ECG session 1

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Chris Anderson
Vice Chair, Pediatrics
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Table of Contents

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Recording the ECG

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  • 00:09 Recording the ECG—placing leads
  • 02:25 What the ECG recording looks like
  • 06:03 Rhythm strip
  • 08:15 Different kinds of ECGs
  • 10:14 ECG quality and artifact
  • 14:38 Formatting the ECG recording

Ordering the ECG

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  • 00:09 Ordering the ECG—indications to perform an ECG
  • 06:18 Cost of an ECG
  • 07:18 Ambulatory ECG monitoring and exercise testing

Understanding the ECG

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  • 00:37 Understanding the ECG—the electrical activity in the cell
  • 03:22 The normal conduction pathway through the heart
  • 06:06 The vectors for the different ECG leads
  • 08:55 Setting up a grid system to map the ECG vectors
  • 13:52 The depolarization wavefront through the heart
  • 20:10 Repolarization through the heart
  • 24:19 References