Cardiovascular Essentials for Advanced Practice Providers-EKG Review Part 1

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Video Summary

In this video, Maureen Canectel, a cardiology PA, introduces herself and discusses her background in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology. She then goes on to explain that the purpose of the video is to educate viewers about the interpretation of electrocardiograms (EKGs). She emphasizes the importance of taking a systematic approach to EKG interpretation and differentiates between benign and life-threatening findings. She discusses the key components to evaluate in an EKG, including rate, rhythm, axis, ischemia/infarction, and heart block. She provides examples and explains how to determine the heart rate, identify regular and irregular rhythms, assess the axis, and recognize different types of heart block such as first-degree AV block, bundle branch blocks, and complete heart block. The video ends with Maureen Canectel stating that the next part of the series will focus on additional EKG topics. No credits are mentioned.

Keywords

EKG interpretation

systematic approach

heart block

rate

rhythm

axis