How to Identify Cardiac Arrhythmias (With Videos)

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Cardiac ArrhythimasEver wonder how nurses and doctors be able to read ECG papers at ease?

How they differentiate atrial tachycardia from atrial fibrillation or on how to even know what atrial fibrillation or tachycardia is?

ECG reading takes some serious skill, a keen eye and a good theoretical foundations on the different dysrhythmias and the concepts around heart’s conduction and about the ECG machine itself.

It takes time to develop a skill in interpreting ECGs, but once you get the hang of it, you’ll be able to interpret any squiggly line in the ECG paper.

So What’s an ECG?

ECG (or sometimes EKG) stands for electrocardiogram which was invented Williem Einthoven wherein during his experimentation, instead of using the usual adhesive leads as we have to day, he would immerse each of the patients limb into containers of salt solutions and from there, their ECG was recorded. Willem Einthoven won the 1924 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

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  1. So What’s an ECG?
  2. Sinus Tachycardia
  3. Sinus Bradycardia
  4. Premature Atrial Contraction
  5. Atrial Flutter
  6. Atrial Fibrillation
  7. Premature Junctional Contraction
  8. AV Blocks
  9. Premature Ventricular Contractions
  10. Ventricular Tachycardia
  11. Ventricular Fibrillation
  12. Other Arrhythmias
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lui

Thank you for this great review material!I read all these stuff in the book but the visual/auditory stimulation that these videos provide has helped me master the differences between the various dysrhythmias,thanks a lot!I hope you continue posting helpful articles!

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NursesLabs

You're welcome! And we'll just do that! Thanks for your comment!

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NursesLabs

At Lui: Thank you so much for that comment and we appreciate that you found this helpful!

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Earl

This is great. Archiving this to my resource links.

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NursesLabs

Thanks Earl! Your a great writer!

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