They don’t miss a beat! EKG Crash Course for Rehab Therapists

Course Description

Acute and critical care are becoming growing practice areas and being able to recognize EKGs and correlate that understanding with patient presentation is increasingly crucial. With the fast pace of the acute and ICU environment, elevating skills for the PT and OT is paramount to provide best care to patients of all diagnoses, not just cardiopulmonary patients. This crash course in EKG basics, recognition of rhythms, and the most important aspect – correlation to patient presentation and clinical decision making, will provide the learner with immediate usable knowledge and tools for clinical practice. Rooted in exercise physiology, correlations with outpatient and rehabilitation environments will be drawn to provide clinicians across the continuum of care with this essential skill. This course is for novice and expert clinicians alike to learn and review an essential part of rehabilitation practice and patient monitoring as vital as vital signs.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

• Review the cardiac conduction systems and identify components of the EKG
• Identify sinus rhythms and arrhythmias by tracing
• Describe common causes and treatment of arrhythmias
• Develop plans of care and critical thinking considerations for patients experiencing both acute and chronic arrhythmias

• Prerequisites

  None

• Educational Level

  Basic

• Other

  Satisfactory completion of this course will require the participant to respond to various polling questions asked throughout the webinar.