Allied Health

For courses in Basic EKG Interpretation taken by nursing and health profession students.

Recognizing arrhythmias is an essential skill for many health care workers. This practical, workbook-oriented text teaches students how to recognize arrhythmias in a clear, step-by-step fashion. It is the ideal combination of a systematic approach to EKG interpretation balanced with abundant hands-on practice; the authors provide over 500 sample practice strips from actual patients, more than twice the amount found in any other text.

• NEW - Complete technological updates—Updates Advanced Cardiac Life Support algorithms to American Heart Association standards.

  • Keeps students up to date on critical development and standards in the field. Ex.___

• NEW - Approximately 100 new practice strips.

  • Gives students extensive practice interpreting the type of EKG strips they will encounter on the job. Ex.___

• NEW - Revised layout—Places line drawings of the heart closer to related EKG strips.

  • Accommodates the visual learning style of today's students; helps them interpret EKG strips more easily. Ex.___

• NEW - Removal of internodal pathways from all graphics of the heart.

  • Makes graphics clearer to help students visualize concepts. Ex.___

• NEW - Addition of rate to all rhythm interpretations.

  • Clarifies the meaning of each interpretation. Ex.___

• NEW - Addition of the name of the rhythm to all figures showing a graphic of the heart.

  • Helps students remember important terms and visualize concepts. Ex.___

• NEW - Normal QRS measurement changed from “0.12 second or less” to “less than 0.12 sec.”

  • Provides the student with current terminology consistent with the American Heart Association's Textbook of Advanced Cardiac Life Support. Ex.___

• Complete technological updates—Updates Advanced Cardiac Life Support algorithms to American Heart Association standards.

  • Keeps students up to date on critical development and standards in the field. Ex.___

• Approximately 100 new practice strips.

  • Gives students extensive practice interpreting the type of EKG strips they will encounter on the job. Ex.___

• Revised layout—Places line drawings of the heart closer to related EKG strips.

  • Accommodates the visual learning style of today's students; helps them interpret EKG strips more easily. Ex.___

• Removal of internodal pathways from all graphics of the heart.

  • Makes graphics clearer to help students visualize concepts. Ex.___

• Addition of rate to all rhythm interpretations.

  • Clarifies the meaning of each interpretation. Ex.___

• Addition of the name of the rhythm to all figures showing a graphic of the heart.

  • Helps students remember important terms and visualize concepts. Ex.___

• Normal QRS measurement changed from “0.12 second or less” to “less than 0.12 sec.”

  • Provides the student with current terminology consistent with the American Heart Association's Textbook of Advanced Cardiac Life Support. Ex.___

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with a Self-Evaluation.)

1. Introduction.


2. Sinus and Atrial Arrhythmias.


3. Junctional Arrhythmias.


4. Supraventricular Arrhythmias—Practice Strips.


5. AV Blocks.


6. Ventricular Arrhythmias.


7. Complicating Features.


8. General Review of Arrhythmias.


9. Treatment of Arrhythmias.


Answer Keys.


Bibliography.

EKG (Allied Health / Health Professions Core)
Critical Care/Acute Care Nursing (RN)
EKG Interpretation (Emergency Medical Services (Brady))
Paramedic (Emergency Medical Services (Brady))

View a Sample Chapter PDF:

• Instructor's Jump Kit
  Brady
  © 2009 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only | Estimated Availability: 01/01/2009
  ISBN-10: 0135010764 | ISBN-13: 9780135010761
  
  
  

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