12-Lead EKG Confidence: A Step-by-Step Guide - Softcover

Green MS RN APN NE-BC, Jacqueline M.; Chiaramida MD FACC, Anthony J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 082610472X ISBN 13: 9780826104724

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2009

Synopsis

"This is an excellent workbook for students or healthcare professionals who are just beginning to interpret 12-lead EKGs. The book covers what is expected, but the manner in which it presents the material brings much clarity to the topic."--Doody's Medical Reviews This practical, comprehensive text serves as a step-by-step, hands-on workbook for those learning to interpret 12-Lead EKGs. With over 45 years of experience in cardiac care, authors Green and Chiaramida present the content and technical understanding students need to accurately analyze, interpret, and comprehend the variety of rhythm strips that make up 12-lead EKGs. This book introduces basic principles of anatomy and physiology, including a review of the heart's electrical system. The chapters discuss vital elements of cardiology, such as atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, conduction abnormalities and heart block, ischemic and nonischemic disorders, and more. Explanations of terms and concepts are conc

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About the Author:

ently holds the position of Clinical Nurse Specialist for Cardiac Services at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. Ms. Green previously was nursing education specialist at the Center for Clinical and Professional Development at RWJ Univ Hospital, Coordinator Cardiac Education at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, NJ and CNS at the Center for Adult Congenital Heart Disease at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. She also worked as a staff nurse in Post-anesthesia and the Cardiac Care Unit at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, NJ. She is licensed and Board Certified APN, a certified CNS, and a Certified Adult Critical Care Nurse, as well as a member of Sigma Theta Tau (both for undergrad and grad studies). She co-authored a previous version of this text with Dr. Chiaramida for Lippincott, which published in 2003 and sold approximately 6,000 copies.

is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Univ of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ and Director of the Division of Cardiology at the Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, NJ. Dr. Chiaramida is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Physicians and is certified by American Board of Internal Medicine and is Board Certified in the Cardiovascular Disease Subspecialty. He holds licenses to practice medicine in New Jersey, New York and Georgia. He has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles in his specialty area, including in such prestigious journals as JAMA, J of CV Pharmacology Chest, The Lancet, and the NE Journal of Medicine. He has conducted Grand Rounds on Cardiac-related topics, including CHF, AFib, Acute MI, Unstable Angina & Non ST Elevation MI, and Endocarditis. He has presented papers at GA Heart Assoc Ann Meeting, and the ACP Conference, NJ Chapter. His research areas have included Controlled Clinical Trials for Digitalis, Infarct Survival, Prevention of Events with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibition and others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 082610472X
• ISBN 13: 9780826104724
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 444