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Medical Student Survival Skills: ECG (ePub eBook)


Medical Student Survival Skills: ECG (ePub eBook)

eBook by Jevon, Philip/Gupta, Jayant

Medical Student Survival Skills: ECG (ePub eBook)

£26.95

ISBN:
9781118818169
Publication Date:
29 Apr 2019
Publisher:
Wiley
Imprint:
Wiley-Blackwell
Pages:
136 pages
Format:
eBook
For delivery:
Download available
Medical Student Survival Skills: ECG (ePub eBook)

Description

Medical students encounter many challenges on their path to success, from managing their time, applying theory to practice, and passing exams. The Medical Student Survival Skills series helps medical students navigate core subjects of the curriculum, providing accessible, short reference guides for OSCE preparation and hospital placements. These guides are the perfect tool for achieving clinical success. Medical Student Survival Skills: ECG is an indispensable resource for students new to ECG interpretation and cardiac arrhythmia recognition and treatment. Integrating essential clinical knowledge with practical OSCE advice, this portable guide provides concise and user-friendly coverage of all aspects of ECG monitoring, including atrial and ventricular fibrillation, myocardial infarction, and 12 lead ECG interpretation. Easy-to-find information, plentiful illustrations, OSCE checklists and expert discussions of actual ECG trace examples help medical students and junior doctors quickly get up to speed with ECG interpretation skills.

Contents

Preface vii About the companion website ix 1 Introduction to ECG monitoring 1 2 Principles of ECG monitoring 3 3 Six stage approach to ECG interpretation 9 4 Sinus tachycardia 13 5 Sinus bradycardia 15 6 Sinus arrhythmia 17 7 Atrial ectopic beats 19 8 Atrial tachycardia 21 9 Atrial flutter 23 10 Atrial fibrillation 27 11 AV junctional ectopics 31 12 AV junctional escape rhythm 33 13 Junctional tachycardia 35 14 Ventricular ectopics 37 15 Idioventricular rhythm 41 16 Ventricular tachycardia 43 17 Torsades de pointes 47 18 First degree AV block 49 19 Second degree AV block Mobitz type I (Wenckebach phenomenon) 51 20 Second degree AV block Mobitz type II 53 21 Third degree (complete) AV block 55 22 Ventricular fibrillation 59 23 Ventricular standstill 61 24 Asystole 63 25 Recording a 12 lead ECG 65 26 What the standard 12 lead ECG records 71 27 Interpretation of a 12 lead ECG 75 28 ECG changes associated with myocardial infarction 81 29 ECG changes associated with myocardial ischaemia 87 30 ECG changes associated with bundle branch block 91 31 Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome 97 Appendix A: Resuscitation council (UK) bradycardia algorithm 99 Appendix B: Resuscitation council (UK) tachycardia algorithm 101 Appendix C: Resuscitation council (UK) advanced life support (ALS) algorithm 103 Appendix D: Vagal manoeuvres 105 Appendix E: Synchronised electrical cardioversion 107 Appendix F: External (transcutaneous) pacing 111 Appendix G: Procedure for transcutaneous pacing 113 Appendix H: Definitions 115 References 117 Index 119

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