where the value leakage is happening. These capabilities are the ultimate catalyst for driving continuous improvement. The o9 PGA solutions include automated identification of value leakage and performance gaps, root-cause analysis algorithms, and AI-powered storytelling. Self-Service Fast Innovation Platform: Enabling Enterprises to Own the Improvement and Drive Change Faster This new offering will allow o9 clients to improve and extend capabilities within their existing o9 Digital Brain™ Platform through a self-service model. Users can continuously improve, innovate, and be in control of their own use of the platform to fine-tune capabilities and drive adoption of business processes. No-code and low-code AI agents will make it easier for innovation to leverage the platform's flexibility. Features include the ability to continuously extend and improve deployed solutions, build unique differentiated capabilities into standard processes, and modernize legacy applications. Powered by these innovations, o9 is helping enterprises to build highly effective boundless operating models to drive performance excellence in highly volatile and fast-changing environments. To learn more, visit About o9 o9 is a leading AI-powered platform for integrated business planning and decision-making for the enterprise. Whether it is driving demand, aligning demand and supply, or optimizing commercial initiatives, any planning process can be made faster and smarter with o9's AI-powered digital solutions. o9 brings together technology innovations—such as graph-based enterprise modeling, big data analytics, advanced algorithms for scenario planning, collaborative portals, easy-to-use interfaces and cloud-based delivery—into one platform. For more information, please visit
CTV News
02-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
‘Angels in the sky': Doctor saves man's life during flight
OKLAHOMA (KOCO) -- An Oklahoma doctor saved a man's life during a flight in April, using his medical expertise and a special tool to keep the passenger safe. T.J. Trad, an invasive cardiologist with Stillwater Medical Center, detailed the moments and how he used a portable EKG monitor to stabilize the passenger experiencing chest pain. 'He was very anxious, he said, and 'I'm going to die,' and the first thing that came to my mind was, 'Not today,'' said Trad. Trad was returning to the U.S. after working with about 100 patients for free through his organization, Cura for the World and Project Orphans, when a passenger began experiencing chest pain. Courtney Wood, a nurse travelling with Dr. Trad, alerted him to the situation, prompting him to immediately assist the passenger. Dr. Trad used a KardiaMobile Card, a portable EKG monitor, to assess the man's condition 30,000 feet in the air. 'I asked him on a scale from 0-10, 10 being the most intense pain you've ever had. He said, 'I'm at a 10,'' Trad said. Working with other healthcare professionals on board, they managed to reduce the man's pain to zero within about 30 minutes and kept him stable until the plane landed in Amsterdam. 'The nurse that was sitting at bedside, she was getting vitals every 5-10 minutes. So, she was getting his heart rate, his pulse ox, his blood pressure, and she was documenting that on a piece of paper,' Trad said. 'They gave me a seat right next to the door, where the pilot is, so that I can give him updates.' Reflecting on the incident, Dr. Trad described it as a full-circle moment, having experienced a heart attack himself while working to save another life. 'You try your best to act very fast during moments like that, but having felt what this patient had felt, or what other patients had felt, makes me a better doctor, a lot more compassionate, a lot more empathetic,' he said. The patient, who spent the night in the hospital and was discharged the next day, is reportedly doing OK. Trad humbly attributed the successful outcome to divine intervention. 'His wife hugged me, and she said we were her angels in the sky, and that was very, very sweet,' he said. Dr. Trad advises travellers to carry items like nitroglycerin or aspirin in case of a cardiovascular emergency. He remains focused on his foundation's clinics, including one in Creek County.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Over 100 Panhandle coaches attend clinic highlighting safety for student athletes
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Students are wrapping up the school year this week, but coaches are already thinking about summer football workouts under the hot August sun. Over 100 coaches from across the Panhandle gathered on Wednesday in Bay County to learn more about safely managing and protecting their players during workouts, practices, and games. The Panhandle Area Educational Consortium, or the PAEC, organized the coaches' clinic to make coaches aware of potential tragedies and help prevent them. Governor Ron DeSantis signs two bills to help 'stand by man's best friend' 'We have coaches from those 10 districts and Bay County as well that have come together to hear speakers that are lawyers and doctors talk about the laws, the ways to care for kids, the things we need to do to ensure kids are safe,' PAEC Administrator of Risk Management Mickey Hudson said. Anyone can imagine, the heat in Florida is a major concern. 'At Mosley and all the schools and medical schools, we have what we call the weather machine, but there's a machine that's attached out there to one of the power poles right by the practice field. And it goes to an app on your phone. And we use this thing called the wet bulb thermometer that not just measures the outside, but the moisture, the wind conditions, a lot of different things that go out and then based and we get readings on that by the minute,' Mosley High School Head Football Coach Tommy Joe Whiddon said. The wet-bulb temperature measures how easily the body can cool itself through sweating. When the temperature is too hot, sweat cannot evaporate and cool itself down, which leads to heat illness. Concussions are also a serious concern. The key point is, those who have symptoms can't play. 'The law already helps them out because the word that you use that is most important is they have symptoms, and so they're removed from play. That's hard. They know that that's a hard line. There's no question about that,' Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic's Dr. Todd Hewitt said. Port St. Joe mourns the loss of star football player Last year, the Port St. Joe Tiger Sharks' star football player, Chance Gainer, died during a game. Chance's mother, Equila Gainer, spoke to coaches Wednesday to inspire them to do their part to prevent potential injuries. 'We're bringing awareness to what these kids could possibly be feeling. They've actually done the second chance, where EKGs will be mandatory in the school system. So I think now that people are more aware of what happened to my son, Chance, they're actually looking now, looking for signs, looking for little tales of what we can do or how we can fix the situation,' Equila said. The Second Chance Act, named after Chance Gainer, will be implemented in the 2026 school year. It will require all student-athletes in Florida to receive EKG screenings. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Verge
24-05-2025
- Health
- The Verge
Whoop is reportedly replacing defective MG trackers
Users of Whoop's fitness trackers have been reporting that their Whoop MG fitness trackers are turning unresponsive, in some cases within under an hour of setting them up. Now, the company is apparently replacing the trackers, in some cases before the users even ask, TechIssuesToday reports. Launched alongside the Whoop 5.0 earlier this month, the Whoop MG (which stands for 'Medical Grade') comes with EKG capabilities and blood pressure insights and requires a premium Whoop Life subscription that's $359 per year. Users started reporting issues with the tracker almost immediately. On May 11th, a user reported in the Whoop community forum that their MG 'stopped working overnight after working for 8 hours. No green light, no bluelight nothing. It won't now pair with the app.' Others replied to say the tracker failed even sooner for them, with one person reporting that it went inert after just half an hour of use. Some also report that their 5.0 has failed. The company appears to be trying to rectify the situation by sending out replacement units, sometimes without users even asking for one, as the Reddit user who posted the screenshot above wrote further down in the thread. The same goes for a user who posted two days ago to say they got the same notification despite having not noticed any problems with their MG. Some in that thread even write that the company replaced their MGs without ever telling them it would be doing so. It's already been a troubled launch for Whoop. Earlier this month, some users were outraged when Whoop said they would need to add another 12 months onto their memberships to avoid the upgrade fee for the Whoop 5.0. Previously, users only needed to have 6 months left on their subscription to get a Whoop 4.0. The company soon walked its new terms back, posting on Reddit that those who had at least 12 months left would be eligible for an upgrade.
