Full Description
Electrocardiography for Health Care Personnel prepares users for a national ECG certification examination, as well as providing 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.
Contents
CHAPTER 1Electrocardiography
CHAPTER 2The Cardiovascular System
CHAPTER 3The Electrocardiograph
CHAPTER 4Performing an ECG
CHAPTER 5Rhythm Strip Interpretation and Sinus Rhythms
CHAPTER 6Atrial Dysrhythmias
CHAPTER 7Junctional Dysrhythmias
CHAPTER 8Heart Block Dysrhythmias
CHAPTER 9Ventricular Dysrhythmias
CHAPTER 10Bundle Branch Block
CHAPTER 11 Pacemaker Rhythms
CHAPTER 12 Cardiac Stress Testing
CHAPTER 13 Ambulatory Monitoring
CHAPTER 14Clinical Presentation and Management of the Cardiac Patient
CHAPTER 15Basic 12 Lead ECG Interpretation
APPENDIX ACardiovascular Medications
APPENDIX BStandard and Isolation Precautions
APPENDIX CMedical Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols
APPENDIX DAnatomical Terms
APPENDIX EGlossary
