Hartmans Complete Guide For The Ekg Technician

Clear, concise, and up-to-date, Hartman's Complete Guide for the EKG Technician, now in its second edition, will help students master the skills and knowledge they need to pass EKG technician certification exams and to excel on the job. Unlike many EKG interpretation texts, this book is written specifically for students taking EKG technician courses or working toward EKG technician certification.

This very affordable workbook is designed to help students review what they have learned from reading the textbook. It is organized around learning objectives, which work like a built-in study guide. Multiple choice, true/false, crosswords, critical thinking scenarios, and interpretation exercises based on real EKG strips test the student's knowledge of each chapter. It also includes skills checklists and a practice exam for the certification test.

For more than 25 years, The Only EKG Book You’ll Ever Need has lived up to its name as an easy-to-understand, practical, and clear reference for everyday practice and clinical decision making. Dr. Thaler’s ability to simplify complex concepts makes this an ideal tool for students, teachers, and practitioners at all levels who need to be competent in understanding how to read an EKG. Clear illustrations, clinical examples, and case studies help you quickly learn how identify and interpret hypertrophy and enlargement, arrhythmias, conduction blocks, pre-excitation syndromes, myocardial infarction, and more. Features: New material throughout and shortened and simplified explanations ensure that you’re reading the most up-to-date, clear, and accurate text available. More than 200 facsimiles of EKG strips provide greater insight into normal and abnormal tracings, increasing your understanding of their clinical significance. Clinical examples, interactive questions, and case studies put key concepts into real-world context so that what you learn is immediately usable. Full-color, simple illustrations highlight important concepts and make challenging concepts easier to understand. A companion ebook, with fully searchable text and interactive question bank, makes this a great resource for students, teachers, and practitioners.

For courses in Paramedic (EMS), EKG Interpretation (EMS) Understanding EKGs: A Practical Approach, Fourth Edition, takes a 5-step approach to EKG interpretation. Offering a straightforward presentation of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, this edition includes expanded graphics as well as rhythm strip examples with answers based on the popular 5-step approach. Review questions and review strips at the end of each chapter reinforce learning. Plus, a chapter dedicated to the assessment and management of the patient with cardiovascular emergencies is included in this fourth edition. This text is perfect for courses in EMS, nursing, cardiovascular emergencies, and monitor tech training.

The purpose of this book is to help you learn proper phlebotomy and EKG procedures and understand the whys of phlebotomy procedures. Many times, as a patient, I have observed phlebotomy techniques, and I would ask the phlebotomist, “What is the reason for drawing the tubes in that order?” I would get either no reply or “I’m not sure.” Now don’t get me wrong. I have met many technicians who have great skills, but some cannot explain the most important question—why? If you were asked to eat fish once a week, and you ask why, and the only answer you get is because it’s good for you, well, I’m sorry but where is the why? In the same vein here, why do you draw the tubes in a certain order? When using my book, you will also be able to link onto my website as an interactive guide. So what are we waiting for? Let’s begin.

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