Clear ECG

Author: Liu Jun / Wang Ying, Editors
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: As a clinical practitioner with over a decade of teaching experience, I deeply understand the desire for electrocardiogram (ECG) knowledge among interns, residents, advanced trainees, and specialized nursing staff and medical technologists. I also empathize with the difficulties and confusion they encounter when reading ECGs and the helplessness they feel when diagnosing and treating patients with arrhythmias. Like all beginners, I have had similar experiences: frequently getting stuck on certain chapters while reading thick reference books, unable to move forward. It wasted time and yielded little benefit, leaving me exhausted and helpless! The younger medical staff, who are the main force on the clinical front lines, have even more to learn and find time increasingly scarce. For these frontline healthcare professionals with limited experience, what they are most interested in and eager for is how to quickly assess the risk of arrhythmias from ECGs or cardiac monitoring screens and take appropriate actions without undue anxiety. This book was written precisely with this purpose in mind.