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Seven Reasons To Love The Book: 12-Lead ECG: The Art of Interpretation

Submitted by Dawn on Sat, 12/17/2011 - 06:18

This wonderful book by Dr. Tomas B. Garcia, MD, FACEP and Neil E. Holtz, BS, EMT-P has been in my book bag for so long, it is dogearred and worn.  But, I would never part with it. If you aren't already familiar with 12-Lead ECG: The Art of Interpretation, I urge you to take a look. I have no financial interest in the book, it truly is my favorite!  So here are the
Seven Reasons To Love "12-Lead ECG: The Art of Interpretation":

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Do you teach an introductory 12-Lead course? Here's help.

Submitted by Dawn on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 14:15

It can be quite a challenge to teach 12-lead ECG when your students have never had a 12-lead class before, or when they are very rusty.  There is so much ground to cover!  Over the years, I have learned (the hard way) that most students cannot retain well when bombarded with a subject for a whole day, especially on several consecutive days.  For years, I taught an 8-hour 12-lead review course.  The first part of the day was anatomy, lead concepts, and STEMI.  After lunch, we covered bundle branch blocks and other misc.

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ECG Factoids

Submitted by Dawn on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 19:30

When I post 12-Lead ECGs and ECG rhythm strips to this site, I try to provide helpful comments for teachers. I don't try to completely discuss all the ramifications of each ECG. A lot of these comments involve little "factoids" that are helpful for our students. Examples: on nearly all ECGs, the channels (or strips of ECG tracing) are run simultaneously. That means that, from left to right, the strip represents a timeline. But, the strips below show the same 10 seconds in time. This is VERY helpful in so many ways.

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Classroom Energy Flow

Submitted by Dawn on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:24

Do you think you are responsive to your students?  Sure, you are careful to answer their questions thoughtfully, and give sufficient breaks.  But, how do you know if your students are learning from you?
 

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Thanks, Everyone!

Submitted by Dawn on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 21:09

Wow.  It has really been fun getting this website started.   So many of you have written emails and commented on the social media to let me know that you like the site.   I am working hard to get more content added so that, every time you come to the site, you will find something new.

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Welcome to ECG GURU!

Submitted by Dawn on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 14:08

Welcome to the GURU! My name is Dawn Altman, and I have taught ECG and other topics for many years. Sometimes, when preparing a presentation, I am frustrated by the amount of material available on the internet that not accessible due to copyright protection.

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