Mom brings in her 24 year old daughter and says that she is not sure what happens, but the daughter suddenly goes into convulsions and starts shaking and having a seizure. You attach the EKG machine for fun, then you capture the following over the next 10 seconds. Is this artifact and shaking or something very bad?

A 20 year old patient comes in to the ER complaining that he was playing soccer, and the ball hit him in his chest. He feels like "I got the wind knocked out of me" and is doing well otherwise. He has no medical history, vitals are stable. One of the brightest ER interns decides to get an EKG, and you see the following:

What is this?

One of the marvels of modern technology is the ability to view faxes on your phone. Having a Palm Pre makes that very convenient, if you are on a football field or at a restaurant!

If the emergency department calls and says, "Hey, can you take a look at this EKG for us?" You can say, "Sure, fax it to me." You give them your fax number (provided through www.MyFax.com) and they fax it to your number, and it promptly pushed through my gmail account to my Palm Pre as an image or pdf file. I can quickly view it on my phone and tell them what to do with the patient (or what not to do)!

That is pretty amazing!

To the right is an example of an EKG that was faxed to my phone. It may look blurry and unclear to all of you, but there is enough information for me to give them a useful answer. If you right click and save the image, you will get the full sized image. On my Palm Pre, I can zoom in to view various parts of the EKG and that is awesome!

Thank you Palm, Google, and MyFax for providing us with the latest and greatest technology! This certainly makes life easier for all of us, and keeps patients safer!