ECG Interpretation: An Incredibly Easy Pocket GuideECG Interpretation: An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide provides time-starved nurses with the essentials of electrocardiography in a streamlined, bulleted, and highly visual format. The book fits into a pocket for quick reference anytime and anywhere and uses charts, illustrations, logos, and other Incredibly Easy! features to help nurses spot key points at a glance. Topics include ECG basics, such as obtaining and interpreting rhythm strips; arrhythmia interpretation; pacemakers and ICDs; and 12-lead ECGs. For each arrhythmia, causes, signs and symptoms, and pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment are presented. Test Zone questions and answers evaluate the reader's mastery of the subject. |
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100 beats/minute 12-lead ECG aberrancy abnormal airway Amiodarone angina antiarrhythmics area on strip arrhythmias asystole atrial fibrillation atrial flutter atrial tachycardia atrium atropine beats beta-adrenergic blockers bradycardia bundle calcium channel blockers cardiac output cardioversion causes chest pain conduction decreased cardiac output defibrillation depolarization digoxin digoxin toxicity diltiazem drugs duration ECG changes ECG effects ectopic electrical activity electrode electrolyte imbalances heart disease heart failure heart rate hyperkalemia hypotension idioventricular rhythm Inferior-wall irregular junctional rhythm Lead aVR lead V₁ leadwire limb leads monitoring myocardial ischemia negative node Normal configuration normal limits occur pacemaker spike PACS patient pause pericarditis plex potassium precordial leads Procainamide pulse rate PVCs Q wave QRS complex QT interval R-R interval rhythm strip SA node shaded area Shortened ST-segment elevation supraventricular symptoms syncope syndrome therapy tion transvenous treated treatment tricular underlying rhythm Usually within normal V₂ ventricular rate ventricular tachycardia wandering pacemaker waveform