ECG and Pharmacology

ECG and Pharmacology

This course is for healthcare professionals who participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies, and for those preparing to take ACLS or PALS (not mandatory). This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, and others who require this specialized knowledge for their job.

Course Content

• Basic electrophysiology
• Normal ECG measurements
• Basic arrhythmias
• Administration of appropriate drugs within the ACLS algorithms

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ECG Online Course (Adult)

Learn: Rhythm Adult is an online, self-directed course that introduces healthcare providers to normal cardiac rhythms and prepares them to recognize basic cardiac arrhythmias in clinical practice.

From the course, healthcare providers improve their skill in ECG rhythm recognition, which is a key skill required to successfully determine a patient’s condition, know which algorithm to apply, and provide better patient treatment.

This course is designed for:

• Healthcare professionals and telemetry staff who need basic rhythm recognition skills
• Students preparing for ACLS, such as paramedics/EMTs, nurses,physicians, clinical pharmacists, and respiratory therapists
• Nurses, pharmacists, emergency medical services personnel and physicians seeking to earn continuing education credits

Course Content

• Basic rhythm understanding
• Relationship between the ECG strip and heart impulses
• Common arrhythmias
• Identifying and distinguishing various arrhythmias

Pediatric ECG Rhythms (Online)

For healthcare providers needing basic pediatric rhythm recognition skills, including those preparing for PALS.

Course Length: Approximately 2.5 hours

This course teaches:

• Basic rhythm understanding
• The relationship between the ECG strip and heart impulses
• Common pediatric arrhythmias
• Identifying and distinguishing various arrhythmias

Continuing Education Accreditation – Nurses
The Critical Care Training Center is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Board of Registered Nursing and BVNPT. The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 2.50 contact hours.

Continuing Education Accreditation – Emergency Medical Services
This continuing education activity is approved by the Board of Registered Nursing and BVNPT, an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS), for 2.00 Advanced CEHs, activity number 12-AMHA-F3-0157.