Certificate Course in ECG Interpretation
Course Summary
The syllabus covers such topics as:
- Review of cardiac anatomy, coronary circulation and electrical system
- Practicalities of ECG rhythm monitoring
- The basic components of a systolic beat—P,Q,R,S,T
- Lead placements—3 and 12 leads
- Ectopics, escape beats and fusion beats
- Re-entry systems
- Atrial arrhythmias—SVT, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter
- Heart blocks
- Cardiac arrest rhythms
- Ventricular arrhythmias
- Cardiac axis
- ECG in acute coronary syndrome—ST depression and ST elevation