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12-Lead ECG Course
Brush up your skills with Lifework's ECG interpretation training. This 12-lead ECG course ensures you have a foundational knowledge of ECGs and can accurately interpret readings for other medical professionals. Our San Jose training center is certified with the American Heart Association™ (AHA), ensuring you get the education you need to succeed professionally. Learn more below and start your enrollment today.
12-Lead ECG Interpretation | Program Details
12-Lead ECG Course Description
The Art of Interpretation
Nurses and medical practitioners must know how to quickly and accurately interpret any ECG, and our 12-Lead Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) course ensures each participant walks away with the basic foundations for interpretation. This interactive, instructor-based course will teach you to understand pattern recognition in readings and use the recordings for cardiac electrophysiology.
Technical Details
During this AHA ECG course, you will learn or review the proper protocol for 12-lead ECG placement. Our ECG placement techniques will show you precisely where to stick limb leads on the arms and legs of your patients and precordial leads across a patient's torso or precordium.
You'll learn optimized techniques like the quadrant method and how to handle axis deviations to get the best view of your patient and better address their concerns. You will even use case studies to apply your ECG interpretation training to real-life scenarios.
Course Requirements and Prerequisites
Before you learn 12-lead ECG, we recommend taking a basic ECG course. This course will help you develop essential skills in reading and understanding ECGs, which are more complex with 12 leads. As the course progresses, you'll learn to detect various pathological or physiological issues like:
- Genetic disorders
- Myocardial infarction
- Hypothermia
- Structural heart disease
Who Should Take This Course?
Our 12-Lead ECG Interpretation course is tailored to health care professionals and personnel who already have Basic EKG training and are looking to advance their skill set. Based on the guidelines recommended by AHA™. This includes nurses, RN's, EMS personnel, physician assistants, physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and others who require advanced expertise in 12-Lead ECG/EKG interpretation.
Start Your Registration Today
Ready to advance your career? Enrolling in our 12-lead ECG course is as simple as filling out our online application, paying your fee and starting your learning journey. We offer courses regularly throughout the year, so even if our courses are full now, check back regularly or connect with us online to learn when our next opportunity begins.
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