Understanding 12-Lead EKGs

✍ Scribed by Beasley, Brenda M.; West, Michael C

• Publisher: Pearson Education UK
• Year: 2014;2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 286
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Appropriate for Paramedic courses and courses in EKG Interpretation The value of over 30 years of combined EMS educational experience enables Brenda M. Beasley and Michael West to bring a unique and insightful approach to the topic of 12-lead EKGs and their interpretation. The authors have presented a complex yet vitally important subject in a comprehensive, straightforward, and easy-to-understand format. UNDERSTANDING 12-LEAD EKGS, 3/e serves a wide audience of health-care providers, including prehospital providers, nurses, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, and anyone requiring a thorough understanding of electrocardiography. I believe that this book fills a void in the subject matter of EKG interpretation. It demonstrates the ability to educate medical personnel who are new to the subject matter while providing a review to those who are more experienced. Using a reader-friendly writing style, the authors create a text that begins with the basics of EKG interpretation and then introduces a building-block approach to a more detailed discussion of this topic. Many illustrations, tables, and graphs are used to help highlight the important issues of each topic.Also, the reader will find the review questions at the end of each chapter useful in helping to solidify knowledge of salient issues.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 4
A......Page 6
E......Page 7
M......Page 8
S......Page 9
W......Page 10
1. The Anatomy Of The Heart (Structure)......Page 12
2. Cardiovascular Physiology (Function)......Page 22
3. Basic Electrophysiology......Page 30
4. The Electrical Conduction System......Page 38
5. The Electrocardiogram......Page 46
6. Interpretation of EKG Strips......Page 66
7. Acute Myocardial Infarction......Page 80
8. Myocardial Ischemia, Injury, and Necrosis......Page 92
9. Interpretation of Anterior Myocardial Infarctions......Page 100
10. Interpretation of Posterior Myocardial Infarctions......Page 112
11. Interpretation of Lateral Myocardial Infarctions......Page 124
12. Interpretation of Septal Myocardial Infarctions......Page 134
13. Interpretation of Inferior Myocardial Infarctions......Page 146
14. Axis Deviation and Bundle Branch Blocks......Page 160
15. 12-Lead EKG Review Strips......Page 176
F......Page 284
S......Page 285
V......Page 286