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User friendly and not intimidating, ECGs & the Heart, a Saunders Nursing Survival Guide, will help you brush up your skills on waveform analysis, atrial and ventricular rates, premature ventricular contractions, ventricular tachycardia, asystole, ventricular fibrillation, heart blocks, dysrhythmias, pericarditis, myocardial infarction, and special considerations such as drugs that should be used in the treatment of various dysrhythmias, pacemakers, drug abuse, surgical therapy, and cardiac trauma. Features include:

• A fun approach that thoroughly explains the ins and outs of ECG interpretation.
• Over 150 2-color ECG strips that demonstrate the effect of various conditions on the ECG waveform.
• Special icons to alert you to vital facts about life span issues, cultural implications, cautions/dangers, and web links.
• Age-specific information.

Table of Contents:

1. Anatomy and Physiology
2. Reference Points for Rhythm Strip Measurements
3. Principles of Rhythm Interpretation Waveform Analysis
4. Measuring Atrial and Ventricular Rates
5. Analyzing the Rhythm Strip
6. Troubleshooting Problems in Waveforms
7. Electrocardiogram: Monitoring and Electrode Placement
8. Normal Sinus Rhythm
9. Sinus Dysrhythmias: Rhythms of the Sinoatrial Node
10. Atrial Dysrhythmias
11. Junctional Dysrhythmias
12. Premature Ventricular Contractions
13. Ventricular Tachycardia
14. Ventricular Fibrillation
15. Introduction to Idioventricular Rhythms
16.  Asystole and Pulseless Electrical Activity (Ventricular Standstill)
17. Atrioventricular Blocks
18. Cardiac Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests
19. Myocardial Infarction
20. Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
21. Drug  Efffects, Toxicities, and Electrolytes
22. Conduction Defects and Accessory Pathways
23. Special Considerations