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Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

CHAPTER 1: The Anatomy of Heart: Structure

CHAPTER 2: Cardiovascular Physiology: Function

CHAPTER 3: Basic Electrophysiology

CHAPTER 4: The Electrical Conduction System

CHAPTER 5: The Electrocardiogram

CHAPTER 6: Interpretation of an EKG Strip

CHAPTER 7: Introducing the Sinus Rhythms

CHAPTER 8: Introducing the Atrial Rhythms

CHAPTER 9: Introducing the Junctional Rhythms

CHAPTER 10: Introducing the Ventricular Rhythms

CHAPTER 11: Introducing the Heart Block Rhythms

CHAPTER 12: Introducing the Pacemaker Rhythms

CHAPTER 13: Assessment and Treatment of the Patient with Cardiac Emergencies

CHAPTER 14: More Review Questions

CHAPTER 15: Review EKG Strips

Appendix I: Answers to Review Questions: Chapters 1-14

Appendix 2: Answers to Review Strips

Courses

Paramedic  (Emergency Medical Services (Brady))
EKG Interpretation  (Emergency Medical Services (Brady))

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• Understanding EKGs: A Practical Approach, 2/E
  Beasley
  ©2003  |  Prentice Hall  |  Paper; 252 pp  |  Out of Print
  ISBN-10: 0130452157  |  ISBN-13: 9780130452153
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  For courses in Nursing, Paramedics, Intermediate EMT courses, Monitor Tech courses, ACLS courses, and Cardiovascular Emergency courses.

  Intended for students with no prior knowledge in the field of EKG interpretation, this text explains the subject in its simplest and most understandable context. It presents a straightforward overview of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, and takes a unique “five-step” approach to teaching the basics of EKG interpretation.

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Author Bios

Brenda Messer Beasley is a Paramedic, and a Registered Nurse. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree, as well as additional postgraduate studies, from the University of Alabama. Following graduation from Nursing School at the University of Alabama, Ms. Beasley was employed as a nurse in the Emergency Department of University Hospital in Birmingham. She remained in Emergency Nursing for the next ten years, with a two year hiatus when she became certified as a Critical Care Neurosurgical Nurse and worked in an NICU at Carraway Medical Center.

Ms. Beasley was working as an ER nurse in 1978 when she was asked to teach a Basic EMT course. With a great deal of reticence yet strong encouragement from the Chief of Staff at the local hospital, she concurred. She immediately developed a passion for quality EMS Education, and the rest is history. For the next thirty years, she served an EMS educator in the state of Alabama, and in 2001 was named Department Chair of Allied Health at Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Alabama. She held that position until her retirement in 2007.

 Ms. Beasley has been an Affiliate Faculty member of the American Heart Association's Emergency Cardiac Care Program for the past twenty-five years. Other professional activities include BTLS Affiliate Faculty, Board of Directors of the National Association of EMS Educators, and she serves on the Medical Advisory Board of 24-7ems.

In 1999, Ms. Beasley published her first book on EKG interpretation, and has authored other texts for Brady-Prentice Hall Health. She resides in Wedowee, Alabama, where she serves as Vice-Chair of the local Hospital Board. Ms. Beasley is actively involved in the First United Methodist Church of Wedowee.

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Understanding EKGs: A Practical Approach, 3/e

Brenda M. Beasley

The Third Edition of Beasley’s Understanding EKGs: A Practical Approach retains the popular 5-step approach to EKG interpretation and straightforward presentation of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology. It is a perfect for the courses in EMS, nursing, cardiovascular emergencies, and monitor tech training. This new edition contains more than 300 review questions as well as review strips at the end of each chapter to allow for learning reinforcement. New to this edition are Key Points to Remember and a Heart Rate Calculator, which together emphasize and expand upon core material in the text. Assuming no prior EKG knowledge, this Third Edition remains an ideal resource for EKG interpretation in it simplest and most understandable context.

Features Include:

• Thorough Revisions to reflect the latest guidelines and techniques.
• Key Points to Remember to reiterate important information throughout the book.
• A Heart Rate Calculator to reinforce the practical approach to learning about EKGs.
• Review Questions and Practice Strips expanded significantly.
• A Unique 5-Step Approach that helps break down complex information.
• Companion Website contains additional exercises and tools.

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Other Titles of Interest:

Beasley, Understanding 12-Lead EKGs (0-13-027281-7)

Bledsoe, Anatomy and Physiology for Emergency Care, 2/e (0-13-234298-7)

Walraven, Basic Arrhythmias, 6/e (0-13117591-2)

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