ECGs for Nurses (eBook)

Phil Jevon is Resuscitation Officer/Clinical Skills Lead at Manor Hospital, Walsal. He is also Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Birmingham Medical School and Editor of the British Journal of Resuscitation.

Foreword iv

Acknowledgements vi

Chapter 1 The conduction system in the heart 1

Chapter 2 Principles of ECG monitoring 10

Chapter 3 ECG interpretation of cardiac arrhythmias 40

Chapter 4 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the SA node 50

Chapter 5 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the atria 72

Chapter 6 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the AV junction 96

Chapter 7 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the ventricles 114

Chapter 8 Cardiac arrhythmias with atrioventricular block 135

Chapter 9 Cardiac arrhythmias associated with cardiac arrest 155

Chapter 10 Recording a 12 lead ECG 169

Chapter 11 Interpreting a 12 lead ECG 182

Chapter 12 Management of peri-arrest arrhythmias 220

Chapter 13 Record keeping 243

Appendix 249

Index 286

"I thoroughly recommend this text to all who work within an acute
care area, or indeed any nurse with an interest in developing their
ECG interpretation skills."--British Journal of
Resuscitation

"Easy to read, succinct review of the cardiac conduction
system...(a) useful tool for any health professional new to a
monitored environment, and would provide the essential baseline
knowledge required for such staff."--British Journal of
Perioperative Nursing