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Electrocardiogram (ECG) Training
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Course Details:
Audience: Clinical Staff
Duration: 30 minutes
By the end of this programme you will be able to:
- Describe your responsibilities when performing a 12 lead ECG
- Summarise why ECGs are performed
- Explain the functions of the heart and its electrical activity
- Interpret wave forms on an ECG reading
- Illustrate correct electrode placement
- Identify what a normal ECG reading should look like
This theoretical programme is followed by a practical session, in which you will learn how to perform the skill of recording a high quality ECG.
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| Contributed by: | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust |
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| Licence: | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International More information on licences |
| Last updated: | 11 January 2024 |
| First contributed: | 21 June 2022 |
| Audience access level: | Full user |
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