Electrocardiography and Arrhythmia Recognition
Objectives
At the end of this chapter, the student should be able to:
- Differentiate between artifact and a pathologic baseline on an ECG tracing. (pp 79–80)
- Describe and identify premature complexes on an ECG tracing. (p 80)
- Discuss and identify escape beats and rhythms in a clinical context. (pp 80–81, 82)
- Differentiate between a true rhythm abnormality and irregularities that are caused by events; defend your position. (p 81)
- Discuss the origins and identify ectopic complexes on an ECG tracing. (pp 81–87)
- Discuss the concept of aberrancy and state various examples of how and where they occur. (pp 87–88)
- Discuss the concept of fusion; identify and predict the combination of waves and complexes involved on an ECG tracing. (pp 88–90)
