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- AV Blocks (Video #8)
- Arrhythmia Management (Videos #4,5,6)
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ECG Blog #113 (Video-10) - Basics of ECG Rhythm Diagnosis (Part 1 )
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ECG Blog #113 (Video-10) - Basics of ECG Rhythm Diagnosis (Part 1 )
- YouTube LINK to Video-10 (28 minutes).
TIMED CONTENTS (Click on Links to Fast Forward! ):
0:00 – Introduction (How to contact me).
1:10 – My Goals: Determine Clinical Setting & the Rhythm
2:12 – The
Clinical Setting of the Rhythm is KEY
5:24 – The 5 KEY Parameters: Watch Ps, Qs, 3Rs
5:40 – Is the
Patient Stable?
6:30 – Is the
QRS Wide or Narrow?
7:47 – The 3Rs (Regularity; Rate; Related)
8:35 – Are
there Sinus P Waves? (Is there Atrial Activity? )
10:24 – Whya Sinus P is Upright in Lead II
11:33 – Is this Sinus Rhythm?
12:22 –
12-Lead: Is this Sinus Rhythm?
14:55 –
Determining RATE: Rule of 300
16:52 –
Deriving the Rule of 300
18:06 –
PRACTICE: Calculate the RATE
19:16 –
Calculating the Rate with Bradycardia
20:04 – FAST Rates (Every-other-Beat Method)
21:50 – Is the QRS Wide? (12 Leads Better than One)
23:29 –
Concept REVIEW: Applying the Ps, Qs, 3Rs
27:29 –
Concluding Remarks …
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ECG Blog #113 (Video-11) - Basics of ECG Rhythm Diagnosis (Part 2 )
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ECG Blog #113 (Video-11) - Basics of ECG Rhythm Diagnosis (Part 2 )
- YouTube LINK to Video-11 (48 minutes).
TIMED CONTENTS (Click on Links to Fast Forward! ):
0:00 – Introduction.
2:06 –
Supraventricular Rhythms: Overview Remarks
3:06 – Our 1st Basic Rhythm: Slow Walk thru the
Process …
4:07 –
Defining the Rhythm as Sinus Mechanism
5:20 – Our 2nd Basic Rhythm: Sinus with 1st Degree
7:59 – 3rd Rhythm: Sinus but Not Regular …
9:55 – About Sinus Arrhythmia
10:54 – What is Sinus Tachycardia?
11:48 –
Defining the Various Sinus Mechanism Rhythms
15:13 – If the QRS is Narrow – WHAT does this tell us?
16:27 – Is the Rate Appropriate for the Rhythm?
17:21 –
Escape Rhythms (from AV Node, Ventricles)
18:26 – The
usual Escape Rhythm Rate Ranges
18:59 – Next Rhythm: Fast; narrow; without sinus P …
19:58 – Retrograde P Waves … (AV Nodal Rhythm)
21:15 – AV Nodal Rhythm: Is the Rate Appropriate?
22:46 –
LADDERGRAM Basics: How to Read Them
25:29 –
Understanding Junctional Rhythms by Laddergram
27:36 – Next Rhythm: Narrow QRS; regular; neg P in II
29:10 –
Junctional vs Low Atrial Rhythm?
30:15 – Next Rhythm: Narrow QRS; irregular; No P in II
30:59 –
Atrial Fibrillation: How to Define this?
31:26 – The
Ventricular Response to AFib (fast vs slow)
32:19 – AFib when the Rate is Fast (looks regular)
33:10 – AFib Pointers: ECG Recognition
34:24 –
AFib: Which Ventricular Response is Most Common?
35:11 –
AFib: Recognition of “Fib Waves”
36:12 – Next Rhythm: Narrow QRS; irregular but P waves …
37:30 –
About MAT (Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia)
39:08 – NextRhythm: Narrow QRS; regular; not sinus P …
40:53 – Use
of a Vagal Maneuver in a Narrow SVT
41:32 –
Atrial Flutter: ECG Recognition
43:31 – Next Rhythm: Narrow QRS; fast; regular; no P …
44:24 –
Using the Every-other-Beat Method (fast rate)
45:01 – PSVT(or AVNRT): The Concept of Reentry
47:00 –
Concluding Remarks …
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ECG Blog #113 (Video-12) - Basics of ECG Rhythm Diagnosis (Part 3 )
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ECG Blog #113 (Video-12) - Basics of ECG Rhythm Diagnosis (Part 3 )
- YouTube LINK to Video-12 (47 minutes).
TIMED CONTENTS (Click on Links to Fast Forward! ):
0:00 – Introduction.
1:21 – We Begin with a Case: Review of an SVT Rhythm
2:21 – Watch Your Ps, Qs, and 3 Rs
4:23 –
Benefit of a 12-Lead During Tachycardia
6:49 – AnSVT Rhythm: Summarizing our Findings
9:07 – LIST
#1: The Regular SVT (without sinus P waves)
11:09 – Use
of a Vagal Maneuver
12:30 –
Premature Beats: PACs, PJCs, PVCs
12:59 – PACs
(Premature Atrial Contractions)
14:18 – PJCs
(Premature Junctional Contractions)
15:09 –
Distinction between PACs vs PJCs
16:00 – PVCs
(Premature Ventricular Contractions)
16:42 – A Tracing with PACs (and Aberrant Conduction)
18:37 –
Practice: PJC, PVC (Presume “guilt” = PVC)
19:46 –
Beyond-the-Basics: Intro to Aberrant Conduction
22:17 –
Applying Theory: Recognizing Blocked/Aberrant PACs
24:50 –
Aberrant Beats look like some Conduction Defect …
25:55 –
PRACTICE Tracing: Why the Pauses? / Using MCL-1
28:13 – The
Most Common Cause of a Pause …
29:45 –
Ventricular Definitions: Recognizing PVCs
31:49 –
Definitions: Couplets, Repetitive/Multiform PVCs
33:47 –
Definitions: Salvos (the definition of “VT” )
35:16 – How
to Describe/Distinguish NSVT vs “Sustained” VT
37:31 –
Early vs “Late” Beats: Ventricular “Escape”
39:59 –
PRACTICE Tracing: How to Assess?
41:10 –
Approach to a Regular WCT Rhythm Strip
43:48 – LIST #2: The Regular WCT (without sinus P waves)
44:38 – LAST Tracing: Why is this WCT Rhythm Not VT?
46:37 –
Concluding Remarks … (End of Part 3).
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