In response to “Emergency physicians should interpret every triage ECG, including those with a computer interpretation of normal”

[...]Dr. Brady and colleagues present an image (Fig. 1) of a reportedly computer interpreted “normal” ECG where “there was a delay of care as these ECG findings were not recognized.” Furthermore, Table 2 in our original article presents data for all patients who underwent cardiac catheterization after a computer interpreted normal ECG [4]. [...]the information on the very few patients with coronary artery disease is provided to the reader. EP interruptions are known to result in a substantial number of medical errors [8,9] and when a triage ECG is brought to the EP, the EP is interrupted from other medical tasks 74% of the time [10]. [...]these studies are completed, the evidence to base decisions is limited, but the best quality data (large cohort studies) supports the safety of not immediately interrupting the EPs to read computer interpreted normal ECGs [1,4].Credit authorship contribution statement James F. Holmes: Writing – original draft.