Medical Student Survival Skills: ECG

Description

Medical students encounter many challenges on their path to success, from managing their time, applying theory to practice, and passing exams. The Medical Student Survival Skills series helps medical students navigate core subjects of the curriculum, providing accessible, short reference guides for OSCE preparation and hospital placements. These guides are the perfect tool for achieving clinical success. Medical Student Survival Skills: ECG is an indispensable resource for students new to ECG interpretation and cardiac arrhythmia recognition and treatment. Integrating essential clinical knowledge with practical OSCE advice, this portable guide provides concise and user-friendly coverage of all aspects of ECG monitoring, including atrial and ventricular fibrillation, myocardial infarction, and 12 lead ECG interpretation. Easy-to-find information, plentiful illustrations, OSCE checklists and expert discussions of actual ECG trace examples help medical students and junior doctors quickly get up to speed with ECG interpretation skills. Title Page......Page 5 Copyright Page ......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 About the companion website......Page 11 PQRST complex (figure 1.2)......Page 13 Sinus rhythm (figure 1.3)......Page 14 ECG monitoring: Three ECG cable system (figure 2.1)......Page 15 ECG monitoring: Trouble shooting......Page 16 Mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias......Page 18 QRS rate?......Page 21 Relationship between P and QRS?......Page 22 Effects on patient......Page 25 Treatment......Page 26 Identifying ECG features......Page 27 Treatment......Page 28 Identifying ECG features......Page 29 Treatment......Page 30 Identifying ECG features......Page 31 Treatment......Page 32 Identifying ECG features......Page 33 Treatment......Page 34 Causes......Page 35 Treatment......Page 36 Causes......Page 39 Effects on patient......Page 40 Treatment......Page 41 Identifying ECG features......Page 43 Treatment......Page 44 Identifying ECG features......Page 45 Treatment......Page 46 Identifying ECG Features......Page 47 Treatment......Page 48 Ventricular ectopic terminology......Page 49 Treatment......Page 51 Identifying ECG features......Page 53 Treatment......Page 54 Chapter 16 Ventricular tachycardia......Page 55 Fusion and capture beats......Page 56 Treatment......Page 57 Causes......Page 59 Treatment......Page 60 Chapter 18 First degree AV block......Page 61 Treatment......Page 62 Causes......Page 63 Treatment......Page 64 Identifying ECG features......Page 65 Treatment......Page 66 Chapter 21 Third degree (complete) AV block......Page 67 Identifying ECG features......Page 68 Treatment......Page 69 Chapter 22 Ventricular fibrillation......Page 71 Treatment......Page 72 Identifying ECG features......Page 73 Treatment......Page 74 Identifying ECG features......Page 75 Treatment......Page 76 Common indications......Page 77 Procedure......Page 78 Locating the intercostal spaces for the chest leads......Page 79 Standardisation......Page 80 Chest leads......Page 83 Limb and chest leads and their relation to the surface of the heart......Page 84 Configuration of the ECG waveform......Page 85 P waves......Page 87 QRS complexes......Page 88 T waves......Page 89 Association between the P waves and QRS complexes......Page 90 Cardiac axis (figure 27.1)......Page 91 Previous ECGs......Page 92 Within minutes of myocardial infarction......Page 93 Reciprocal changes......Page 94 ECG examples of myocardial infarction......Page 95 ST segment depression......Page 99 T wave changes......Page 102 Left bundle branch block (figure 30.1)......Page 103 Right bundle branch block (figure 30.2)......Page 104 Left posterior fascicular block......Page 105 Trifascicular block (figure 30.4)......Page 106 Chapter 31 Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome......Page 109 Treatment......Page 110 Appendix A: Resuscitation council (UK) bradycardia algorithm......Page 111 Appendix B: Resuscitation council (UK) tachycardia algorithm......Page 113 Appendix C: Resuscitation council (UK) advanced life support (ALS) algorithm......Page 115 Appendix D: Vagal manoeuvres......Page 117 Shock energies......Page 119 Procedure......Page 120 Advantages......Page 123 Appendix G Appendix G: Procedure for transcutaneous pacing......Page 125 Appendix H Appendix H: Definitions......Page 127 References......Page 129 Index......Page 131 EULA......Page 137