Cardiac Rythms for dummies *me* lol
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Dale Dubin: Rapid Interpretation of EKGs.
Cannot make it any simpler than he does. Half of each page is a color picture.
Cannot make it any simpler than he does. Half of each page is a color picture.
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http://www.skillstat.com/learn.htm
Not a book, but if you click on the ECG Simulator you can view some of the most common rythms and take quizzes on them. Probably not what you are looking for but still helpful.
Not a book, but if you click on the ECG Simulator you can view some of the most common rythms and take quizzes on them. Probably not what you are looking for but still helpful.
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Agreed. I used Dubin's book and ECGs Made Easy by Barbara Aehlert.
Aehlert's book was assigned by class, it's pretty dumbed down but a good starter book, lots of practice rhythms.
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@EMT Travis, if you like me whats confusing me is all the "rules" of interpretation. I can name all the rhythms but have trouble remembering if its a wide QRS what rhythm's could it be if it does not have a P Wave and narrow QRS. etc. Am I correct? Except my school they put medical emergencies and cardiology in one semester I was not happy with that. I would have liked cardiology to be one semester instead of 2-3 months
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Dude I wish we got that long. We did cardiology in 5 weeks! 5 weeks x 24 hours per week but it was still a chore. Still my favorite subject in school by far.
Understanding the physiology behind the heart makes a night and day difference of being able to interpret rhythms correctly. Knowing where the impulse is originating from and what the different waves on the ECG tracing represent made it much easier for me.
This is absolutely the answer, do exactly as Dubin says. Read the book twice.
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thats alot of reading. I don't mind, but I have to read the textbook, read our basic arrythmias workbook and practice the strip in there, and yes I am reading Dubin's book as well. I talked to my instructor and he said he was really debating if he wanted to use dubins book I told him I wish he would have lol.
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From P student to P student the only thing I can tell you is practice. I had rhythms coming out of my ears during cardiology. Like I said, knowing the A&P of the heart plus the "WNL" parameters for rhythms makes this a whole lot easier.