ECG interpretation

i was in your shoes recently and read Rapid interpretation of EKG's as well as a 12 lead work book. I feel pretty confident know with interpretations.

I personally like

ECGpedia.org

It comes with the downside of any wiki of course but they are working hard to get all the little mistakes corrected. I like the tool they have where you can change the heart axis and see how the ECG changes in the extremity leads.

There are so many books out there. I have read Dale Dubins "Rapid Interpretation of EKG's" and found it very helpful. We also one of those "EKG's Made Incredibly Easy' books at work for reference and it works well. Those will help you get into reading basic rhythms and such however it takes a lot of time to get used to all the information available in a 12 lead. I am currently trying to learn more about 12 lead interpretation and recognizing RBB vs LBB and LAFB, AMI locations, Ischemic changes, etc. There is much to learn but it is so helpful in practice. I am currently in nursing school but work as a monitor tech, so I watch rhythms all day long. It is a really cool feeling when you can recognize a patient is having a PE just by the changes on the monitor.

Google "I See All Leads" Write it down.

Put it on an index card.

When you learn part of it, write what you don't know on another index card.

Keep reducing until you get it down.

Keep the card in your pocket and learn.

It's a really one step at a time way to learn.

And it works every time.

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Here in the Pacific Northwest, we're gifted with an ECG guru! Google Carol Jacobson Rn. She presents at many conferences on ECGs etc.

AWESOME photo from lifeinthefastlane.com/ecg-library/

Google "I See All Leads" Write it down.

Any chance you could post the link on here? Can't quite tell what you're referring too, but sounds like a great resource!