EKG reference guide
This is our online EKG interpretation cheat sheet! Select a EKG rhythm below to view that abnormal rhythm's features (values) along with a example EKG strip (q wave). Our EKG courses provide additional training for each abnormality.
Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm
Accelerated Junctional Rhythm
Asystole
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Flutter
Bundle Branch Block
First Degree Heart Block
Idioventricular Rhythm
Junctional Escape Rhythm
Junctional Tachycardia
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia
Normal Sinus Rhythm
Pacemaker Failure to Capture
Pacemaker Failure to Pace
Pacemaker Single Chamber Atrial
Premature Atrial Complex
Premature Junctional Complex
Premature Ventricular Complex
Premature Ventricular Complex Bigeminy
Premature Ventricular Complex Quadrigeminy
Premature Ventricular Complex Trigeminy
Second Degree Heart Block Type I
Second Degree Heart Block Type II
Sinoatrial Block
Sinus Arrest
Sinus Arrhythmia
Sinus Bradycardia
Sinus Tachycardia
Supraventricular Tachycardia
Third Degree Heart Block
Ventricular Fibrillation
Ventricular Tachycardia
Ventricular Tachycardia Monomorphic
Ventricular Tachycardia Polymorphic
Ventricular Tachycardia Torsade de Pointes
Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome
Authors and Reviewers
- ECG heart rhythm modules: Thomas O'Brien.
- ECG monitor simulation developer: Steve Collmann
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12 Lead Course: Dr. Michael Mazzini, MD.
- Spanish language ECG: Breena R. Taira, MD, MPH
- Medical review: Dr. Jonathan Keroes, MD
- Medical review: Dr. Pedro Azevedo, MD, Cardiology
- Last Update: 11/8/2021
Sources
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Electrocardiography for Healthcare Professionals, 5th Edition
Kathryn Booth and Thomas O'Brien
ISBN10: 1260064778, ISBN13: 9781260064773
McGraw Hill, 2019 -
Rapid Interpretation of EKG's, Sixth Edition
Dale Dublin
Cover Publishing Company -
12 Lead EKG for Nurses: Simple Steps to Interpret Rhythms, Arrhythmias, Blocks, Hypertrophy, Infarcts, & Cardiac Drugs
Aaron Reed
Create Space Independent Publishing -
Heart Sounds and Murmurs: A Practical Guide with Audio CD-ROM 3rd Edition
Elsevier-Health Sciences Division
Barbara A. Erickson, PhD, RN, CCRN -
The Virtual Cardiac Patient: A Multimedia Guide to Heart Sounds, Murmurs, EKG
Jonathan Keroes, David Lieberman
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkin)
ISBN-10: 0781784425; ISBN-13: 978-0781784429 - Project Semilla, UCLA Emergency Medicine, EKG Training Breena R. Taira, MD, MPH
ECG Reference Guide
