Re: Basic ECG Course

well its a risk you have to take..if u want to be part of this competitive world then u have to make sure u are armed with all those good investment!!

Re: Basic ECG Course

Originally Posted by Nurse_PUKYAW

WOW 3000 pesos for a 3 day ECG reading course that's 1000 per day GUS AVELGAS that's too MUCH for a BUM nurse like me.

There is a better alternative to the HEART Foundation (Philippine Heart Center)'s Basic ECG Training and that is the 2-day Basic ECG Interpretation training by the Critical Nurses Association of the Philippines (CCNAPI). I attended their June 8-9 ECG training and had a great time learning about ECGs.

The training was conducted by who is the president of CCNAPI and a nursing leader from the Philippine Heart Center, St Luke's and the chairman of the Continuing Education Program of the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA). She was really patient with us teaching our class to understand ECG.

A friend who took the ECG training at Heart Center (the one with a P3,000 fee) told me that their training was mostly lectured by physicians who just babbled and read from their laptops and Powerpoint presentations. Unlike with CCNAPI, We was taught us from a Nursing Perspective and we had return demonstration on lead placements using manual and automatic ECG machines. My preceptor was former Philippine Heart Center administrator and former Board of Nursing (BON) chairman. My friend said that the one conducted with Heart Center doesn't have return demonstrations. They just show you the diagrams. Augh!

The 2-day basic ECG training by CCNAPI only costs P1,500 (for CCNAPI members) and P1,700 (for non-CCNAPI members) and includes snacks, lunch and certificate. Their next ECG training schedule will be on July 6-7; August 3-4; September 14-15; October 5-6; and November 9-10.

CCNAPI Office, 8/F Medical Arts Building, Philippine Heart Center, East Avenue, Quezon City

By the way, I don't work for CCNAPI. I just want to share what I know and my experience when I attended their workshop.

God bless.

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hi nars1019,
just wanted to ask..where did you register for the said training and please let me know whats are the necessary requirements,..thanks in advance..

Re: Basic ECG Course

Originally Posted by hearty_doll

hi nars1019,
just wanted to ask..where did you register for the said training and please let me know whats are the necessary requirements,..thanks in advance..

Hi heart_doll!

You need to pre-register at the CCNAPI Office located at the 8/F Medical Arts Building, Philippine Heart Center, East Avenue, Quezon City for the 2-day Basic ECG interpretation. The seminar/workshop venue is in D. Tuazon, Quezon City.

You just need to bring your PRC license and if you are member of CCNAPI, your CCNAPI membership ID so you can avail of the discount.

God bless.

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I have just signed up for the ECG training at pgh.. I don't wknow here it would be held and when.. I am quite excited.. I have experienced different arrhythmias in my work but haven't had any formal trainings.. most common is sinus tachy and brady.. and of course V-tach, V-fib and A-fib.. and others which I cannot identify.. hehe.. that's why I am excited..

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They say reading ECGs is a skill that you hone by practice accdg to my ECG workshop instructor. It's hard to identify and I had headaches when I had my workshop. Now, I'm trying to practice as much as I can with an ECG workbook and a caliper. Good luck and God bless.

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yeah.. I have the same opinion.. I am quite lucky because I can apply my future learnings with my patient.. actually most of my knowledge at present is from experience.. I ask doctors about the ECG tracings that the my patiensts have..

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thank you so much nars1019..

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I'd have to agree with nars1019. I took the Basic ECG Course at the H.E.A.R.T. Foundation and it was quite difficult to understand the concepts because the doctors who lectured basically seemed to expect us to instantly comprehend such difficult concepts. I had to study a lot on my own before taking my ACLS course. I decided to inquire at CCNAPI and registered there. I'm very happy that I enrolled there instead. This doesn't mean that the ACLS course in CCNAPI is easier, though; we'd really have to memorize a lot of things, but it's all worth it in the end. I even wish that I took my ECG Course at CCNAPI instead.