A 1st Book on ECGs-2014

This is an introductory book for Beginning and Novice interpreters - and Others who just want to know. It should take no more than a few hours to complete. This book is spiral bound - contains 116 pages - and is ALL in COLOR! Rapid-Find Contents is on the inside-front-cover - and Summary ECG Crib Sheet on the back-inside-cover. NO prior knowledge of ECGs is required to read this book (there is a Glossary in the back of the book). I assume you have never seen an ECG before - or have had no more than minimal exposure. For readers without a medical background - this book may be a beginning AND end point that should answer your questions about What an ECG is - Why and When this test is ordered - and What can be learned from interpreting the tracing in light of the clinical situation. For OTHERS (ie, students in any health care profession and medical providers new to ECG interpretation) - this book is an excellent Starting Point. It introduces the reader to the history of the ECG - the basic components of ECG interpretation, including assessment of Rate - Rhythm - Intervals - Axis - Hypertrophy and - Ischemia/Infarction (= QRST Changes) - and presents a Systematic Approach to interpretation that provides a checklist to the essential components that should be assessed by all medical providers, whatever their level of training. (An ePub version IS available! )

• NOTE: An expanded version of my GLOSSARY of ECG-Related Medical Terms is available at this link: ecgglossary.com -