EKG (ECG) Course Introduction
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Outline
Understanding and interpreting electrocardiogram (EKG) rhythms can be confusing and intimidating. This course will show you the basics of how electricity flows through the heart and how that translates onto the EKG waveform. We’ll break down the most common heart rhythms you’ll be expected to know and make each one of them easy to understand!
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to…
- Discuss the basic physiology of the electrical activity in the heart.
- Explain the basic parts of the EKG waveform and their significance to the electrical activity in the heart.
- Interpret the EKG rhythm waveform for sinus rhythms and discuss the significance for the patient
- Interpret the EKG rhythm waveform for abnormal atrial rhythms and discuss the significance for the patient
- Interpret the EKG rhythm waveform for abnormal ventricular rhythms and discuss the significance for the patient
- Interpret the EKG rhythm waveform for heart blocks and discuss the significance for the patient
- Identify deadly or life-threatening EKG waveforms quickly
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Concepts Covered:
- Cardiac Disorders
- Emergency Care of the Cardiac Patient
- Circulatory System
Study Plan Lessons
Atrial Fibrillation (A Fib)
02.09 12 Lead EKG- Leads 1, 2, 3, aVL, and aVF for CCRN Review
1st Degree AV Heart Block
2nd Degree AV Heart Block Type 1 (Mobitz I, Wenckebach)
3rd Degree AV Heart Block (Complete Heart Block)
Atrial Flutter
Atrial Fibrillation (A Fib)
Dysrhythmia Emergencies
EKG (ECG) Course Introduction
EKG (ECG) Waveforms
EKG Basics – Live Tutoring Archive
Normal Sinus Rhythm
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Atrial Fibrillation (AFib)
Pacemakers
Sinus Bradycardia
Sinus Tachycardia
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
The EKG (ECG) Graph
Ventricular Fibrillation (V Fib)
Ventricular Tachycardia (V-tach)