Course Description
This course is suitable for all healthcare professionals who need to be able to recognise cardiac rhythms and interpret ECGs.
The ECG Essentials course includes 9 modules covering the following content:
- Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology
- Components of the ECG waveform
- Rhythm recognition
- Introduction to ECG Interpretation
- Cardiac axis
- Systematic format for interpreting an ECG
- ST elevation, ST depression and T wave inversion
- ECG recognition
- Acute coronary syndrome presentation
- Cardiac arrhythmias
These modules are the core fundamentals required to systematically interpret an ECG. This course is suitable for registered nurses working in all areas, medical practitioners and Paramedics.