Pocket ECGs for Nurses

Andrew R. Houghton, Alun Roebuck (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4987-0593-6 (ISBN)

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The ECG is one of the most commonly used investigations in contemporary medicine. Interpretation of the ECG can appear daunting, but it is actually relatively straightforward as long as a systematic approach is taken.

Pocket ECGs for Nurses assists with this task by providing a detailed yet readable introduction to ECG interpretation, supplemented by clinical information about how to act based on its findings.

The book begins by covering the basics of cardiac anatomy and physiology and how these relate to the ECG. It then guides nurses on how to perform a high-quality ECG recording, interpret it and make sense of common ECG abnormalities. The book also includes a guide to ambulatory and bedside monitoring as well as useful chapter summaries.

This pocketbook is an essential reference for the non-specialist who needs to be able to record and perform a basic and safe interpretation of an ECG. Written in plain language with clear explanations, bullet lists and summaries throughout, this handy guide will benefit nurses as well as paramedics and other allied health professionals in recording and reading ECGs.

Andrew R. Houghton, MA (Oxon.), DM, FRCP (London), FESC, consultant cardiologist & deputy director of medical education, Grantham and District Hospital, UK Alun Roebuck, MSc, PGCRM, BA, Dip NS, Dip ST, RN, NFESC, consultant nurse in cardiology/associate chief nurse, Lincolnshire Heart Centre, Lincoln County Hospital, UK

1. The basics of the heartbeat 2. The basics of the ECG 3. How to record a 12-lead ECG 4. How to read a 12-lead ECG 5. Heart rate: Bradycardia and tachycardia 6. An approach to heart rhythms 7. Supraventricular rhythms 8. Ventricular rhythms 9. Conduction problems and types of block 10. QRS complexes and left ventricular hypertrophy 11. ST segment elevation and depression 12. T wave changes 13. QT interval prolongation 14. Bedside and ambulatory monitoring 15. Summary of key points

Zusatzinfo	13 Tables, color; 92 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	104 x 144 mm
Gewicht	190 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Hebamme / Entbindungspfleger
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► HNO-Heilkunde
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren
ISBN-10	1-4987-0593-6 / 1498705936
ISBN-13	978-1-4987-0593-6 / 9781498705936
Zustand	Neuware