ECGs Made Easy

Understanding ECGs has never been easier than with ECGs Made Easy, 6th Edition! In compliance with the American Heart Association’s 2015 ECC resuscitation guidelines, Barbara Aehlert’s new edition offers clear explanations, a conversational tone, and a wealth of practice exercises to help students and professionals from a variety of medical fields learn how to accurately recognize and interpret basic dysrhythmias. Each heart rhythm covered in the book includes a sample ECG rhythm strip and a discussion of possible patient symptoms and general treatment guidelines. Other userfriendly features include: ECG Pearls with insights based on realworld experience, Drug Pearls highlighting the medications used to treat dysrhythmias, Clinical Correlation callouts, Lead In applicatinos, Stop & Review questions, a comprehensive posttest with answers, and more. It’s everything you need to master ECG interpretation with ease! COVER ECGs Made Easy COPYRIGHT Preface to the 6th edition Acknowledgments Contents 1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LOCATION, SIZE, AND SHAPEOFTHEHEART SURFACES OF THE HEART COVERINGS OF THE HEART STRUCTURE OF THE HEART THE HEART AS A PUMP 2 BASIC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CARDIAC CELLS CARDIAC ACTION POTENTIAL CONDUCTION SYSTEM CAUSES OF DYSRHYTHMIAS THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY PAPER SYSTEMATIC RHYTHM INTERPRETATION 3 SINUS MECHANISMS INTRODUCTION SINUS RHYTHM SINUS BRADYCARDIA SINUS TACHYCARDIA SINUS ARRHYTHMIA SINOATRIAL BLOCK SINUS ARREST 4 ATRIAL RHYTHMS INTRODUCTION ATRIAL DYSRHYTHMIAS: MECHANISMS PREMATURE ATRIAL COMPLEXES WANDERING ATRIAL PACEMAKER MULTIFOCAL ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA ATRIAL FLUTTER ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 5 JUNCTIONAL RHYTHMS INTRODUCTION PREMATURE JUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES JUNCTIONAL ESCAPE BEATS OR RHYTHM ACCELERATED JUNCTIONAL RHYTHM JUNCTIONAL TACHYCARDIA 6 VENTRICULAR RHYTHMS INTRODUCTION PREMATURE VENTRICULAR COMPLEXES VENTRICULAR ESCAPE BEATS OR RHYTHM ACCELERATED IDIOVENTRICULAR RHYTHM VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION ASYSTOLE (CARDIAC STANDSTILL) 7 ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCKS INTRODUCTION FIRST-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCKS SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULARBLOCK TYPE I SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCKTYPE II 2:1 ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK ADVANCED SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK THIRD-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK B PACEMAKER RHYTHMS PACEMAKER SYSTEMS PACING CHAMBERS AND MODES PACEMAKER MALFUNCTION ANALYZING PACEMAKER FUNCTION ON THE ECG 9 INTRODUCTION TO THE 12-LEAD ECG INTRODUCTION LAYOUT OF THE 12-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM VECTORS ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES INTRAVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION DELAYS CHAMBER ENLARGEMENT ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCES ANALYZING THE 12-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM 10 POSlTEST INDEX "Understanding ECGs has never been easier than with ECGs Made Easy, 6th Edition. In compliance with the American Heart Association's 2015 ECC resuscitation guidelines, Barbara Aehlert's new edition offers clear explanations, a conversational tone, and a wealth of practice exercises to help students and professionals from a variety of medical fields learn how to accurately recognize and interpret basic dysrhythmias. Each heart rhythm covered in the book includes a sample ECG rhythm strip and a discussion of possible patient symptoms and general treatment guidelines. Other user-friendly features include: ECG Pearls with insights based on real-world experience, Drug Pearls highlighting the medications used to treat dysrhythmias, Clinical Correlation call-outs, Lead In applications, Stop & Review questions, a comprehensive post-test with answers, and more."--Publisher