Advanced Arrhythmia Interpretation is best for medical professionals who need to interpret and understand cardiac rhythms but do not need to learn all of the details of ECGs. It is also great for medical professionals who just want to hone their arrhythmia reading skills.
This course teaches how to recognize, diagnose, and properly name normal and abnormal heart rhythms. Advanced Arrhythmia Interpretation begins with basic concepts, such as identifying the ECG waves, and progresses to advanced topics like pacemaker rhythms. In total, there are about 14 short videos. Each section can be re-watched as many times as you want to help solidify the information. The course is accessible 24/7 on any device for an entire year. Videos are succinct, with detailed illustrations and audio descriptions that go at a gentle pace for better comprehension. The videos are set up to feel as if a cardiologist is giving you one-on-one instruction.
Advanced Arrhythmia Interpretation includes a Certificate of Completion, which can be presented to your workplace or institution to demonstrate competency. Advanced Arrhythmia Interpretation pairs well with Advanced ECG Interpretation and can be bundled for a 15% savings. Other bundles are also available. This course is also available for Category 1 AMA and AOA Continuing Medical Education Credits (please see our CME Courses and Bundle.)
Topics include:
- ECG basics
- ECG calibration
- The ECG waves (P, Q, QRS, ST, and T)
- Intervals (PR, QRS, and QT)
- Impulse conduction through the heart
- Determining the heart rate
- Normal and abnormal heart rhythms
- Sinus rhythms and sinus blocks
- Junctional rhythms
- Atrial rhythms
- Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
- Ventricular Arrhythmias
- Atrioventricular blocks
- First-degree AV block
- Second-degree AV block, Mobitz type 1
- Second-degree AV block, Mobitz type 2
- Third-degree AV blocks (aka complete heart block)
- 2:1 AV blocks
- Basic pacemaker rhythms
