Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    From $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Basic Ekg Facts
    Basic Ekg Facts
    Basic Ekg Facts
    Ebook191 pages48 minutes

    Basic Ekg Facts

    By James B. Martin RN

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Basic EKG Facts is a complete beginners guide to the understanding of EKG interpretation.

    In this text, the user will learn the basic anatomy of an EKG waveform as it relates to the cardiac rhythm cycle. It provides step-by-step instruction from the initial to the final wave with simple, easy to read and understand rhythm strip examples.

    Included are charts, tables, templates and other references to assist the user in the quick and accurate interpretation of EKG's.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateJan 28, 2004
    ISBN9781412219167
    Basic Ekg Facts
    Author

    James B. Martin RN

    Jim is a registered nurse at Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. He is also a former Marion County Rescue Squad Paramedic and an ACLS instructor with over 26 years experience in both hospital and pre-hospital critical care settings. In his spare time, he enjoys photography, computers, electronics and attempting to be a handyman around the house. He and his wife Beth are the parents of two sons, Jeremy (Meghann) and Jared. He also has one granddaughter, Ava Elaine. He currently resides in Fairmont, West Virginia.

    Related to Basic Ekg Facts

    Related ebooks

    Medical For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • UNLIMITED

      Opinion: Why Medical School Should Start At Age 28

      Feb 17, 2020

      The axe of autonomy must rip at the root of doctors' dependence on the fickle medical profession for career and life satisfaction and financial security. Medicine should be an individual's…

      6 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Speedy Treatment of Sepsis Can Save Lives

      May 22, 2017

      Minutes matter when it comes to treating sepsis, according to a new analysis of nearly 50,000 patients at 149 hospitals. Following the death of Rory Staunton, 12, from undiagnosed sepsis in 2012, New York became the first state to require that hospit

      2 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Shock Treatment

      Feb 8, 2019

      Shock Treatment
      9 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Computer Model Mimics Sudden Cardiac Arrest

      Dec 1, 2017

      A powerful new computer model replicates biological activity in the heart that precedes sudden cardiac arrest. The advance will help researchers better study the rare but often fatal sequence of events. Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when an arrhythmia

      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      The Body Electric

      Sep 27, 2020

      The Body Electric
      1 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Science Just Saved My Daughter—The Most Important Reason Why I #StandUpForScience

      Apr 19, 2017

      The morning of April 4, 2017 began with excitement. My family and I were ready to fly to Boston, where we were to meet up with friends and their children at the geography conference. Our five-month old baby Amaia had lost some weight and been all kin

      4 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Not A Heart Attack!

      Jul 2, 2020

      Not A Heart Attack!
      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      The Heart Of The Matter

      Sep 17, 2020

      The Heart Of The Matter
      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Comment Afingeronthepulse

      Jun 4, 2023

      Ifwe had a dollar for everyone who has written in to tell us about their amazing new “quantum device,” we could retire tomorrow. Everywhere you look, there are products claiming to heal you via newly tapped-into “frequencies” or “standing waves” or e

      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      The Body Electric

      Jul 9, 2023

      The Body Electric
      6 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      MIT’s Koch Institute Wins STAT Madness With Technology To See Tiny Ovarian Tumors

      Apr 6, 2020

      Carbon nanotubes rule: Each STAT Madness finalist exploited carbon nanotubes to tackle one of the two leading causes of death in the U.S. — heart disease and cancer. 

      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Beyond Crack 'N' Crunch

      Nov 26, 2023

      Beyond Crack 'N' Crunch
      8 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      At Mayo Clinic, AI Engineers Face An ‘Acid Test’: Will Their Algorithms Help Real Patients?

      Dec 18, 2019

      On the front lines of care, machine learning engineers address a pressing question: How can algorithms work not just in theory but for real patients?

      10 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Placebo Effect Of The Heart

      Nov 8, 2017

      Placebo Effect Of The Heart
      9 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      The Body Electric

      Jul 25, 2021

      In the summer of 1816, Mary Shelley visited the British Romantic poet and satirist Lord Byron, taking part in a literary gathering at his villa in Geneva. As the story goes, Lord Byron challenged his guests to each write a ghost story. Inspired by th

      2 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Creating A Cancer Power Outage

      Jul 25, 2021

      Creating A Cancer Power Outage
      7 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Breath For The Brain

      Jul 23, 2023

      Breath For The Brain
      10 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Basic Ekg Facts

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Basic Ekg Facts - James B. Martin RN

      Basic EKG Facts

      49716.png

      James B. Martin, RN

      ©

      Copyright 2004 James B. Martin.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval

      system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,

      recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

      ISBN: 978-1-4120-1710-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4122-1916-7 (e)

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained

      in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views

      expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the

      views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images

      are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      Trafford rev.  03/29/2022

      33164.png   www.trafford.com

      North America & international

      toll-free: 844-688-6899 (USA & Canada)

      fax: 812 355 4082

      To my wife, Beth,

      for her encouragement and support,

      And

      To my sons, Jeremy and Jared,

      for the artwork used in this book.

      With

      A special Thank You to all of my co-workers

      who encouraged me throughout the writing of this book.

      Basic EKG Facts

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter One

      Down the Correct Path

      Electrical Anatomy of The Heart

      Chapter Two

      Wires, Wires, Everywhere

      Lead Placement

      ELECTRODE PLACEMENT

      Chapter Three

      Making Waves

      The Paper

      The Waves

      Chapter Four

      From the Top Atrial Rhythms

      Sinus Rhythm

      Sinus Bradycardia

      Sinus Tachycardia

      Supraventricular Tachycardia

      Sinus Arrhythmia

      Sinus Arrest

      Sinus Block/ Sino-Atrial Block

      Premature Atrial Contractions

      Wandering Atrial Pacemaker

      Atrial Tachycardia

      Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia

      Atrial Fibrillation

      Atrial Flutter

      Chapter 5

      In the Middle Junctional Rhythms

      Junctional Rhythm

      Premature Junctional Contractions

      Accelerated Junctional Rhythm & Junctional Tachycardia

      Chapter Six

      From the Bottom Ventricular Rhythms

      Premature Ventricular Complexes

      Ventricular Tachycardia

      Torsades De Pointes

      Wolfe-Parkinson-White Syndrome

      Aberrant Ventricular Conduction

      Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm

      Ventricular Fibrillation

      Asystole

      Agonal Rhythm-

      Chapter Seven

      Traffic Delays Blocks

      First Degree AV Block

      Second Degree Block Mobitz Type I

      Second Degree Block Mobitz II

      Third Degree Heart Block

      Bundle Branch Blocks

      Chapter Eight

      Pacemakers

      Pacemakers

      Chapter Nine

      Odds and Ends... Evens and Middles

      Ischemia and Infarction

      EKG Changes During the Evolution of an Infarction

      Atrial Hypertrophy

      Ventricular Hypertrophy

      Common Drug Effects

      Introduction

      If one were to look at a timeline of medical history, events and discoveries would be spaced rather far apart at the beginning and extremely close together as today’s date approached. Much of early medicine was based on philosophy rather than biological principal, and it wasn’t until Hypocrites distinguished a difference between the two that modern medicine began to evolve.

      Early cave drawings depict man and animals with hearts at the center of their bodies. The ancient Egyptians are credited with the discovery of the pulse and it’s relationship to the circulation of blood, and as early as 600 B.C. the Greeks had distinguished between arteries and veins, and had reasoned that the brain, not the heart, was the center of sensation.

      Medicine moved quite slowly into and through the Renaissance period with aseptic techniques, the use of anesthetics and advancements in the study of anatomy being the most noted achievements.

      The 17th century brought us advances in physiology, gross pathology, and the clinical study of disease with inventions such as the microscope; while the 18th century brought serious doubt that the science was advancing at all. It did include advances however, such as the development and discoveries of the harnessing of electricity and it’s effects on animal tissues. In 1678 frog’s legs were found to respond to the passage of an electrical current through the tissues, and in 1775 chickens were rendered lifeless with a single shock to the head, and then shocked back to life using another shock to the thorax.

      Narrowing now to the electrical advances, development moved somewhat faster during the 19th century; techniques became more refined, and inventions of various pieces of equipment advanced discoveries forward. The galvanometer was invented in 1880. It consisted of a magnetized needle, which moved when an electrical current would flow through a surrounding wire coil. The tracings were recorded on a paper moving at a fixed speed. In 1887 Augustus D. Waller published the first human EKG, and in 1893 Willem Einthoven introduced the term electrocardiogram to the Dutch Medical Association.

      A timeline of the 20th century would include these highlights:

      1902-Einthoven publishes the first human EKG using a string galvanometer, which weighs 600 pounds

      1908- The University of Edinburgh purchases the first string galvanometer for clinical use

      1909- EKG changes are noted during an angina attack

      1920- EKG changes are noted during an acute myocardial infarction

      1924- Einthoven wins the Nobel Prize

      1926- An Australian physician, who wished to remain unknown because of ethical considerations at the time, resuscitates a newborn using a device later to be called a pacemaker.

      1928- the first portable EKG machine, weighing 50 pounds and powered by a car battery, is introduced.

      1931- a pacemaker small enough to fit into a doctor’s bag (and powered by a hand crank) is introduced.

      1942- The 12 lead EKG is introduced.

      1947- the first successful defibrillation of a human, a 14-year-old boy, is recorded.

      1949- the first monitor capable

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1