Electrocardiography for Health Care Personnel prepares users for a national ECG certification examination, as well as provides ECG skills training for health care students and health care personnel who are interested in mastering additional skills.
The text includes the essential skills needed to perform an ECG, including anatomy of the heart, basic characteristics, equipment, appropriate intervention, and other technical applications, such as Holter monitoring and stress testing. Emphasis throughout the text is placed on troubleshooting.
Electrocardiography for Health Care Personnel prepares users for a national ECG certification examination, as well as provides ECG skills training for health care students and health care personnel who are interested in mastering additional skills.
The text includes the essential skills needed to perform an ECG, including anatomy of the heart, basic characteristics, equipment, appropriate intervention, and other technical applications, such as Holter monitoring and stress testing. Emphasis throughout the text is placed on troubleshooting.
Kathryn A. Booth, RN-BSN, RMA (AMT), RPT, CPhT, MS is a registered
nurse (RN) with a master's degree in education as well as
certifications in phlebotomy, pharmacy tech, and medical assisting.
She is an author, an educator, and a consultant for Total Care
Programming, Inc. She has over 30 years of teaching, nursing, and
healthcare experience that spans five states. As an educator, Kathy
has been awarded the teacher of the year in three states where she
taught various health sciences, including medical assisting in both
a classroom and an online capacity. Kathy serves on the AMT
Examinations, Qualifications, and Standards committee, as well as
the advisory board for two educational institutions. She stays
current through working at various practice settings as well as
obtaining and maintaining certifications. Her larger goal is to
develop up-to-date, dynamic healthcare educational materials to
assist her and other educators and to promote healthcare
professions. In addition, Kathy enjoys presenting innovative new
learning solutions for the changing healthcare and educational
landscape to her fellow professionals nationwide. Thomas E.
O'Brien, AS, CCT, CRAT, RMA, is the Allied Health Program
chairperson
at Remington College, Fort Worth, Texas. Tom also works as an
author
of CME activities and editor with Practical Clinical Skills (
www.practical
clinicalskills.com ). He is also on the Board of Trustees and Exam
Chair for the
Certified Cardiographic Technician and Certified Rhythm Analysis
Technician
Registry Examinations working with Cardiovascular Credentialing
International
(CCI). His background includes over 24 years in the U.S. Air Force
and
U.S. Army Medical Corps. Tom's medical career as an Air Force
Independent
Duty Medical Technician (IDMT) has taken him all over the United
States and
the world. He has several years' experience working in the
Emergency Services
and Critical Care arena (Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiac Cath
Lab).
He was awarded Master Instructor status by the U.S. Air Force in
1994 upon
completion of his teaching practicum. He now has over 15 years of
teaching
experience; subjects include Emergency Medicine, Cardiovascular
Nursing,
Fundamentals of Nursing, Dysrhythmias, and 12-Lead ECG
Interpretation. His
current position provides challenges to meet the ever-changing
needs of the
medical community and to provide first-rate education to a diverse
adult education
population.
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