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Course Syllabus |
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EKG Tentative Schedule of Topics, Lectures, Exams and Labs: PDF Download |
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EKG Answer Form #1 |
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EKG Answer Form #2 |
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12-Lead Answer Form |
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EKG Practice Web Sites |
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EKG Educational Resource Aids |
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EKG Pioneers, Heart Anatomy and Cardiac Cycle Aids |
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EKG Pioneers of Great Fame |
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Heart Anatomy Review |
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Blood Flow Through Pulmonary and Systemic Circuits and Self-Test |
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Cardiac Cycle Review and Wall Thickness of Heart |
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Historical Article on Willem Einthoven: The First Electrocardiograph: NOT for Exam, just to learn more about Einthoven |
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Electrical Conduction Aids |
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Electrical Conduction System of Heart (i.e., Cardiac Conduction System) |
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Comparison of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Cells: Not for Exam! Just for Comparison! |
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Depolarization & Repolarization of a Ventricular Myocyte (Phases) |
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Dipole-Vectors |
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DELAY Mechanism at AV NODE during Depolarization |
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QRS Labeling Practice |
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Visual of EKG with Depolarization and Repolarizaton |
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Bipolar Standard Limb Leads (Lead I, Lead II, Lead III) |
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Einthoven’s Triangle and Unipolar Augmented Leads (AVR, AVL, AVF) |
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Frontal Plane Electrical View of the Heart; View of Standard and Augmental Leads |
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Hexaxial Reference System |
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R Wave Transition in Precordial Leads and Picture of Precordial Leads as they View the Heart |
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EKG HR, Intervals, Segments, Waves & Complex, EKG Prep Aids |
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Time on EKG Graph Paper |
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Triplets, and R wave to R wave Heart Rate Method (all called the R to R Method) |
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Understanding Cardiac Cycles on an EKG Rhythm Strip |
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6-Second Heart Rate Calculation Method: A Closer View |
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Where to START the counting (of large boxes) for an IRREGULAR rhythm |
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Working the EKG Heart Rate Math Questions |
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Intervals, Segments, Waves & Complex |
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PRI and QRS; Tips on How to Measure |
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Interval and Segment IMPORTANT measurements |
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Six Step EKG Prep by Jason Siegler, Ph.D.: Class, we do not TEST on this! |
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Precordial Lead Placement |
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Mean QRS Assessment Aids |
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Typical EKG Printout: Where are the Limb and Precordial Leads Shown? |
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Mean QRS RANGE Classification |
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Mean QRS AXIS Determination Steps |
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Mean QRS Axis When Lead I or AVF is the Biphasic (close to Isoelectric) Lead |
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Calibration of EKG Paper (voltage) |
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EKG Interpretation Aids: Sinus Rhythms, Atrial Rhythms, PACs, Nonconducted PACs, Atrial Fibrillation, Paroxysmal rhythms and more |
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Dr. Kravitz's EKG Interpretation Checklist |
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Sinus Rhythms (NSR, Sinus Bradycardia, Sinus Tachycardia, Sinus Arrhythmia) |
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Sinus Tachycardia with Partially Hidden P Waves |
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Wandering Atrial Pacemaker |
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Atrial Tachycardia |
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Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation |
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Rhythm Conversion: NSR into Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia |
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PAC |
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12-Lead EKG Interpretation Tips from Jeffrey Janot, Ph.D. |
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EKG Assignment During Fall Break |
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ST Depression, ST Elevation, QT Corrected, Significant Q, Early Repolarization Aids |
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Three Types of ST Depression and Tips How to Measure |
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ST Elevation |
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QT Corrected Measurement Technique and the Maximum Slope (or Tangent) Technique for QT Interval Measurement |
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Early Repolarization of Ventricles as Shown with ST Measurement |
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Significant Q Wave |
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Helpful Complex Rhythms Aids |
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Junctional Rhythms |
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Sinus Block, Sinus Arrest and a Junctional Escape Rhythm |
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PJC |
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AV Blocks (1st Degree, 2nd Degree Mobitz I, Mobitz II, 3rd Degree) |
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Tips on Identifying a 3rd Degree AV Block |
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Mobitz Twins |
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Interference, Loose Electrodes and Muscle Tremors on an EKG |
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Noncnduced PAC |
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Types of PVCs and PVC Patterning |
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Unifocal and Multifocal PVCs |
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Ventricular Rhythms |
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Rhythm Conversion Examples |
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Pacemaker Rhythms |
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Right and Left Bundle Branch Blocks |
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Bundle Branch Block Criteria Simplified |
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Additional EKG Aids Not Specifically Covered in Lecture |
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Right Atrial Enlargement (P Pulmonale) and Left Atrial Enlargement (P Mitrale) |
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Right and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy |
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Atrial Enlargement and Ventricular Hypertrophy EKG Characteristics |
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Myocardial Ischemia, Injury and Infarct |
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Anterior, Inferior, Lateral, Posterior MI |
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SCHOLARLY QUESTIONS AND ANALYTICAL THINKING |
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Week 1 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking |
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Week 2 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking |
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Week 3 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking |
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Week 4 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking |
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Week 5 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking |
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Week 6 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking |
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Week 7 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking |
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Week 8: Review, REVIEW and Review and FALL Break |
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Week 9 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking |
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Week 10 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking |
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Week 11 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking |
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Week 12 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking: Also, Exam III practice interpretations |
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Week 13 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking |
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Week 14 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking |
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Week 15 Scholarly Questions and Analytical Thinking |
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