ECGs Made Easy

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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 applicatinos, Stop&Review questions, a comprehensive post-test with answers, and more. It’s everything you need to master ECG interpretation with ease! Clear ECG discussions highlight what you need to know about ECG mechanisms, rhythms, and heart blocks, such as: How Do I Recognize It? What Causes It? What Do I Do About It? Introduction to the 12-Lead ECG chapter provides all the basics for this advanced skill, including determining electrical axis, ECG changes associated with myocardial ischemia and infarction, bundle branch block, and other conditions. A comprehensive post-test with answers at the end of the book measures your understanding. ECG Pearl boxes offer useful hints for interpreting ECGs, such as the importance of the escape pacemaker. Drug Pearl boxes highlight various medications used to treat dysrhythmias. Chapter key terms focus your attention on the most important information. Chapter objectives tied to chapter text enable you to quickly review content that satisfies specific learning objectives. NEW! 38 New cardiac rhythm strips have been added to the book for a total of 260 practice strips. NEW! AHA compliance ensures the book reflects the American Heart Association’s 2015 ECC resuscitation guidelines. NEW! Lead In boxes cover ECG principles, practical applications, indications, techniques, and interpretation. NEW! Expanded coverage of ambulatory monitoring provides more in-depth guidance in this critical area. COVER......Page 1 ECGs Made Easy......Page 3 COPYRIGHT......Page 4 Preface to the 6th edition......Page 5 Acknowledgments......Page 6 Contents......Page 10 1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY......Page 13 COVERINGS OF THE HEART......Page 14 STRUCTURE OF THE HEART......Page 17 THE HEART AS A PUMP......Page 31 2 BASIC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY......Page 40 CARDIAC ACTION POTENTIAL......Page 42 CONDUCTION SYSTEM......Page 47 CAUSES OF DYSRHYTHMIAS......Page 51 THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM......Page 53 ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY PAPER......Page 59 SYSTEMATIC RHYTHM INTERPRETATION......Page 69 INTRODUCTION......Page 88 SINUS RHYTHM......Page 89 SINUS BRADYCARDIA......Page 90 SINUS TACHYCARDIA......Page 92 SINUS ARRHYTHMIA......Page 93 SINOATRIAL BLOCK......Page 94 SINUS ARREST......Page 95 4 ATRIAL RHYTHMS......Page 114 ATRIAL DYSRHYTHMIAS: MECHANISMS......Page 115 PREMATURE ATRIAL COMPLEXES......Page 116 WANDERING ATRIAL PACEMAKER......Page 119 SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA......Page 120 ATRIAL FLUTTER......Page 129 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION......Page 131 INTRODUCTION......Page 153 PREMATURE JUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES......Page 154 JUNCTIONAL ESCAPE BEATS OR RHYTHM......Page 156 JUNCTIONAL TACHYCARDIA......Page 158 6 VENTRICULAR RHYTHMS......Page 177 PREMATURE VENTRICULAR COMPLEXES......Page 178 VENTRICULAR ESCAPE BEATS OR RHYTHM......Page 182 ACCELERATED IDIOVENTRICULAR RHYTHM......Page 184 VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA......Page 185 VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION......Page 188 ASYSTOLE (CARDIAC STANDSTILL)......Page 189 INTRODUCTION......Page 206 FIRST-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK......Page 207 SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULARBLOCK TYPE I......Page 209 SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCKTYPE II......Page 211 2:1 ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK......Page 212 ADVANCED SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK......Page 213 THIRD-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK......Page 214 B PACEMAKER RHYTHMS......Page 234 PACEMAKER SYSTEMS......Page 235 PACING CHAMBERS AND MODES......Page 238 PACEMAKER MALFUNCTION......Page 240 ANALYZING PACEMAKER FUNCTION ON THE ECG......Page 242 INTRODUCTION......Page 253 VECTORS......Page 254 ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES......Page 256 INTRAVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION DELAYS......Page 266 CHAMBER ENLARGEMENT......Page 269 ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCES......Page 272 ANALYZING THE 12-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM......Page 275 10 POSlTEST......Page 290 INDEX......Page 333