Electrocardiography for Health Care Personnel prepares users for a national ECG certification examination, as well as provides ECG skills training for health care students and health care personnel who are interested in mastering additional skills.
The text includes the essential skills needed to perform an ECG, including anatomy of the heart, basic characteristics, equipment, appropriate intervention, and other technical applications, such as Holter monitoring and stress testing. Emphasis throughout the text is placed on troubleshooting.
1. Electrocardiography
2. The Cardiovascular System
3. The Electrocardiograph
4. Performing an ECG
5. Rhythm Strip Interpretation
6. Sinus Rhythms
7. Atrial Dysrhythmias
8. Junctional Dysrhythmias
9. Heart Block Dysrhythmias
10. Ventricular Dysrhythmias
11. Pacemaker Rhythms
12. Cardiac Stress Testing
13. Ambulatory Monitoring
14. Clinical Presentation and Management of the Cardiac Patient
15. Basic 12 Lead ECG Interpretation
