Advanced knowledge of cardiovascular system with emphasis on the heart in disease states including interpretation of advanced arrhythmias, hypertrophies, cardiac ischemia, and myocardial infarction. Patient preparation and running of appropriate ECG machines. Introduction to other non-invasive cardiology tests.
Introduction to the cardiovascular system and related terminology. Emphasis on basic rhythm identification, calculation of wave forms, and cardiac disease states. Patient preparation, running, mounting and basic interpretation of 12 lead, single and three channel ECG tracings.
Description and analysis of ultrasound physics as applied to sound waves, transducers, two-dimensional
images, Doppler, hemodynamic principles, system functions, ultrasound artifacts
and biosafety concerns.
Advanced complex cardiac rhythms including heart blocks, bundle branch blocks, and accessory pathways. Includes cardiac pharmacology, pacemaker technology, exercise treadmill exams, and stress echo indications: procedures and analysis.
Develop technical imaging skills to perform echocardiograms and manipulate ultrasound system instrumentation. Identify cardiac structures and locations of standardized measurements. Complete an electrocardiogram (ECG) and assess rhythm strips and 12 lead electrocardiograms.
Cardiac anatomy and the cardiac electrical conduction system. Electrocardiogram (ECG) identification and measurements, action potential curve, basic cardiac dysrhythmia, myocardial ischemia and infarction patterns. Interpretation techniques of 12 lead ECGs, long term ECG recording and exercise stress testing protocols, procedures, and analysis.
Introductory course on the roots, prefixes, suffixes and abbreviations used to form and define medical terminology. The systems based terminology covers anatomy, vocabulary, disease states, diagnostic procedures, laboratory findings and standard pharmaceuticals in systems such as: gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and genitourinary.