Ecg Manual For The Veterinary Technician
Nicole Edwards · W.B. Saunders eBooks · 1993
Part 1 Basic principles of electrocardiography: physiological basis for the electrocardiogram the conduction system sympathetic and parasympathetic influence on the electrocardiogram. Part 2 Types of electrocardiographic equipment: single channel multiple channel monitors computer analyzer systems trans-telephonic systems. Part 3 Production of the electrocardiogram: patient positioning and restraint lead placement operating the electrocardiograph monitoring techniques ECG storage and retrieval. Part 4 Uses of the electrocardiogram: evaluation of cardiac dysrhythmias evaluation of cardiac enlargement evaluation of cardiac therapy evaluation of cardiac disease progression monitoring severely ill or post-surgical patients. Part 5 Recognition and elimination of artifacts: respiratory artifacts patient movement artifacts electrical artifacts self-assessment. Part 6 Electrocardiographic measurements: determining heart rate determining heart rhythm determining mean electrical axis measuring wave forms recording the results self-assessment. Part 7 Recognizing abnormal rhythms: normal variations serious arrhythmias self-assessment.