ECG: Essentials of Electrocardiography

by Cathy Soto

ESSENTIALS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY is designed to help you understand the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to successfully perform an ECG. Its concise yet comprehensive coverage includes instruction on the anatomy of the heart, electrophysiology of the heart, and ECG basics. To prepare you for completing ECGs in the field, this student-friendly text presents a combination of introductory cardiovascular anatomy, relationships of other body systems to heart health, need-to-know legal and ethical considerations, patient assessment techniques, instructions on how to complete and document ECGs, and basic interpretation of the ECG tracing. "Call-outs" point out material you should memorize, while "Quick Checks" help you test your comprehension as your progress through the text. In addition, thorough coverage of objectives you must master to qualify to sit for the National Healthcareer Association's (NHA) EKG Technician Certification exam are included throughout.

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 2, 2016

Reviews

[Jules Perez · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am in school for echocardiography, and felt this book explained most concepts in a more elementary way than most of my textbooks, which I greatly appreciated. However, there were hardly any examples to study for the arrhythmias chapter. I found it extremely hard to identity arrhythmias when there were no examples to conveniently reference.

[ez · Rating 2 out of 5]

i see ecg strips behind my eyes when i close them