ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy!

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781582553559
• ISBN10: 1582553556
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-23
• Publisher: SPRINGHOUSE PUBLISHING

Summary

Now in its Third Edition and better than ever, ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy!makes reading and understanding rhythm strips and 12-lead ECGs easy. This entertaining reference reviews fundamental cardiac anatomy and physiology, explains how to obtain and interpret a rhythm strip, and teaches the reader how to recognize and treat 18 arrhythmias. It also explains how to obtain and interpret 12-lead ECGs, posterior ECGs, and 15- and 18-lead ECGs. The familiar Incredibly Easy!elements found throughout the reference make it easy to remember key points.

Table of Contents

Contributors and consultants	vii
Foreword	ix
Part I ECG fundamentals
Cardiac anatomy and physiology	3	(20)
Obtaining a rhythm strip	23	(22)
Interpreting a rhythm strip	45	(20)
Part II Recognizing arrhythmias
Sinus node arrhythmias	65	(26)
Atrial arrhythmias	91	(22)
Junctional arrhythmias	113	(18)
Ventricular arrhythmias	131	(28)
Atrioventricular blocks	159	(22)
Part III Treating arrhythmias
Nonpharmacologic treatments	181	(30)
Pharmacologic treatment	211	(34)
Part IV 12-lead ECGs
Obtaining a 12-lead ECG	245	(16)
Interpreting a 12-lead ECG	261
Appendices and index
Practice makes perfect	288	(17)
Brushing up on interpretation skills	305	(14)
Look-alike ECG challenge	319	(11)
Quick guide to arrhythmias	330	(5)
Glossary	335	(2)
Index	337