EKG Interpretation Course

This 1 day classroom-based, Facilitator-led course in EKG Interpretation is designed to improve electrocardiogram (EKG) recognition and interpretation skills for healthcare providers working with monitored patients.

EKG monitoring is becoming more common in inpatient and outpatient care settings as well as emergency and critical care areas. Nurses and other healthcare professionals are responsible for cardiac patients including monitoring and interpreting cardiac dysrhythmias.  They must develop critical thinking skills required to quickly and accurately identify potentially life threatening conditions. This comprehensive EKG course is designed for those healthcare professionals wishing to enhance their level of education to include anatomy and physiology of the cardiac system, EKG electrode placement, and recognition of lethal and non-lethal dysrhythmias and identification of myocardial infarctions.

What you will learn in this course

• Normal cardiac physiology and function
• How electrical conduction in the heart affects
   muscle contraction
• Ways that the heart compensates for ineffective
  conduction
• All of the major dysrhythmias, possible causes and
  usual treatment (if warranted)
• How to quickly recognize lethal ones and how to
  treat them
• Basic pacemaker strategies

• Knowledge is power! Grow your career.

Course Length: 8 hours

 Continuing Education: This course does NOT provide Continuing Education Hours, therefore it is NOT a CE Course.