Phlebotomy Technician
This course is a Four-day program designed for EKG/ECG Monitor Technicians and other allied health personnel working in Emergency departments, critical care units, post-anesthesia care units, operating rooms, and telemetry units. The material focuses on the essential information needed to interpret basic dysrhythmias.
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At the end of the class, the participant will gain the knowledge and skill necessary to perform the tasks expected from an EKG Monitor Technician.
- Describe normal cardiac anatomy and blood circulation through the Cardiovascular system.
- Identify the parts of the cardiac conduction system and their function.
- Describe the origin and spread of the electrical impulse through the heart.
- Identify the waves and intervals of the cardiac cycle and state the normal values.
- State the five steps of rhythm interpretation.
- Pacemakers (coding, normal function, loss of capture, loss of sensing).
- State commonly used drugs and the correct dosage used to treat each of the above arrhythmias.
- Illustrate proper electrode and lead wire placement for a 5-wire system and a 3-wire system to obtain lead V1 and V6.
- Identify arrhythmias from a rhythm strip.
