Learn to interpret cardiac dysrhythmias and successfully treat
patients! HUSZAR'S ECG AND 12-LEAD INTERPRETATION, 6TH EDITION uses a
step-by-step approach to help you build skills in accurate rhythm
interpretation, diagnosis, and clinical management. Correlating ECG
interpretation with clinical signs and symptoms, the text begins with
basic skills and progresses to more advanced concepts. Hundreds of ECG
rhythm strips provide plenty of practice with identifying heart
rhythms. Written by experienced EMS physician and educator Keith
Wesley, this guide is also ideal for quick reference while on the job,
anywhere from the emergency department to the back of an ambulance.
* COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF HEART RHYTHM INTERPRETATION reflects
current ECC guidelines.
* LOGICAL ORGANIZATION OF MATERIAL teaches the way in which readers
learn specific skills — ECG components are presented first, followed
by rhythm interpretation and then clinical applications.
* COVERAGE OF BOTH BASIC AND ADVANCED CONCEPTS incorporates the
latest research developments and provides material pertinent to both
beginners and experienced prehospital care providers.
* RECOGNITION OF VARIOUS HEART RHYTHMS is promoted by their
appearance on the ECG, correlated with the patient’s clinical signs
and symptoms.
* PATIENT CARE ALGORITHMS outline step-by-step management and
treatment, correlating ECG interpretation with history and exam
findings.
* ADVANCED-LEVEL TREATMENT CONTENT includes complete thrombus
formation, treatment, and management.
* _TAKE-HOME POINTS_ summarize each chapter, highlighting
need-to-know information about the most important topics.
* _AUTHOR’S NOTES_ provide tips on alternative diagnoses, possible
complications of warning signs, normal variations, and more, allowing
you to benefit from the author’s decades of experience.
* EXPERT AUTHOR DR. KEITH WESLEY is a board-certified emergency
medicine physician and has been involved in EMS since 1989.
* LEARNING FEATURES include chapter outlines, learning objectives,
key terms, chapter review questions, quick-reference summaries of the
key characteristics of each heart rhythm, _Drug Caution_ boxes, and a
glossary.
* NEW! UPDATED CONTENT includes the latest guidelines from the
_American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care_ and also the
_International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and
Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations_.
* NEW! UPDATED LEARNING FEATURES include key definitions, _ECG Keys_
boxes, _Take-Home Points_, author’s notes, chapter review questions,
an appendix of more than 250 self-assessment rhythm strips, and an
appendix of answers to the chapter review questions.
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ISBN
9780323874663
Publisert
2021
Utgave
6. utgave
Utgiver
Elsevier Limited (UK)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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