ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series) [Paperback]

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Book Description

ISBN-10: 1582553556 | ISBN-13: 978-1582553559 | Publication Date: September 23, 2004 | Edition: Third

Now in its Third Edition and better than ever, ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy! makes reading and understanding rhythm strips and 12-lead ECGs easy. This entertaining reference reviews fundamental cardiac anatomy and physiology, explains how to obtain and interpret a rhythm strip, and teaches the reader how to recognize and treat 18 arrhythmias. It also explains how to obtain and interpret 12-lead ECGs, posterior ECGs, and 15- and 18-lead ECGs. The familiar Incredibly Easy! elements found throughout the reference make it easy to remember key points.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Third edition (September 23, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582553556
• ISBN-13: 978-1582553559
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #679,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly easy is right!, November 11, 2006

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BartRN (Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series) (Paperback)

I'm a second year RN student and I bought this book to help me better understand my ECG material. I'm planning on working ICU when I graduate; I really wanted to get a firm understanding of this content now so it will be easier to study for my ACLS in a year. This book starts from the ground up explaining the A&P needed, showing you what a normal rhythm looks like and what the components of the ecg are and what they mean physiologically. Then it gets into different dysrhythmias, explaining each one in a very straight-forward manner.

As far as one user complaining that the tracings aren't big enough... they are intended to show you the intricacies of the rhythm and spotlight areas of the strip where you'll see the indicated abnormalities... they didn't intend for you to bust out your calipers and figure out how many of these dysrhythmias were occurring, times between them, etc... Those things are explained in the text accompanying each strip and explained in great yet easy-to-follow detail.

I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about ECG's... especially those planning to get their ACLS.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ECG for everyone to understand, October 25, 2007

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T. Bleich (Dickinson, ND) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series) (Paperback)

I am in the medical profession but not a nurse or doctor. ECG Interpretation made Incredibly Easy is just that. Simple english explanations with good graphics for simple understanding of what the basic squiggly lines mean. I wasn't interested in diagnosing just interpreting what the strip meant to my treatments of a patient in cargiac rehab. This book suited that purpose.

4.0 out of 5 stars cLiff notes for monitor techs/RNs, February 25, 2010

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dorz critique (san pablo, ca) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series) (Paperback)

book was in great condition when received. got it for work. excellent reference for quick-glances while monitoring.