Title: Hospital Medicine – EKG: AV Block/Dissociation; Inferior/Posterolateral MIs; Lethal Dysrhythmias/Heart Disease
Faculty: Jerry W. Jones, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.A.E.M
Original Release Date: July 1, 2019 Expiration Date: July 1, 2022
TOPIC 1: 3rd Degree AV Block and AV Dissociation.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
- Distinguish a 3rd degree AV block from a simple AV dissociation.
- Discuss capture beats and fusion beats and demonstrate their utility in the diagnosis of AV dissociation and its differentiation from 3rd degree AV block.
- Relate the differences between a junctional escape pacemaker and a ventricular escape pacemaker.
- Illustrate the differences between a 3rd degree AV block in the AV node and one in the infranodal regions.
TOPIC 2: Inferior MIs and Posterolateral MIs.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
- Detect ST elevations indicating acute inferior epicardial ischemia
- List two other areas of the heart commonly affected when inferior epicardial ischemia is evident
- Distinguish between anterior subendocardial ischemia and posterolateral epicardial ischemia
- Recommend a preferred approach to a patient with chest pain and a non-diagnostic admission 12-lead ECG
TOPIC 3: Two Signs of Potentially Lethal Dysrhythmias and Two Signs of Potentially Lethal Heart Disease.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP
- Detect the ECG changes of Brugada Syndrome
- Detect changes suggestive of hyperkalemia
- Detect the changes of Wellens Syndrome
- Detect de Winter T wave changes and relate their importance
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