Ez Egc

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Paperback Published: 1st December 2006
ISBN: 9780803610439
Number Of Pages: 384

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Use analogies to make basic ECG concepts comprehensible and memorable for your students! The anatomy of the heart is like a house with rooms and doors. The intra-atrial and internodal pathways are like highways. Your students will absorb ECG interpretation like a sponge!This diverting, EZ-to-read approach, coupled with sound educational theory, encourages learning in students who are frustrated by the non-descriptive, formulaic writing found in most other textbooks. It's an alternative to the staid, jumpy approach found in other introductory ECG texts:
  •  Well written, and in a style that is lighthearted and entertaining
  •  A highly visual approach with illustrations and boxes that engage students
  •  Peppered with analogies that make learning fun
  •  "Building block" approach that progressively layers the content for students from simple to complex

This is the book your students will use to understand the basic concepts of ECG, develop their ability to identify rhythms (especially life-threatening ones), and learn the appropriate response to patients with life-threatening rhythms.

"I think the "Now You Know" section is crucial to summarizing what wascovered in the chapters...particularly if a person is short on time andwants to get thehighlights. I also like the fill in the blanks at the end of eachchapter.I think it's a good way to self assess...It reminds me a little of thebook I used to learn EKGs by Dubin, but I think this one is set up alittle better. It also explainsthings more clearly." -- Lauren Staple, Student Reviewer

Learning the Basics
A Hearty Tour	p. 2
Coming Up Next	p. 2
An Elegant Design	p. 2
The Value of Valves	p. 3
The Heart Needs Its Wheaties Too	p. 8
Test Yourself	p. 10
Now You Know	p. 11
(Dis)Charge It!	p. 12
Coming Up Next	p. 12
Start the Pump	p. 12
Keep It Going	p. 13
Test Yourself	p. 18
Now You Know	p. 18
The ECG Canvas	p. 19
Coming Up Next	p. 19
Doing the Background Work	p. 19
The Tracing Takes Shape	p. 20
Speed Reading	p. 22
Estimating Heart Rate	p. 25
Thinking Outside the Box	p. 30
Now You Know	p. 31
Test Yourself	p. 32
Location, Location, Location	p. 35
Coming Up Next	p. 35
Lines of Force	p. 35
In Search of an Arrow	p. 36
Lead and the Signal Will Follow	p. 37
Electrode Placement and Leads	p. 40
I Spy with My Little Lead	p. 41
Now You Know	p. 42
Test Yourself	p. 43
Getting More Technical
The Shape of Things to Come	p. 46
Coming Up Next	p. 46
Telling Dogs From Wolves	p. 46
The Perfect Wave	p. 47
Waves, Complexes, Segments, and Intervals	p. 52
Now You Know	p. 55
Test Yourself	p. 55
Cars and Carts: From P-Wave to QRS Complex	p. 59
Coming Up Next	p. 59
How to Tie a Shoelace	p. 59
First Comes the P-Wave	p. 59
The AV Node Tollbooth	p. 61
Variations on a P-Wave	p. 62
Measuring the PR Interval	p. 65
Now You Know	p. 68
Test Yourself	p. 68
The Intraventricular Superhighway	p. 72
Coming Up Next	p. 72
Traveling the Bundle Branch Routes	p. 72
Tracking the QRS Complex	p. 73
Measuring Tools and Techniques	p. 80
Now You Know	p. 86
Test Yourself	p. 87
The Language of ECG	p. 90
Coming Up Next	p. 90
Starting With the Basics	p. 90
A Little Less Basic	p. 93
Now You Know	p. 95
Test Yourself	p. 95
Rhythm Rules	p. 96
Coming Up Next	p. 96
How Many Questions?	p. 96
How Regular Is Regular?	p. 96
Fast, Slow, or Just Right?	p. 98
P or Not P?	p. 99
How Far From P to R?	p. 100
How Complex Is Your QRS?	p. 100
What Was All That Again?	p. 100
Why All the Questions?	p. 101
Now You Know	p. 101
Test Yourself	p. 102
Moving to the Rhythm
Sinus Rhythms	p. 106
Coming Up Next	p. 106
One Who Sets the Pace	p. 106
Recognizing Sinus Rhythms	p. 106
Sinus Discharge Can Be a Good Thing	p. 107
Sinus Tachycardia	p. 107
Sinus Bradycardia	p. 110
Sinus Arrhythmia	p. 113
Sinus Arrest and Sinus Exit Block	p. 114
Now You Know	p. 117
Test Yourself	p. 117
Atrial Rhythms	p. 132
Coming Up Next	p. 132
Atrial Rule: When Leadership Disagrees	p. 132
Those Irritable Atria	p. 132
A PAC Without the Politics	p. 133
Ectopic Atrial Pacemaker	p. 135
Atrial Tachycardia	p. 136
Wandering Atrial Pacemaker	p. 137
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia	p. 140
Atrial Flutter	p. 141
A PAC With a Block	p. 142
Atrial Fibrillation	p. 144
Now You Know	p. 150
Test Yourself	p. 151
Junctional Rhythms	p. 165
Coming Up Next	p. 165
Who's Running the Government?	p. 165
The Supraventricular Jigsaw	p. 166
A Question of Origin	p. 167
Junctional Rhythms in a Nutshell	p. 169
Premature Junctional Contraction	p. 169
Junctional Rhythm	p. 171
Accelerated Junctional Rhythm	p. 173
Junctional Bradycardia	p. 174
Junctional Tachycardia	p. 175
Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Easy Way Out	p. 177
Now You Know	p. 178
Test Yourself	p. 178
Ventricular Rhythms	p. 189
Coming Up Next	p. 189
In Revolt	p. 189
From Highways to Back Roads	p. 189
Why Use the Back Roads?	p. 190
Premature Ventricular Contraction	p. 191
Idioventricular Rhythm	p. 194
Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm	p. 195
Ventricular Bradycardia	p. 197
Treating Low Cardiac Output	p. 198
Ventricular Tachycardia	p. 199
Multifocal Ventricular Tachycardia	p. 200
Ventricular Flutter	p. 201
Ventricular Fibrillation	p. 201
Asystole	p. 203
Now You Know	p. 209
Test Yourself	p. 210
Contemplating Conduction
The Mental Block of AV Blocks	p. 226
Coming Up Next	p. 226
Dissolving the Mental Block	p. 226
Tollbooth Trouble	p. 227
A Matter of Degree	p. 228
First-Degree Block	p. 228
Wenckebach	p. 229
Classic Second-Degree	p. 231
Third-Degree Block	p. 232
The Interpretation Tree	p. 235
Treating AV Blocks	p. 236
Now You Know	p. 238
Test Yourself	p. 238
Detours on the Intraventricular Highways	p. 246
Coming Up Next	p. 246
Frustration on the Highway	p. 246
Landmarks on the Long Way Home	p. 248
Tachycardias of the Fourth Kind	p. 251
Do the Valsalva	p. 253
QRS Complexes in Accord	p. 256
If It's Yellow, Waddles, and Quacks, It's Probably V-Tach	p. 256
Now You Know	p. 258
Test Yourself	p. 258
Taking Advanced Lessons
Pacemakers: Keeping the Heart from Early Retirement	p. 266
Coming Up Next	p. 266
An Electronic Superhero	p. 266
Would Somebody Help Me Here?	p. 266
Types of Pacemakers	p. 267
Decoding the Code	p. 268
Lead by Example	p. 270
Think Like a Pacemaker	p. 274
Recognizing Trouble	p. 277
I Can Name that Pacemaker in Four Beats	p. 280
Now You Know	p. 284
Test Yourself	p. 285
Some Artifacts Aren't Rare or Valuable	p. 294
Coming Up Next	p. 294
Snow in Your House	p. 294
Check Your Patient	p. 294
Under the Influence	p. 300
The Ghost in the Machine	p. 302
Know What You're Dealing With	p. 305
Now You Know	p. 306
Test Yourself	p. 306
Timing Really is Everything	p. 314
Coming Up Next	p. 314
What's a QT Interval?	p. 314
Measuring the QT Interval	p. 314
Too Long a Rest	p. 315
Pacemakers and the QT Interval	p. 317
Shocking News on the QT	p. 321
Now You Know	p. 324
Test Yourself	p. 325
Are There Really Three I's in MI?	p. 328
Coming Up Next	p. 328
Shifting Focus	p. 328
An Advanced Lesson in Plumbing	p. 328
The Three I's	p. 329
The Sensitive T-Wave	p. 332
The Rise and Fall of the ST Segment	p. 334
Treating Myocardial Infarctions	p. 340
Now You Know	p. 343
Test Yourself	p. 344
Cutting Through the Haze	p. 347
Coming Up Next	p. 347
Sorting Things Out	p. 347
Irregular Rhythms With P-Waves	p. 347
Artifact or Ventricular Tachycardia?	p. 349
Absent P-Waves	p. 350
Blocking AV Block Errors	p. 351
Ventricular Fibrillation or Asystole?	p. 354
Antidisestablishmentarianism	p. 354
Now You Know	p. 357
Post Test Questions	p. 360
Post Test Answers	p. 427
Heart Rate Tables	p. 457
Glossary	p. 453
Suggested Readings	p. 463
Answer Key	p. 470
Index	p. 512
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ISBN: 9780803610439
ISBN-10: 0803610432
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 384
Published: 1st December 2006
Publisher: F.A. Davis Company
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 27.79 x 21.95 x 2.29
Weight (kg): 1.25