This course is designed for clinicians practising in the
emergency setting and doctors who are planning to start a career
in emergency medicine. The completion of this online course ensures that the learners
master the skills of interpreting ECGs, diagnosing life-threatening cardiac conditions, and initial management
and stabilization of these patients. This course covers
Syncope, Bradycardia, Tachycardia and Chest Pain.
You will need to be familiar with the normal anatomy of the heart including
the blood supply and the cardiac electrical conduction system, normal cardiac
physiology and normal electrical conduction of the heart. You need to be
comfortable with the normal wave patterns of the ECG and be able to spatially
relate the 12 leads of the ECG to the Cardiac anatomy. Further, you need to
learn the common ischaemic changes of Acute Coronary Syndrome including Stable
Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI and common variations.