Basic ECG/Arrhythmia and Echo Bundle

Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation +Basic ECG Interpretation + Point of Care Echo + ACLS Tutorial + ECG Heart Rhythm Review

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FULL ACCESS to ALL Basic ECG Courses +Point of Care Echo. You get simplified, and basic ECG training plus a simplified step-by-step approach to reading ECGs from start to finish. Additionally, you will learn basic point of care echocardiography. The echo course covers cardiac anatomy, probe positions, the different views, color flow Doppler, ventricular function, ejection fraction, valves, pericardial and pleural effusions, tamponade, masses, the inferior vena cava, and the aorta, to name a few.

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ECGedu.com’s Basic ECG and Echo Bundle gives you access to all Basic ECG and Arrhythmia Courses, Basic Point of Care Echo, and ACLS Rhythms Course for 1 year at one low price.

Material Included:

  • Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation – Learn to recognize normal and abnormal heart rhythms with this short, simplified arrhythmia course.
  • Basic ECG Interpretation – Learn the basic normal and abnormal ECG findings, ECG criteria, and a simplified step-by-step approach to reading ECGs.
  • Point of Care Echo – Learn cardiac anatomy and physiology through echocardiography. You will learn about the echo probe, the different echo views, the ventricles, the ejection fraction, and the valves. Also included are color flow Doppler, pericardial effusions and tamponade, pleural effusions, mass, vegetations, segmental wall abnormalities, the inferior vena cava, and the aorta.
  • ACLS Rhythm Course – All ACLS rhythms are covered in this interactive video. Watch a rhythm strip, identify the rhythm, and then watch and listen to the detailed explanation.

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What's Covered In This Course?

  • All Basic and Simplified ECG Criteria
  • Recognition of Normal and Abnormal Heart Rhythms
  • Basic and Simplified Step-by-Step Approaches to Reading ECGs
  • Basic Echo Interpretation and Scanning
  • Certificate of Completion for each Course
  • ACLS Rhythm Quiz and Tutorial

Course Syllabi

1. Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation (W1)

Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - ECG/Rhythm/Telemetry Basics
Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Basic Anatomy and Physiology For ECGs (W1)

This chapter reviews the important, basic cardiac anatomy and physiology needed to read electrocardiograms and rhythm strips. This includes the cardiac chambers, valves, electrical system, and circulatory system.

2:49 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Action Potential (W1)

This chapter reviews the cardiac muscle action potential.

1:38 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - How the ECG Machine Sees Electrical Impulses (W1)

This chapter reviews how the ECG machine sees electrical impulses and translates them into the waves seen on the ECG.

1:13 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Propagation of Impulses Through the Heart (W1)

This chapter reviews how the cardiac impulse propagates through the heart. Impulses typically start in the sinoatrial (SA) node, go through the atria, the atrioventricular (AV) node, and into the ventricles.

2:11 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - ECG Calibrations (W1)

This video shows you the ECG calibrations.

2:25 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - The ECG Waves (W1)

This chapter reviews electrical waveforms. Topics include P-waves, QRS complexes, and T-waves. It reviews Q-waves, R-waves, S-waves, R prime (R'), R double prime (R''), S prime (S'), and S double prime (S'').

3:20
Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Cardiac Rhythms
Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - ECG Intervals (W1)

This chapter reviews the intervals of the electrical waveforms. Topics include the PR interval, QRS interval, and QT interval.

1:33 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Telemetry Monitoring (W1)

This chapter reviews telemetry monitors and basic telemetry setups.

2:56 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Naming Rhythms (W1)

This chapter reviews how to properly name rhythms. It emphasizes that rhythms are named by their location of origin and something about the heart rate.

11:59 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Determining the Heart Rate (W1)

This chapter shows several ways to determine the heart rate on an ECG or telemetry strip.

2:27 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Sinus Rhythms (W1)

This chapter reviews sinus rhythms (rhythms that originate from the sinoatrial (SA) node). These include normal sinus rhythm, sinus bradycardia, and sinus tachycardia.

1:46 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Junctional Rhythms (W1)

This chapter reviews junctional rhythms (rhythms that originate from the atrioventricular (AV) node). These include idiopathic junctional rhythm, junctional bradycardia, accelerated junctional rhythm, and junctional tachycardia.

3:54 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Ventricular Rhythms (W1)

This chapter reviews ventricular rhythms (rhythms that originate from the ventricles). These include premature ventricular complexes (PVC), ventricular couplets, monomorphic ventricular tachycardia, polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, torsades de pointes (TdP), and ventricular fibrillation.

4:57 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Atrial Rhythms (W1)

This chapter reviews atrial rhythms (rhythms that originate from the atria). These include premature atrial complexes (PAC), ectopic atrial rhythms, atrial bradycardia, atrial tachycardia, atrial flutter, atrial fibrillation, and multifocal atrial tachycardia.

7:51 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Supraventricular Tachycardia [SVT] (W1)

This chapter reviews supraventricular tachycardia. specifically, it covers a fast rhythm that originates from the atrioventricular (AV) node.

1:20 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Asystole and Agonal Rhythms (W1)

This chapter reviews asystole (no heart rhythm) and agonal rhythms (slow variable ventricular rhythms of a dying heart).

1:08 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Pacemaker Rhythms (W1)

This chapter reviews pacemaker rhythms (rhythms that originate from a pacemaker). These include ventricular pacemaker rhythms and atrioventricular pacemaker rhythms.

2:12 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - ECG Artifacts (W1)

This video goes over possible artifacts seen on the ECG and rhythm strips.

3:20 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Atrioventricular (AV) Blocks (W1)

This lesson goes over atrioventricular (AV) blocks. It covers first-degree AV blocks, second-degree AV blocks (Mobitz 1 [Wenckebach] and Mobitz 2), third-degree (complete) AV blocks, and 2:1 AV blocks

4:28 Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation - Serious vs. Non-serious Rhythms (W1)

This chapter briefly reviews which heart rhythms are serious and may need immediate medical attention, and which rhythms are overall benign.

1:58

2. Basic ECG Interpretation (W1)

Basic ECG Interpretation - ECG Fundamentals
Basic ECG Interpretation - The 12-Lead ECG (W1)

This lesson tells about ECGs and how the ECG machine translates the electrical activity of the heart into an ECG graph.

5:14 Basic ECG Interpretation - Correct ECG Lead Placement (W1)

This video shows you the proper position to place the electrodes on a patient to obtain an ECG.

3:23 Basic ECG Interpretation - The QRS Axis (W1)

This lesson teaches how to calculate the QRS axis and determine if it is normal. It reviews conditions that cause left axis deviation, right axis deviation, and superior axis.

4:15
Basic ECG Interpretation - ECG Criteria
Basic ECG Interpretation - Basic Cardiac Rhythms (W1)

Although this material is covered in the arrhythmia section of this course, this video gives a great summary of normal and abnormal cardiac rhythms in a single, short video.

6:40 Basic ECG Interpretation - Left and Right Atrial Abnormality (W1)

This video teaches a quick and easy way to identify left and right atrial abnormality.

1:46 Basic ECG Interpretation - Left and Right Ventricular Hypertrophy (W1)

This chapter teaches how to identify left and right ventricular hypertrophy on the ECG. It also describes secondary ST and T wave changes that might accompany these conditions.

4:18 Basic ECG Interpretation - Bundle Branch Blocks, Conduction Delays, and Fascicular Blocks (W1)

This video teaches how to identify left and right bundle branch blocks, non-specific intraventricular conduction delays, and left anterior- and left posterior-fascicular blocks.

6:57 Basic ECG Interpretation - Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction (W1)

This important lesson shows how to identify myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarctions. It shows how to diagnose an acute myocardial infarction and then goes through the evolutionary ST and T changes that occur over time. You'll learn to recognize acute, recent, age-undetermined, and old myocardial infarctions on the ECG.

7:04 Basic ECG Interpretation - ST and T Wave Changes (W1)

This lesson teaches the differences between primary ST and T wave changes, as seen in ischemia, from secondary ST and T wave changes, as seen in conditions like left ventricular hypertrophy.

3:10 Basic ECG Interpretation - Low QRS Voltage (W1)

This video teaches you to recognize low QRS voltage and then gives you a brief differential diagnosis of urgent/emergent conditions that cause low QRS voltage. This is important to recognize since some of the causes of low voltage are life-threatening and need immediate attention.

1:49 Basic ECG Interpretation - ECG Changes From Electrolyte Abnormalities (W1)

This video teaches about ECG changes from hyperkalemia, hypokalemia, hypercalcemia, and hypocalcemia.

3:08 Basic ECG Interpretation - Drug Effects on the ECG and Prolonged QT Interval (W1)

This video goes over the effects of digoxin on the ECG and reviews several medication classes that prolong the QT interval.

2:01 Basic ECG Interpretation - ECG Changes from Wolff Parkinson White (WPW) (W1)

This section teaches how to identify the ECG changes from preexcitation and Wolff Parkinson White (WPW) Syndrome.

1:26
Basic ECG Interpretation - Guidelines to Reading ECGs
Basic ECG Interpretation - Guidelines to Reading ECGs (W1)

This chapter shows you a step-by-step approach to reading ECGs and takes you through an example.

7:19

3. Point of Care Echo (W1)

Fundamentals - Point of Care Echo
Definitions of Point of Care Echocardiography and Objectives (W1)

This chapter defines point of care echocardiography and the objectives of this video course

1:55 Basic Cardiac Anatomy (W1)

This chapter reviews cardiac anatomy. It shows the heart in the chest and the position of all four (4) cardiac chambers in relationship to the whole heart and chest cavity.

1:28 Understanding the Probe (Transducer) and Probe Movements (W1)

This chapter takes a close look at the Probe/Transducer: Topics include probe anatomy (head, tail, and notch); and probe movements (rocking, tilting, rotating, sliding, and translation).

1:59 Basic Echocardiographic Views (W1)

This chapter reviews the different echocardiographic views. Topics include:  Parasternal long axis; right ventricular inflow tract; right ventricular outflow tract; parasternal short axis at the levels of the mid ventricle, mitral valve, and aortic valve; apical four-chamber; apical five-chamber; apical two-chamber; apical three-chamber; subcostal; inferior vena cava; hepatic vein; and suprasternal.

17:54
Normal and Abnormal Findings - Point of Care Echo
Cardiac Chamber Sizes and Wall Thickness (W1)

This chapter review general cardiac chamber sizes and left and right ventricular wall thickness. Topics include Normal and abnormal left ventricular and right ventricular size and wall thickness; normal and abnormal atrial sizes; and aortic root size.

2:59 Identifying the Different Left Ventricular Walls (W1)

This chapter details the different segments and walls of the left ventricle. Topics include Anterior wall; anterior and inferior septum; inferior wall; and anterior and inferior lateral wall.

6:22 Left Ventricular Function and Ejection Fraction (W1)

This chapter reviews left ventricular function and the ejection fraction. Topics include Contractility and wall motion; normal systolic function; systolic dysfunction; hyperdynamic function; ejection fraction; and segmental wall motion abnormalities.

15:24 Right Heart Function and Abnormalities (W1)

This chapter reviews right ventricular size and function. Topics include Normal right ventricular function; right ventricular dysfunction; right ventricular pressure and volume overload; and McConnell’s sign.

5:08 Inferior Vena Cava (W1)

This chapter examines the inferior vena cava. Topics include Normal and abnormal inferior vena cava size and inspiratory collapse; and estimating the right atrial pressure.

4:25 Color Flow Doppler (W1)

This chapter discusses and shows examples of color flow Doppler.

3:08 Valvular Abnormalities (W1)

This chapter details and shows examples of various valvular abnormalities. Topics include Mitral stenosis; mitral regurgitation; aortic stenosis; aortic regurgitation; and tricuspid regurgitation.

12:12 Masses and Vegetations (W1)

This chapter shows how to identify various cardiac masses and vegetations.

5:06 Pericardial Effusions, Cardiac Tamponade and Pleural Effusions (W1)

This chapter discusses and shows examples of pericardial effusions, cardiac tamponade, and pleural effusions.

10:56 Aortic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissections (W1)

This chapter defines and shows examples of aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections.

4:05
Approach to Reading Point of Care Echoes
Approach to Reading Point of Care Echocardiograms (W1)

This chapter explains my approach to reading echocardiograms accurately and efficiently.

7:05

4. ACLS Rhythm Course

5. ECG Heart Rhythm Review

Who This Course Is For

Every ECG and arrhythmia reader needs to start somewhere and this is the place! You will learn basic arrhythmia interpretation, basic ECG interpretation (including a step-by-step approach to reading ECGs from start to finish), and basic point of care echo. Additionally, you get the ACLS rhythm tutorial.

Best for:

  • Beginning Medical Student
  • Medical Interns
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurses
  • EMTs
  • Paramedics
  • Telemetry Technicians
  • Medical Assistants
  • Graduate and Undergraduate Students Interested in Medicine

Sample Course Videos

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Basic ECG Waves Sample Video Watch Preview
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Basic Atrioventricular (AV) Node Blocks Sample Video Watch Preview
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Basic ECG Interpretation - Myocardial ischemia and infarction Watch Preview
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Left ventricular Function and Ejection Fraction - Preview Watch Preview

Feedback From Our Subscribers

Alan Ghaly, DO, FACC Verified Subscriber
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Informative and easy to understand!

I had the pleasure of being lectured about electrocardiogram interpretation by Dr. Siegal during my cardiology training. Dr. Siegal captured these lectures in videos for self-education and training. They are informative and easy to understand in a field where ECG interpretations can be intimidating. I wish I had these videos during my medical school and training years.
V. Richardson Verified Subscriber
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Great visual examples

The videos are great for people who are visual and audio learners. They go at a pace that is easy to understand and there are good visual examples.
Anthony Ricketti, M.D Verified Subscriber
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Passed Boards thanks to your course

Thank you for your outstanding [Point of Care Echo] course. It enabled me to pass my Critical Care Boards. I think it is applicable to any physician who might uses echo and think point of care echo will be the standard in the future. Before taking my recertification boards, I had never seen an echo, but after 2 hours with your course, I had no problem recognizing everything. Your course is ahead of its time. I recommend your course and teaching to anyone.
Michael Friedman, DO, Assistant Professor, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine Verified Subscriber
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Dr. Siegal shared his knowledge

"Dr. Siegal is a doctor's doctor. He has taken his clinical knowledge and experience and thankfully shared it with us in an informative and well written video."

Included With This Course

  • Access to All Basic ECG Courses and Point of Care Echo (No additional practice ECGs)
  • Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation
  • Basic ECG Interpretation
  • Basic Step-by-Step Approach to Reading ECGs
  • Basic Point of Care Echo Course
  • Ability to Re-watch Videos Over and Over
  • 24/7 Access for any device for 1 year
  • Certificate of Completion for each Course