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This document is a PowerPoint presentation on ECG rhythm interpretation. It covers ECG basics, including normal impulse conduction through the heart, the components of the PQRST waveform, pacemakers of the heart, and the set up of the ECG paper. The presentation is divided into multiple learning modules and concludes the first module on ECG basics with instructions to proceed to a practice quiz. The overall goal is to teach participants how to recognize normal sinus rhythm and common rhythm disturbances on an ECG.

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This document is a PowerPoint presentation on ECG rhythm interpretation. It covers ECG basics, including normal impulse conduction through the heart, the components of the PQRST waveform, pacemakers of the heart, and the set up of the ECG paper. The presentation is divided into multiple learning modules and concludes the first module on ECG basics with instructions to proceed to a practice quiz. The overall goal is to teach participants how to recognize normal sinus rhythm and common rhythm disturbances on an ECG.

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ECG Rhythm Interpretation


Module I
ECG Basics
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Course Objectives
To recognize the normal rhythm of the heart Normal Sinus Rhythm.

To recognize the 13 most common rhythm


disturbances.
To recognize an acute myocardial infarction on
a 12-lead ECG.

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Learning Modules

ECG Basics
How to Analyze a Rhythm
Normal Sinus Rhythm
Heart Arrhythmias
Diagnosing a Myocardial Infarction
Advanced 12-Lead Interpretation
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Normal Impulse Conduction


Sinoatrial node
AV node

Bundle of His
Bundle Branches

Purkinje fibers
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Impulse Conduction & the ECG


Sinoatrial node
AV node

Bundle of His
Bundle Branches

Purkinje fibers
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The PQRST
P wave - Atrial
depolarization
QRS - Ventricular
depolarization
T wave - Ventricular
repolarization
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The PR Interval
Atrial depolarization
+
delay in AV junction
(AV node/Bundle of His)

(delay allows time for the


atria to contract before
the ventricles contract)
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Pacemakers of the Heart


SA Node - Dominant pacemaker with an
intrinsic rate of 60 - 100 beats/minute.

AV Node - Back-up pacemaker with an


intrinsic rate of 40 - 60 beats/minute.
Ventricular cells - Back-up pacemaker with an
intrinsic rate of 20 - 45 bpm.

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The ECG Paper


Horizontally
One small box - 0.04 s
One large box - 0.20 s

Vertically
One large box - 0.5 mV

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The ECG Paper (cont)


3 sec

3 sec

Every 3 seconds (15 large boxes) is marked by


a vertical line.
This helps when calculating the heart rate.
NOTE: the following strips are not marked
but all are 6 seconds long.

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End of Module I

ECG Basics
Proceed to Module I Practice Quiz on
WebCT
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