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OverviewECGs for Nurses provides everything the nurse needs to know about the electrocardiogram. Accessible yet comprehensive, and packed with case studies, this portable guide enables nurses to become skilled practitioners in an area often seen as highly complex. Using real ECG traces as examples, possible effects on the patient and treatment options are discussed, with a focus on the role of the nurse. This fully illustrated second edition remains the essential reference guide for nurses working in all acute areas, as well as general nurses and students learning about ECGs for the first time. One of the only ECG texts written by a nurse specifically for nurses Written by an expert in the field Easy-to-access information, full of practical advice Essential for nurses working and studying in intensive care, high dependency units, theatre, theatre recovery coronary care units, medical wards and accident and emergency. Case studies and discussion of real ECGs throughout. New to this edition Fully updated throughout with up-to-date guidelines and procedures Includes new guidelines on management of cardiac arrest arrhythmias Case studies added to all chapters Full Product DetailsAuthor: Philip Jevon (Manor Hospital, Walsall) , Jawad KhanPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 12.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 18.80cm Weight: 0.281kg ISBN: 9781405181624ISBN 10: 1405181621 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 11 September 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsForeword iv Acknowledgements vi Chapter 1 The conduction system in the heart 1 Chapter 2 Principles of ECG monitoring 10 Chapter 3 ECG interpretation of cardiac arrhythmias 40 Chapter 4 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the SA node 50 Chapter 5 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the atria 72 Chapter 6 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the AV junction 96 Chapter 7 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the ventricles 114 Chapter 8 Cardiac arrhythmias with atrioventricular block 135 Chapter 9 Cardiac arrhythmias associated with cardiac arrest 155 Chapter 10 Recording a 12 lead ECG 169 Chapter 11 Interpreting a 12 lead ECG 182 Chapter 12 Management of peri-arrest arrhythmias 220 Chapter 13 Record keeping 243 Appendix 249 Index 286ReviewsI thoroughly recommend this text to all who work within an acute care area, or indeed any nurse with an interest in developing their ECG interpretation skills. --British Journal of Resuscitation Easy to read, succinct review of the cardiac conduction system...(a) useful tool for any health professional new to a monitored environment, and would provide the essential baseline knowledge required for such staff. --British Journal of Perioperative Nursing I thoroughly recommend this text to all who work within an acute care area, or indeed any nurse with an interest in developing their ECG interpretation skills. --British Journal of Resuscitation Easy to read, succinct review of the cardiac conduction system...(a) useful tool for any health professional new to a monitored environment, and would provide the essential baseline knowledge required for such staff. --British Journal of Perioperative Nursing Author InformationPhil Jevon is Resuscitation Officer/Clinical Skills Lead at Manor Hospital, Walsal. He is also Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Birmingham Medical School and Editor of the British Journal of Resuscitation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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