
- 268 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Pocket ECGs for Nurses
About this book
Written in plain language with clear explanations, bullet lists and summaries throughout, this book will benefit nurses as well as paramedics and other allied health professionals in recording and reading ECGs. The book begins by covering the basics of cardiac anatomy and physiology and how these relate to the ECG. It then guides nurses on how to perform a high-quality ECG recording, interpret it and make sense of common ECG abnormalities. The book also includes a guide to ambulatory and bedside monitoring and useful chapter summaries.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The basics of the heartbeat
- 2. The basics of the ECG
- 3. How to record a 12-lead ECG
- 4. How to read a 12-lead ECG
- 5. Heart rate: Bradycardia and tachycardia
- 6. An approach to heart rhythms
- 7. Supraventricular rhythms
- 8. Ventricular rhythms
- 9. Conduction problems and types of block
- 10. QRS complexes and left ventricular hypertrophy
- 11. ST segment elevation and depression
- 12. T wave changes
- 13. QT interval prolongation
- 14. Bedside and ambulatory monitoring
- 15. Summary of key points
- Appendix A: ECG resources
- Appendix B: Help with the next edition
- Back Cover