ECGs Made Easy

ECGs Made Easy

<p>Understanding ECGs has never been easier than with <b>ECGs Made Easy, 6th Edition! </b>In compliance with the American Heart Association’s 2015 ECC resuscitation guidelines, Barbara Aehlert’s new edition offers clear explanations, a conversational tone, and a wealth of practice exercises to help students and professionals from a variety of medical fields learn how to accurately recognize and interpret basic dysrhythmias. Each heart rhythm covered in the book includes a sample ECG rhythm strip and a discussion of possible patient symptoms and general treatment guidelines. Other user-friendly features include: <i>ECG Pearls</i> with insights based on real-world experience, <i>Drug Pearls</i> highlighting the medications used to treat dysrhythmias, <i>Clinical Correlation</i> call-outs, <i>Lead In</i> applicatinos, <i>Stop & Review</i> questions, a comprehensive post-test with answers, and more. It’s everything you need to master ECG interpretation with ease!</p><ul><b><li>Clear ECG discussions</b> highlight what you need to know about ECG mechanisms, rhythms, and heart blocks, such as: <i><i>How Do I Recognize It?</i><b> </b><i>What Causes It? What Do I Do About It?</i></i></li><li><i><i></i><b>Introduction to the 12-Lead ECG</b></i> <b>chapter </b>provides all the basics for this advanced skill, including determining electrical axis, ECG changes associated with myocardial ischemia and infarction, bundle branch block, and other conditions.</li><li><b>A comprehensive post-test with answers</b> at the end of the book measures your understanding.</li><li><b><i>ECG Pearl</i> boxes</b> offer useful hints for interpreting ECGs, such as the importance of the escape pacemaker.</li><li><b><i>Drug Pearl</i> boxes</b> highlight various medications used to treat dysrhythmias.</li><li><b>Chapter key terms</b> focus your attention on the most important information.</li><li><b>Chapter objectives tied to chapter text </b>enable you to quickly review content that satisfies specific learning objectives.</li></ul><ul><b><li>NEW! 38 New cardiac rhythm strips</b> have been added to the book for a total of 260 practice strips.</li><li><b>NEW! AHA compliance </b>ensures the book reflects the American Heart Association’s 2015 ECC resuscitation guidelines. </li><li><b>NEW! <i>Lead In</i> boxes</b> cover ECG principles, practical applications, indications, techniques, and interpretation.</li><li><b>NEW! Expanded coverage of ambulatory monitoring </b>provides more in-depth guidance in this critical area.</li></ul>