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Introduction to ECG Interpretation Video
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Video at a Glance
- Clinicians working in emergency and critical care must have a basic understanding of ECG interpretation.
- On an ECG tracing, impulses traveling toward a positive electrode will have an upward deflection, while impulses traveling away from a positive electrode will have a negative deflection.
- The ECG grid shows the electrical activity of the heart, as well as the time it takes for impulses to travel.
- Lead II is commonly chosen as the monitoring lead.
- ECG waves are labeled alphabetically, beginning with the letter P.
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