So you have to have or are training to put on holter monitors! What are they? I will start with the ECG holter monitor. In a similar way to the 12 lead ECG, it records the electrical activity in the heart, predominantly looking at the rate and rhythm. However we tend to only use 3 … Continue reading The Ambulatory ECG
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The Electrocardiogram
The Electrocardiogram (ECG) is our bread and butter! we can not do our job if we couldn't interpret an ECG, whether this is the standard 12 lead, or a 3/5 lead on monitoring. As part of this adventure I will also look specifically at different rhythms, as a brief introduction/education in interpretation! An ECG picks up … Continue reading The Electrocardiogram
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