ECGs for Nurses

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 ivAcknowledgements viChapter 1 The conduction system in the heart 1Chapter 2 Principles of ECG monitoring 10Chapter 3 ECG interpretation of cardiac arrhythmias 40Chapter 4 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the SA node 50Chapter 5 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the atria 72Chapter 6 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the AV junction 96Chapter 7 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the ventricles 114Chapter 8 Cardiac arrhythmias with atrioventricular block 135Chapter 9 Cardiac arrhythmias associated with cardiac arrest 155Chapter 10 Recording a 12 lead ECG 169Chapter 11 Interpreting a 12 lead ECG 182Chapter 12 Management of peri-arrest arrhythmias 220Chapter 13 Record keeping 243Appendix 249Index 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