Description
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Robin Gilbert – Recognize Lethal ECG Rhythms: Conquer the Patient Clues
- Faculty:
- Robin Gilbert
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 23 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Aug 26, 2020
Description
Register today to advance your ECG skills! Leave with brand new insights to recognize not only lethal rhythms, but other diagnoses that can present with ECG changes. Learn how to assess for other patient clues that will help you analyze the complete clinical picture and initiate crucial interventions.
Imagine taking care of your patient when he suddenly becomes pale, diaphoretic, and tells you his heart is “going crazy”. You check his pulse…because that’s what nurses do… his heart rate is rapid and his blood pressure is 70/50. You connect him to the cardiac monitor get a stat ECG. His rate is >200, it looks like atrial fibrillation, but the QRS is wide…OH NO!!
Reading ECG’s proficiently takes practice and fine tuning over time. Experienced nurses from various departments and units have admitted to feeling terrified of ECG’s. Yes….terrified to miss something that the patient’s ECG is indicating. You don’t need to know everything, but you do need to know how NOT to miss the big stuff!
Handouts
| Manual – Recognize Lethal ECG Rhythms (8.6 MB) | 91 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
Cardiovascular: A & P Basics
- Cardiac conduction system
- Conduction system and waveforms
Tips and Strategies
- 12-Lead vs. 15-Lead – and why
- Explaining limb leads and precordial leads
- Contiguous leads
- 5 step process for interpreting ECG’s
- Assessment tips
Axis Deviation
- Why, how, and significance
- Quick approach for determining axis
Blocks
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd Degree
- Bundle branch blocks in a nutshell
- Causes and complications
STEMI, NON-STEMI, Unstable Angina
- Initial presentation
- ECG’s changes
- Interventions
How Common Are These?
- Brugada syndrome
- Wolf-Parkinson-White
- Long QT syndrome
Confidence in ACLS Emergencies
- Treatment for wide vs. narrow complex tachycardias
- Cardiac pacing
- Asystole/PEA
- VT/VF
What Critical Concern is Behind the Disguise?
- Pericarditis
- Myocarditis
- Heart Failure
- Tako Subo
- COPD
- Electrolytes
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Subdural Hemorrhage
- Aortic Aneurysm
Upcoming Attractions
- Assist devices
- ECPR
- REBOA
Let’s Wrap It Up
- ECG and Rhythm Strip Practice
- Case presentations
Faculty
Robin Gilbert, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN Related seminars and products: 18
Robin Gilbert, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, has over 25 years’ experience in emergency nursing. She is both a certified emergency nurse and certified pediatric emergency nurse. Robin has extensive experience working in the emergency department, progressive care, intermediate care, transitional care, step-down and, currently, as the regional manager for staff development at Central Maine Medical Center. Robin draws on her expertise to teach her own hospital staff and experienced healthcare audiences throughout the country on a variety of critical care and emergency nursing topics.
She has been an item writer for the Board Certification of Emergency Nursing (BCEN), a former Chairperson of BCEN, and most recently a contributing writer for the current CEN Review Manual. Robin is an active member of the Emergency Nurses Association, the American Nurses Association, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Association for Nursing Professional Development, and is a reviewer for the ANCC’s Pathway to Excellence.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Robin Gilbert has an employment relationship with Central Maine Medical Center and Rumford Hospital. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Robin Gilbert has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
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