Ecg Workout: Exercises in Arrhythmia Interpretation [Paperback]

Jane Huff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997 | ISBN-10: 0397553714 | ISBN-13: 978-0397553716 | Edition: 3

This workbook contains more than 500 actual ECG strips, enabling students to test their skills at ECG interpretation, and discover the areas in which they need improvement. Introductory chapters on the anatomy and physiology, electrophysiology, wave forms, intervals, segments and complexes, monitoring equipment, lead placement, and steps in analyzing a rhythm strip form a foundation for learning. Practice strips complete the answer key, so that students can gain confidence in arrythmias interpretation. A two-part post test allows students to self-test their arrhythmia interpretation skills. An electrocardiaogram conversion table is provided for more precise rate calculation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 3 edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0397553714
• ISBN-13: 978-0397553716
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #664,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book!!! Here is why, November 26, 2006

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James D. Rollason "MSUB-MedicStudent" (Isabel, South Dakota USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ECG Workout: Exercises in Arrhythmia Interpretation (Huff, ECG Workout) (Paperback)

When I was in paramedic school, I was having some difficulties with some of the rhythm strips at first, especially in measuring waveform distances, as well as a Mobitz 2 heart block. This book helped me put ECG's together. It starts from the very beginning, such as what the waveforms mean, what distances should be for said waveforms, and finally explanations of each rhythm, where they begin (location wise in the heart) and what they mean. At the end of each chapter, it has a review of the rhythm's you just discussed, by interpreting 10-20 strips. At the end of the book there was 200 some random strips. By the end of cardiology, I could read pretty much any strip that was thrown at me, and I occasionally go back and practice, plus reread some information about some of the ECG's we see in the field and what causes them and how to treat them. This book is great, and I would recommend it to anyone going to school to be a paramedic, RN, PA, RNP, or MD.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Practice, practice, March 24, 2001

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Chris (Wauwatosa, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ecg Workout: Exercises in Arrhythmia Interpretation (Paperback)

This book is great for practice strips! The only way to learn rhythm interpretation is to practice, practice, practice. This book is loaded with strips (and their answers). The content is OK. I didn't like how the author grouped junctional rhythms and heart blocks in the same section, too confusing for the new practitioner.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good practice book, October 14, 2002

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Muzaffer Muctehitzade "hacibey" (Boston, Ma USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ECG Workout: Exercises in Arrhythmia Interpretation (Paperback)

Quite extensive workbook about hearth arrhythmias. In each case chapter starts with short theory and than examples of charts for the particular arrhythmias and than you get a chance to practice yourself with number of charts, answers in the back with explanations. It is a good practice book.