ABSTRACT

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2015Interpreting an ECG correctly and working out what to do next can seem like a daunting task to the non-specialist, yet it is a skill that will be invaluable to any doctor, nurse, or paramedic when evaluating the condition of a patient.Making Sense of the ECG has been written specifically with this in mi

chapter 1|6 pages

Anatomy and physiology

chapter 2|13 pages

PQRST: Where the waves come from

chapter 3|9 pages

Performing an ECG recording

chapter 4|3 pages

Reporting an ECG recording

chapter 5|8 pages

Heart rate

chapter 6|10 pages

An approach to heart rhythms

chapter 7|26 pages

Supraventricular rhythms

chapter 8|14 pages

Ventricular rhythms

chapter 9|13 pages

Conduction problems

chapter 10|14 pages

The axis

chapter 11|7 pages

The P wave

chapter 12|11 pages

The PR interval

chapter 13|6 pages

The Q wave

chapter 14|14 pages

The QRS complex

chapter 15|20 pages

The ST segment

chapter 16|11 pages

The T wave

chapter 17|8 pages

The QT interval

chapter 18|4 pages

The U wave

chapter 19|5 pages

Artefacts on the ECG

chapter 21|7 pages

Ambulatory ECG recording

chapter 22|8 pages

Exercise ECG testing