E-Z ECG Rhythm Interpretation
E-Z ECG Rhythm Interpretation
by Henry Geiter
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ISBN: 9780803610439
Published: 30/9/2006
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Imprint: F.A. Davis Company
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Pages: 384
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Use analogies to make basic ECG concepts comprehensible and memorable for your students! The anatomy of the heart is like a house with rooms and doors.the intra-atrial and internodal pathways are like highways. Your students will absorb ECG interpretation like a sponge!

This diverting, EZ-to-read approach, coupled with sound educational theory, encourages learning in students who are frustrated by the non-descriptive, formulaic writing found in most other textbooks. It's an alternative to the staid, jumpy approach found in other introductory ECG texts:

  • Well written, and in a style that is lighthearted and entertaining
  • A highly visual approach with illustrations and boxes that engage students
  • Peppered with analogies that make learning fun
  • "Building block" approach that progressively layers the content for students from simple to complex
This is the book your students will use to understand the basic concepts of ECG, develop their ability to identify rhythms (especially life-threatening ones), and learn the appropriate response to patients with life-threatening rhythms.

 
Features

  • Discusses the basics of electrophysiology
  • Covers 1 to 12 leads
  • Reviews ECG wave form characteristics to facilitate identification
  • Contains numerous "perfect" ECG strips integrated in the didactic sections as examples
  • Provides a workbook component of 30 "real world" ECG strips at the end of each rhythm chapter
  • Presents all 675 ECG strips in standardized 6-second format to facilitate analysis and measurement
  • Includes a 200-strip, self-administered comprehensive test at the end of the book
  • Each copy of the book includes an "ECG Quick Card" - key diagnostic information presented on a 4 X 6 plastic card. It contains diagnostic parameters for rhythms seen most frequently or of most immediate concern, an AV block decision tree, a chart showing what leads demonstrate the location of an myocardial infarction, and a heart rate ruler. It also includes 24 tracings of both heart rhythms and artifacts that mimic heart rhythms.

 
TOC

Section 1: The ECG Alphabet
1. A Hearty Tour
2. (Dis)charge It
3. The ECG Canvas
4. Location, Location, Location
 Section 2: Putting the Letters Together to Form ECG Words
5. The Shape of Things to Come
6. Cars and Carts: From P-Wave to QRS Complex
7. The Intraventricular Superhighway
8. The Language of ECG
9. Rhythm Rules
 Section 3: Rhythms
10. Sinus Rhythms
11. Atrial Rhythms
12. Junctional Rhythms
13. Ventricular Rhythms
 Section 4: Conduction Problems
14. The Mental Block of AV Blocks
15. Detours on the Intraventricular Highways
 Section 5: Important Stuff That Didn't Fit Anywhere Else
16. Pacemakers: Avoiding Early Retirement
17. Some Artifacts Aren't Rare or Valuable
18. Timing Really Is Everything
19. ST Segments and Myocardial Injury
 Section 6: Content Review
20. Cutting Through the Haze
Rhythm "Cheat Sheet"
Appendices
Answer Key

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