Squiggles & Lines (ECG Lecture) – Swing into Spring Symposium 3/9/19

This lecture was given at Lakeshore Veterinary Specialists’ annual Swing into Spring Symposium (SISS) on March 3, 2019 in the technician track. It is an introduction to ECG including how to hook up the ECG, discussion of what the ECG is (and ins’t) able to tell you, and some practice identifying basic ECG rhythms.

 

Proceedings can be downloaded here

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Images and charts:

 

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References, recommended reading, and practice:

A case-based tutorial from U Penn here

A brief post about proper positioning and optimizing the ECG reading (VetGirl)

Textbook suggestions for learning more about reading ECGs: