ABSTRACT

Written in plain language with clear explanations, bullet lists and summaries throughout, this book will benefit nurses as well as paramedics and other allied health professionals in recording and reading ECGs. The book begins by covering the basics of cardiac anatomy and physiology and how these relate to the ECG. It then guides nurses on how to perform a high-quality ECG recording, interpret it and make sense of common ECG abnormalities. The book also includes a guide to ambulatory and bedside monitoring and useful chapter summaries.

chapter 1|10 pages

The basics of the heartbeat

chapter 2|14 pages

The basics of the ECG

chapter 3|16 pages

How to record a 12-lead ECG

chapter 4|6 pages

How to read a 12-lead ECG

chapter 5|16 pages

Heart rate: Bradycardia and tachycardia

chapter 6|16 pages

An approach to heart rhythms

chapter 7|28 pages

Supraventricular rhythms

chapter 8|22 pages

Ventricular rhythms

chapter 9|20 pages

Conduction problems and types of block

chapter 11|22 pages

ST segment elevation and depression

chapter 12|12 pages

T wave changes

chapter 13|14 pages

QT interval prolongation

chapter 14|8 pages

Bedside and ambulatory monitoring

chapter 15|14 pages

Summary of key points