A Systematic Approach for Effective 12 Lead ECG Recording

A Systematic Approach for Effective 12 Lead ECG Recording

This lecture provides a systematic approach to enable an accurate and effective 12 lead electrocardiograph (ECG) recording to be performed. It discusses how to set up a 12 lead ECG. It describes how to read and interpret the 12 lead ECG traces. Bundle branch blocks and cardiac arrhythmias are reviewed and the 12 lead ECG traces and strips produced by these heart abnormalities are analysised. How to interpret subtle differences between ECG recordings is discussed. This is highly informative lecture.

The main concepts explored in this session are:

• Accurate & effective 12 lead electrocardiograph (ECG) recording
• How to read and interpret the 12 lead ECG traces
• Cardiac arrhythmias & heart abnormalities

James McVeigh is an authorised nurse practitioner in high dependency nursing. Jim is the coordinator of the Heart Failure Service at the Prince of Wales hospital, Sydney, Australia. He was a founding member of the Australian Nurse Practitioner Association. Jim is the Chair of the Cardiac Nurses Working Group within the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Jim’s postgraduate qualifications are: Coronary Care Certificate, Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing) and a Master of Clinical Nursing.

Speaker name: James McVeigh
Recorded: 7 & 8 May 2010
Listening time: 11 Mins
Conference: The 12 Lead ECG Advanced Analysis and Interpretation
Session in Conference: Chamber hypertrophy and enlargement part1
State: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Professional Reviews:

Nurse Ausmed says: 

Thanks for this review Vivian. We will certainly take your recommendations  on board.  

In the meantime, you might want to look at the learning activity on ECGs. This contains a video that demonstrates the correct way to record a 12 Lead ECG.  It also includes a series of questions (multiple choice questions) so that you can test your knowledge. It is very rigorous and specially prepared for online learning.

Thanks again for your feedback.

it is only relevant to see lectures likle this if you can see what he is talking about. i think as we have paid our membership we should be entitled to this otherwise it is absolutely pointless me watching this to learn and i will be doubtful if i will re join next year

A little difficult for me to understand without viewing the lecture and relevant data.

it would be good if it was visual as well as audio