basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR
NURSES
(normal ecg,
waveform,
duration,
rate & rhythm)
MR ROY FRANCIS CASPE, USRN-MAN
LECTURER
NORMAL ECG READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES:
At the end of this session the participants will be
able to:
1. Define ECG/EKG correctly.
2. Recognize the positions of ECG leads.
3. Define Normal sinus rhythm P, Q, R, S, T
4. Calculate the heart rate using ECG paper.
5. Recognize normal ECG waveform, duration, rate &
rhythm.
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Electrocardiography
(ECG or EKG)
is the process of recording the
electrical activity of the heart over
a period of time using electrodes
placed on the skin.
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
DEPOLARIZATION Contraction of any muscle
REPOLARIZATION Relaxation of any muscle
SA NODE Dominant pacemaker of the heart with an
intrinsic rate of 60-100 beats/min.
AV NODE Backup pacemaker or Gatekeeper of the
heart with an intrinsic rate of 40 60 beats/min.
Ventricular cells (Bundle of His/Purkenji fibers) Backup
pacemakers of the heart with an intrinsic rate of 20 -40
beats/min
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
- ATRIAL DEPOLARIZATION
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG, READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES:
SIGNIFICANCE
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
PR INTERVAL Time of impulse transmission from
SA node to the AV node.
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
QRS COMPLEX Depolarization of the ventricles
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
ST SEGMENT Represents the plateau phase
of the action potential
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
T WAVE Ventricular repolarization.
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
ANISOCORIA
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
DISTINGUISHING THE ORIGIN OF
THE HEART RATE
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
Basics of ECG: READING &
INTERPRETATION FOR NURSES
THANK YOU!!!
Mr. Franz
