Basic ECG and Arrhythmia CME Course combines our Basic ECG Interpretation Course, with our Basic ECG Interpretation Course and gives you up to 2 Category 1 AMA or AOA CME Credits. Remember that these Category 1 credits are accepted by most accreditation boards for CEU Credits.
Basic ECG and Arrhythmia CME Course is a full beginner’s ECG and Arrhythmia course. It is short but complete!
The Arrhythmia videos teach basic cardiac anatomy, impulse formation and conduction, the action potential, and how the ECG machine sees impulses and translates them into graph form. Additionally, this course explains all of the major cardiac rhythms and shows you examples. Lastly, we review serious and non-serious heart rhythms.
The ECG videos show simple methods for recognizing ECG abnormalities and understanding the ECG criteria. Additionally, we show you a straightforward and easy approach to reading ECGs from start to finish.
The course contains 34 short videos. Each video can be re-watched as many times as you want to help solidify your understanding. 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.
Basic ECG and Arrhythmia CME Course includes a CME Certificate, which can be presented to your accreditation board, workplace, or institution to demonstrate competency.
Topics include:
- Basic cardiac anatomy related to ECG interpretation
- The action potential
- The ECG waves (P, Q, QRS, ST, and T)
- Impulse conduction through the heart
- ECG calibration
- Normal and abnormal heart rhythms
- Sinus rhythms
- 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
- Serious vs. non-serious heart rhythms and ECG findings
- Lead placement
- The ECG waves (P, Q, QRS, ST, and T)
- Impulse conduction through the heart
- Determining the QRS axis
- The ECG layout
- Left and right atrial abnormalities
- Left and right ventricular hypertrophy
- Left and right bundle branch blocks
- Left anterior and posterior fascicular blocks
- Myocardial ischemia
- Myocardial infarction
- ST and T wave changes
- Prolonged QT intervals
- Electrolyte abnormalities
- Drug effects
- Wolff Parkinson White (WPW)
- Low QRS voltage
- Artifact
- A basic step-by-step approach to reading an ECG
