EKG Plain and Simple – 4th Edition (Ebook PDF)

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EKG Plain and Simple – 4th Edition (Ebook PDF)

Authors: by Karen Ellis (Author)

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book.

For courses in reading electrocardiograms

This conversational text teaches EKG from basic to advanced concepts

Unlike books that encourage rote memorization, the conversationally-written EKG Plain and Simple puts the student at the patient’s bedside. This popular text focuses not just on identifying rhythms or EKGs, but also on what can be done for the patient. Assuming no prior knowledge, the text covers basic to advanced EKG concepts. Part I progresses seamlessly from basic cardiac A&P through waves and complexes, lead morphology, and rhythms. Part II covers 12-lead interpretation, axis, hypertrophy, myocardial infarction, and more. The author provides many clinical scenarios, anecdotes, and critical-thinking exercises, plus hundreds of practice rhythm strips and 12-lead EKGs. The Fourth Edition has been updated to include improved opening scenarios, streamlined explanations, new tables, and more photos, art, and visual aids.

Introduction

Welcome to the fourth edition of EKG Plain and Simple. This popular text has helped thousands learn how to interpret cardiac rhythms and 12-lead EKGs. The changes in this new edition will make learning even easier. Here’s what’s new: “Tweaked” opening scenarios. These improved scenarios emphasize how that chapter’s info is clinically important.
Streamlined explanations. The material has been simplified with an emphasis on enhanced comprehension. 
Additional tables. This pulls together the info in one place to make retention easier. More photos and improved art. This makes the book more visually appealing and user-friendly.
As before, we have the following: Chapter Checkup. This feature pops in at each chapter’s halfway mark and asks a few pertinent questions to assess your understanding of the material. It can help you
decide if you are ready to move ahead in the chapter or if you need to stop and review first.
Study notes at the end of each chapter. This pulls together all of each chapter’s important points in one place and makes studying easier.
Lots of practice strips. Lots of strips in each rhythms chapter and 250 in Chapter 12 make learning rhythm interpretation easier.
Clinical information on rhythms, heart attack symptoms, and treatment. This helps you see the whole person, not just the EKG.
Clinical anecdotes sprinkled throughout. The material makes more sense when it’s shown in the context of a real-life situation. And it helps answer the question, “OK, I know what the rhythm/EKG shows; now what do I do with this information?” Critical Thinking Exercises. Each chapter has exercises that might include case scenarios, diagrams to label, or other exercises that challenge you to put what you
learned into practice.
10 scenarios in the final chapter. Chapter 18 is an entire chapter of scenarios that require you to analyze the situation and decide on the rhythm or EKG, the normal treatment, and the expected outcome of that treatment. These scenarios ensure that modern-day clinical issues are represented. 
The book starts, as before, with the basics in Part I. First is a little cardiac anatomy and physiology, then EKG waves and complexes, lead morphology, and rhythms. You’ll learn what the rhythm is, how to calculate the heart rate, and what the adverse effects and treatments are. There are critical thinking exercises and lots of practice strips to perfect your interpretation skills.
Part II covers 12-lead EKG interpretation. You’ll learn what’s normal on a 12-lead and what’s pathological. Axis, hypertrophy, bundle branch blocks, hemiblocks, myocardial infarction, and pacemakers are just a few topics covered in Part II. Again, there are lots of critical thinking exercises and an entire chapter of 12-leads for practice.
This fourth edition of EKG Plain and Simple is written in the same conversational style as the previous editions. Who wants to study some dry, boring textbook?
Karen Ellis