ISE Electrocardiography for Healthcare Professionals

CHAPTER     1 Electrocardiography
CHAPTER     2 The Cardiovascular System
CHAPTER     3 The Electrocardiograph
CHAPTER     4 Performing an ECG
CHAPTER     5 Rhythm Strip Interpretation and Sinus Rhythms
CHAPTER     6 Atrial Dysrhythmias
CHAPTER     7 Junctional Dysrhythmias
CHAPTER     8 Heart Block Dysrhythmias
CHAPTER     9 Ventricular Dysrhythmias
CHAPTER  10 Bundle Branch Block
CHAPTER  11 Pacemaker Rhythms
CHAPTER  12 Cardiac Stress Testing
CHAPTER  13 Ambulatory Monitoring
CHAPTER  14 Clinical Presentation and Management of the Cardiac Patient
CHAPTER  15 Basic 12 Lead ECG Interpretation
APPENDIX  A Cardiovascular Medications
APPENDIX  B Standard and Isolation Precautions
APPENDIX  C Medical Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols
APPENDIX  D Anatomical Terms
APPENDIX  E Glossary

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.