EKG (ECG) TECHNICIAN COURSE

Course overview

This course is designed to get students ready for the national certification Board exam. 1.List the different waveforms on an ECG, their physiological correlation and additional investigations that may be needed. 2.Discuss the different atrial and ventricular arrhythmias that can be visualized on an ECG. 3.Describe the use of ECG to assess MI, heart blocks and hyperkalemia. 4.Calculate a patient¿s heart rate from EKG, trace and resolve artifacts & record an EKG on a patient. 5.Identify the major classifications of arrhythmias and the major variances to waveforms related to ischemia, injury, or infarction from the EKG tracing. 6.Measure a patient¿s heart rhythm from the EKG tracing. 7.Upload a completed EKG to a patient¿s electronic medical record and Mount a completed EKG for a patient¿s chart. 8.Respond to potentially life threatening arrhythmias and cardiopulmonary compromise. 9.Verify EKG machine paper speed and sensitivity and maintain EKG equipment. 10.Prepare the patient and apply electrodes for EKG, Holter, Stress, and Telemetry monitoring.