Table of Contents

CHAPTER     1Electrocardiography
CHAPTER     2The Cardiovascular System
CHAPTER     3The Electrocardiograph
CHAPTER     4Performing an ECG
CHAPTER     5Rhythm Strip Interpretation and Sinus Rhythms
CHAPTER     6Atrial Dysrhythmias
CHAPTER     7Junctional Dysrhythmias
CHAPTER     8Heart Block Dysrhythmias
CHAPTER     9Ventricular Dysrhythmias
CHAPTER  10Bundle Branch Block
CHAPTER  11 Pacemaker Rhythms
CHAPTER  12 Cardiac Stress Testing
CHAPTER  13 Ambulatory Monitoring
CHAPTER  14Clinical Presentation and Management of the Cardiac Patient
CHAPTER  15Basic 12 Lead ECG Interpretation
APPENDIX  ACardiovascular Medications
APPENDIX  BStandard and Isolation Precautions
APPENDIX  CMedical Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols
APPENDIX  DAnatomical Terms
APPENDIX  EGlossary

About the Author

Thomas E. O’Brien, AS, CCT, CRAT, RMA, is the Allied Health Program chairperson
at Remington College, Fort Worth, Texas. Tom also works as an author
of CME activities and editor with Practical Clinical Skills ( www.practical
clinicalskills.com ). He is also on the Board of Trustees and Exam Chair for the
Certified Cardiographic Technician and Certified Rhythm Analysis Technician
Registry Examinations working with Cardiovascular Credentialing International
(CCI). His background includes over 24 years in the U.S. Air Force and
U.S. Army Medical Corps. Tom’s medical career as an Air Force Independent
Duty Medical Technician (IDMT) has taken him all over the United States and
the world. He has several years’ experience working in the Emergency Services
and Critical Care arena (Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiac Cath Lab).
He was awarded Master Instructor status by the U.S. Air Force in 1994 upon
completion of his teaching practicum. He now has over 15 years of teaching
experience; subjects include Emergency Medicine, Cardiovascular Nursing,
Fundamentals of Nursing, Dysrhythmias, and 12-Lead ECG Interpretation. His
current position provides challenges to meet the ever-changing needs of the
medical community and to provide first-rate education to a diverse adult education
population.