Understanding EKGs: A Practical Approach (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Brenda M. Beasley (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130452157 | ISBN-13: 978-0130452153 | Publication Date: December 16, 2002 | Edition: 2

This book was written to assist the novice user in understandin basic EKG interpretation. It is a useful guide to the understanding of abnormal heart rhythms, and the material is presented in a simple, straightforward manner that achieves the understanding of each chapter prior to proceeding to the next chapter. Topics covered in this book include a general overview of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, basic electrophysiology, the electrocardiogram, interpretation of the EKG strip, sinus rhythms, atrial rhythms, junctional rhythms, ventricular rhythms, heart block rhythms, pacemaker rhythms, and assessment and treatment of patients with cardiovascular emergencies. For prehospital care providers, medical students, cardiac care monitor techs, ACLS candidates, nursing professionals, physician assistants, and respiratory therapists.

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This book was written to assist the novice user in understandin basic EKG interpretation. It is a useful guide to the understanding of abnormal heart rhythms, and the material is presented in a simple, straightforward manner that achieves the understanding of each chapter prior to proceeding to the next chapter. Topics covered in this book include a general overview of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, basic electrophysiology, the electrocardiogram, interpretation of the EKG strip, sinus rhythms, atrial rhythms, junctional rhythms, ventricular rhythms, heart block rhythms, pacemaker rhythms, and assessment and treatment of patients with cardiovascular emergencies. For prehospital care providers, medical students, cardiac care monitor techs, ACLS candidates, nursing professionals, physician assistants, and respiratory therapists.

About the Author

Brenda Messer Beasley is a Paramedic, and a Registered Nurse. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree, as well as additional postgraduate studies, from the University of Alabama. Following graduation from Nursing School at the University of Alabama, Ms. Beasley was employed as a nurse in the Emergency Department of University Hospital in Birmingham. She remained in Emergency Nursing for the next ten years, with a two year hiatus when she became certified as a Critical Care Neurosurgical Nurse and worked in an NICU at Carraway Medical Center.

 

Ms. Beasley was working as an ER nurse in 1978 when she was asked to teach a Basic EMT course. With a great deal of reticence yet strong encouragement from the Chief of Staff at the local hospital, she concurred. She immediately developed a passion for quality EMS Education, and the rest is history. For the next thirty years, she served an EMS educator in the state of Alabama, and in 2001 was named Department Chair of Allied Health at Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Alabama. She held that position until her retirement in 2007.

 

 Ms. Beasley has been an Affiliate Faculty member of the American Heart Association's Emergency Cardiac Care Program for the past twenty-five years. Other professional activities include BTLS Affiliate Faculty, Board of Directors of the National Association of EMS Educators, and she serves on the Medical Advisory Board of 24-7ems.

 

In 1999, Ms. Beasley published her first book on EKG interpretation, and has authored other texts for Brady-Prentice Hall Health. She resides in Wedowee, Alabama, where she serves as Vice-Chair of the local Hospital Board. Ms. Beasley is actively involved in the First United Methodist Church of Wedowee.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (December 16, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130452157
• ISBN-13: 978-0130452153
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #853,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Practical?, July 16, 2002

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LoriL (Colorado Springs, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Understanding EKGs: A Practical Approach (Paperback)

If you are teaching or learning EKG's this is not the book for you! Although this book is initially inviting because of the color (it is much easier to measure strips on colored ECG paper) the measurements in the back are wrong in the appendix and are confusing to learners. This book also does not have "beginning" strips to learn, or typical strips for that matter. There are limited examples (50) to identify and that is NOT sufficient for learning ECG's. With the price of this book I would highly suggest another choice...any choice for that matter.

3.0 out of 5 stars It will get you by, August 25, 2011

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Elizabeth B. Howell "Nursing student" (Myrtle Beach, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Understanding EKGs: A Practical Approach (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

This book was mandatory for our nursing class so I didn't have a choice. It will give you the basics on how to identify various strips, but it didn't seem to "teach" me the inner workings of how to read an EKG strip. I had to get my classmates to show me exactly where to find things, such as an ST elevation, on real strips because real strips are the perfect strips you see in the book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Heart warming, December 7, 2010

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This review is from: Understanding EKGs: A Practical Approach (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

Ok this is the book to use if you are a novice, ER Tech, EMS or just plain bored.
Excellent in its simplicity of explaining the EKG charts and warning signs that are revealed in EKG graphs.
It may even help you to maintain your own cardiac health. If you study A&P you need this book.