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Introduction to ECG

Learn basic principles of cardiac conduction and ECG interpretation.

Released:

August 3, 2016

Audience:

Physicians, Nurses, Emergency Medical Technicians, Nursing Students, Paramedics

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the cycle of thecardiac electrical conduction system

  • Identify proper ECGleadplacement and positioning

  • Calculate the Heart Rate, determine the Rhythm,the Axis, and identify proper ECG intervals

  • Identify and distinguish between the three types of heart block

Author(s)

Doug Mah, MD

Chief, Division of Electrophysiology | Boston Children's Hospital

Tommy Kaplan Family Chair in Pediatric Cardiology | Boston Children's Hospital

Director, Pacemaker and ICD Program | Boston Children's Hospital

Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology | Boston Children's Hospital


Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH

Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School


Ioana Baiu, MD

Physician | Ohio State University

Assistant Professor | Ohio State University

Citation

Mah D, Baiu I, Wolbrink TA, DelSignore L. Introduction to ECG. 8/2016. Online video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3175/introduction-to-ecgs.

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