Using the ECG to Detect MI

This essential tool for critical care nurses describes the characteristics of the normal electrocardiogram and the typical ECG manifestations of ischemia, injury, and necrosis in four regions of the heart. The author presents a step-by-step process and guidelines that will teach the readers how to systematically interpret the ECG for ischemia, injury and myocardial infarction. Includes seven case studies that highlight significant ECG findings and provides ample opportunity for the reader to practice ECG interpretation. Price includes the study material, posttest, answer form and processing fee. Contact hours:: 6.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Centers Commission on Accreditation and by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN 9722). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is also an approved provider of nursing continuing education in Alabama, California, Florida, and Iowa, and holds the following provider numbers:: AL #ABNP0114, CA #CEP11749, FL #FBN2454, IA #75. All of its home study offerings are classified for Texas nursing continuing education requirements as Type I.