Reading ECGs

• by RobertS
• 2013-01-03 02:01:54
• Checkups & Settings
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I don't know about you but as a new recipient of a pacemaker due to sudden onset bradycardia I was fascinated by the ECG readouts. It looks terribly technical but I recently came across this site:

www.ambulancetechnicianstudy.co.uk/card.html

Not only does it give a brief refresher on the anatomy of the circulation and electrical system of the heart but also explains how it works with good diagrams all those PQRS and T waves that march across the graph paper. It has examples of ECG readouts for various conditions from normal sinus rythm to - asystole - the dreaded straight line.

It is not too technical though the last bit on ECG rules is a bit hard going but you can skip that.

The site gives a layman enough info to ask sensible questions of the medics - time spent in reconnaisance is never wasted!

If you have this alredsy then apologies but I couldn't find it elsewhere on the site.