Recent content by jwright367

I can only give you advice on cardiology based books, since that is what I am teaching now. If you want a quick and easy EKG book, try Understanding EKG's by Brenda M. Beasley. Its short and to the point and teaches you a good baseline on interpreting rhythm strips. I also like Basic...

Sorry, I worded how long their class is wrong. They have about 20 class days that go from 6pm to 10pm at night. So its almost a months worth of class days over a period of 2 months. By the time we get to their EKG final, we will have gone over every rhythm extensively. And they have 6 other...

Did you mean variable ventricular rate? When I marched out the P waves, I didn't see more than a box and a half of difference throughout the whole strip. Click the link under the picture, I labeled what i thought were the P waves.

The students that will be taking the exam are EMT's that are going through Paramedic school. The cardiology portion of their school lasts for about a month going 2 nights a week. So yea, it might be a little hard. However, this is a strip that I saw in the field, so they need to be able to...

You are correct, and so was your instructor. Did you notice anything odd aside from the fact that it was a complete heart block?

This is a scan of a strip I had few days ago. I spent several hours in Photoshop darkening the lines and superimposing the graph paper behind it so I can use it on a test. I'm trying to get an idea from other medics on how difficult this is to interpret so I know how fair or unfair it will be...