2 Day - 16 CPD HoursA comprehensive 2 day course for nurses and allied health professionals working in cardiology. This courses will be especially useful to those new to this speciality but will also be of use as an update for more experienced professionals.

2 Day - 16 CPD Hours
A comprehensive 2 day course for nurses and allied health professionals working in cardiology. This courses will be especially useful to those new to this speciality but will also be of use as an update for more experienced professionals.

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Emergency Medicine (EM)

Arrhythmia

Cardiology

Nursing & Midwifery

Medicine & Nursing

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Paramedic

Cardiac

A comprehensive 2 day course for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals working in cardiology. This courses will be especially useful to those new to this speciality but will also be of use as an updater for more experienced professionals.

Understanding Cardiology for Nurses and AHPs

<h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">CPD Accredited, Interactive&nbsp;Short Course</h2><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">2 hr session</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Do you know what a heart attack or a stroke really is?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Would you know what to do to ensure the best possible outcome?</li></ul><h2 id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Course Contents:</h2><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How the Heart Functions (overview)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Coronary Arteries and Collateral Circulation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Atherosclerosis</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Angina Pectoris</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Treatments and First Aid Treatments</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Stroke</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Haemorraghic Stroke, Ischaemic Stroke, Transient Iscaemic Attacks</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Signs &amp; Symptoms of strokes</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">First Aid Treatment</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Risk Factors for Angina, Heart Attacks and Strokes</li></ul><h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Benefits of this Short Course:</h2><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Learning from home is a good way to keep one&#39;s skills and knowledge up to date</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Over 900,000 people in the UK live with heart failure&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In the UK, there are more than 100,000 hospital admissions each year due to heart attacks</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">There are also more than 100,000 &nbsp;strokes in the UK each year</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Would you know what to do to save their life?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">You can make a huge difference, so join our webinar to find out how</li></ul><h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </h2>

CPD Accredited, Interactive Short Course
2 hr session
Do you know what a heart attack or a stroke really is?
Would you know what to do to ensure the best possible outcome?
Course Contents:
How the Heart Functions (overview)
Coronary Arteries and Collateral Circulation
Atherosclerosis
Angina Pectoris
Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)
Treatments and First Aid Treatments
Stroke
Haemorraghic Stroke, Ischaemic Stroke, Transient Iscaemic Attacks
Signs & Symptoms of strokes
First Aid Treatment
Risk Factors for Angina, Heart Attacks and Strokes
Benefits of this Short Course:
Learning from home is a good way to keep one's skills and knowledge up to date
Over 900,000 people in the UK live with heart failure
In the UK, there are more than 100,000 hospital admissions each year due to heart attacks
There are also more than 100,000 strokes in the UK each year
Would you know what to do to save their life?
You can make a huge difference, so join our webinar to find out how



Pochat Training

First Aid

Emergency

Emergency First Aid

Heart Attacks And Strokes

General Admission

Milton Keynes 

<div data-testid="richTextElement" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">AWARDS A NATIONALLY RECOGNISED AND ACCREDITED CERTIFICATE IN ECG i) OCN Accredited at Level 3 (Advanced Level)&nbsp;- The Open College Network&nbsp;[Equivalent to Level 5 in Ireland] ii) CPD Accredited&nbsp;- The CPD Certification Service SUITABLE FOR:- OPEN TO ALL APPLICANTS&nbsp;(no previous healthcare experience OR qualifications necessary) - MEDICAL / HEALTHCARE (trainees and professionals)- GP RECEPTIONISTS, ALLIED HEALTHCARE STAFF This Introduction to ECG Course is divided into two parts:&nbsp;Part 1&nbsp;covers theory (online) and should be completed before&nbsp;Part 2&nbsp;- practical training (classroom or virtual classroom)&nbsp;A nurse or paramedic-led half-day session covering essential practical skill-sets required to set up and record a valid ECG trace.&nbsp;A SHORT PRELIM / PRIMER COURSE "GETTING STARTED IN ECG" IS INCLUDED AS A SEPARATE COURSE FOR THOSE ENROLLING WITH NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF ECG RECORDING (3 SECTIONS, NO QUESTIONS!)YOU CAN OPT OUT OF THIS AT POINT OF BOOKING IF PREFERRED. <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please make sure you verify the precise dates and timings of your course when you receive your booking confirmation, as it may vary from the information provided above.</div> Course Itinerary - overview: PART 1 - THEORY (online)Delegates will fully understand the theory and will be able to demonstrate they can identify the correct patient, gain consent and perform an ECG, conforming to Skills for Health recommended standards and guidelines.&nbsp;<div style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">M01&nbsp;&ndash; Introduction: History, definitions, types of ECG, the uses of an ECG, results, and risks.M02&nbsp;&ndash; Infection Prevention &amp; Control: Reducing healthcare-associated infections. Keeping Safe.M03&nbsp;&ndash; Professionalism &amp; Effective Communication: Interacting with patients and staff and the use of effective communication methods.M04&nbsp;&ndash; Legal Requirements &amp; Consent: Legal Obligations and Accountability. Criminal, Civil and Contractual law in healthcare. Vicarious Liability and your Duty of Care.M05&nbsp;&ndash; Preparation for the ECG Examination: Patient preparation when performing a resting ECG, skin preparation, placement of the electrodes &amp; the Angle of Louis.M06&nbsp;&ndash; The Electricity of the Heart: The heart&rsquo;s electrical signal, depolarisation &amp; repolarisation, the wiring of the heart, PQRST complex.M07&nbsp;&ndash; The ECG Machine: Times &amp; speeds, PR interval, QRS complex, Recording an ECG, machine calibration, Obtaining a good quality recording, Variation from standard, Equipment &amp; clinical room specification, environmental considerations, documentation, storage &amp; confidentiality, and Electrocardiography on children.M08&nbsp;&ndash; The 12-Lead ECG: A detailed look at the 12-lead ECG.M09&nbsp;&ndash; The Shape of the QRS Complex: QRS for limb leads, the cardiac axis, deviation and QRS for V leads.M10&nbsp;- Conduction issues within the AV node &amp; Bundle of His: The AV node &amp; the Bundle of His, types of heart block, first degree block, second degree block and third-degree blocks.M11&nbsp;- Conduction Issues within the Bundle Branches: Bundle Branch Block, Right and Left Bundle Branch BlockM12&nbsp;- Conduction issues with the Distal Section of the LBBB: A guide on conduction issues with the distal section of the LBBBM13&nbsp;- The Heart&rsquo;s Rhythm: What happens when depolarisation doesn&rsquo;t start in theSA node, the intrinsic rhythm of the heart, sinus arrhythmia, sinus bradycardia &amp; sinus tachycardia, abnormalities in the cardiac rhythm, supraventricular rhythms, abnormal rhythm.M14&nbsp;- The Heart&rsquo;s Rhythm &ndash; Bradycardias &amp; Ectopic Beats: Escape rhythms, atrial escape, junctional escape, complete heart block, ventricular escape, accelerated idioventricular rhythm, extrasystoles, atrial &amp; junctional extrasystoles and ventricular extrasystoles.M15&nbsp;- The Heart&rsquo;s Rhythm &ndash; Tachycardias: Supraventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular TachycardiaM16&nbsp;- The Heart&rsquo;s Rhythm &ndash; Fibrillation &amp; WPW: Fibrillation and why it happens, atrial and ventricular fibrillation, the Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome.M17&nbsp;- Abnormalities within the P, QRS &amp; T Waves: What to check when interpreting an ECG, abnormalities in the P wave, QRS complex, ST segment &amp; T wave, Right Ventricular Hypertrophy, Pulmonary Embolism, Left ventricular hypertrophy, acute myocardial injury, pericarditis and ischaemia.&nbsp;PART 2 - CLASSROOM (am, pm or evening sessions)Half day (morning, afternoon or evening sessions): skill-set development with practical demonstrations and hands-on experience in set-up, ECG electrode placement and observing a number of ECG traces.&nbsp;M18&nbsp;- The Basics - an overview: Welcome to ECG interpretation, revision.M19&nbsp;- Atrial Fibrillation &amp; Flutter: Detailed overview.M20&nbsp;&ndash; Bundle Branch Blocks: Detailed overview.Practical Sessions</div></div>

AWARDS A NATIONALLY RECOGNISED AND ACCREDITED CERTIFICATE IN ECG



i) OCN Accredited at Level 3 (Advanced Level) - The Open College Network [Equivalent to Level 5 in Ireland]

ii) CPD Accredited - The CPD Certification Service



SUITABLE FOR:
- OPEN TO ALL APPLICANTS (no previous healthcare experience OR qualifications necessary)

- MEDICAL / HEALTHCARE (trainees and professionals)
- GP RECEPTIONISTS, ALLIED HEALTHCARE STAFF


This Introduction to ECG Course is divided into two parts: Part 1 covers theory (online) and should be completed before Part 2 - practical training (classroom or virtual classroom)
 
A nurse or paramedic-led half-day session covering essential practical skill-sets required to set up and record a valid ECG trace.
 
A SHORT PRELIM / PRIMER COURSE "GETTING STARTED IN ECG" IS INCLUDED AS A SEPARATE COURSE FOR THOSE ENROLLING WITH NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF ECG RECORDING (3 SECTIONS, NO QUESTIONS!)
YOU CAN OPT OUT OF THIS AT POINT OF BOOKING IF PREFERRED.


Please make sure you verify the precise dates and timings of your course when you receive your booking confirmation, as it may vary from the information provided above.

Course Itinerary - overview:


PART 1 - THEORY (online)
Delegates will fully understand the theory and will be able to demonstrate they can identify the correct patient, gain consent and perform an ECG, conforming to Skills for Health recommended standards and guidelines.
 
M01 – Introduction: History, definitions, types of ECG, the uses of an ECG, results, and risks.
M02 – Infection Prevention & Control: Reducing healthcare-associated infections. Keeping Safe.
M03 – Professionalism & Effective Communication: Interacting with patients and staff and the use of effective communication methods.
M04 – Legal Requirements & Consent: Legal Obligations and Accountability. Criminal, Civil and Contractual law in healthcare. Vicarious Liability and your Duty of Care.
M05 – Preparation for the ECG Examination: Patient preparation when performing a resting ECG, skin preparation, placement of the electrodes & the Angle of Louis.
M06 – The Electricity of the Heart: The heart’s electrical signal, depolarisation & repolarisation, the wiring of the heart, PQRST complex.
M07 – The ECG Machine: Times & speeds, PR interval, QRS complex, Recording an ECG, machine calibration, Obtaining a good quality recording, Variation from standard, Equipment & clinical room specification, environmental considerations, documentation, storage & confidentiality, and Electrocardiography on children.
M08 – The 12-Lead ECG: A detailed look at the 12-lead ECG.
M09 – The Shape of the QRS Complex: QRS for limb leads, the cardiac axis, deviation and QRS for V leads.
M10 - Conduction issues within the AV node & Bundle of His: The AV node & the Bundle of His, types of heart block, first degree block, second degree block and third-degree blocks.
M11 - Conduction Issues within the Bundle Branches: Bundle Branch Block, Right and Left Bundle Branch Block
M12 - Conduction issues with the Distal Section of the LBBB: A guide on conduction issues with the distal section of the LBBB
M13 - The Heart’s Rhythm: What happens when depolarisation doesn’t start in the
SA node, the intrinsic rhythm of the heart, sinus arrhythmia, sinus bradycardia & sinus tachycardia, abnormalities in the cardiac rhythm, supraventricular rhythms, abnormal rhythm.
M14 - The Heart’s Rhythm – Bradycardias & Ectopic Beats: Escape rhythms, atrial escape, junctional escape, complete heart block, ventricular escape, accelerated idioventricular rhythm, extrasystoles, atrial & junctional extrasystoles and ventricular extrasystoles.
M15 - The Heart’s Rhythm – Tachycardias: Supraventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Tachycardia
M16 - The Heart’s Rhythm – Fibrillation & WPW: Fibrillation and why it happens, atrial and ventricular fibrillation, the Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome.
M17 - Abnormalities within the P, QRS & T Waves: What to check when interpreting an ECG, abnormalities in the P wave, QRS complex, ST segment & T wave, Right Ventricular Hypertrophy, Pulmonary Embolism, Left ventricular hypertrophy, acute myocardial injury, pericarditis and ischaemia.
 
PART 2 - CLASSROOM (am, pm or evening sessions)
Half day (morning, afternoon or evening sessions): skill-set development with practical demonstrations and hands-on experience in set-up, ECG electrode placement and observing a number of ECG traces.
 
M18 - The Basics - an overview: Welcome to ECG interpretation, revision.
M19 - Atrial Fibrillation & Flutter: Detailed overview.
M20 – Bundle Branch Blocks: Detailed overview.
Practical Sessions



Geopace Training

Allied Health

Allied Health Professions (AHP)

Heart Rate

Paediatric Cardiology

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Learn how to perform and

read an ECG ...

    Nationally Recognised Qualification

    OCN Accredited - Level 3 (advanced level)

    CPD Accredited - The CPD Certification Service

    Introduces you to the fundamentals of setting up and operating an ECG machine

    Includes patient preparation

    Produce a valid (error free) ECG

    Learn and understand ECG traces

    Recognise recordings that require urgent attention

    Basic understanding of English language required

    OPEN TO ALL APPLICANTS

VIRTUAL CLASSROOM OPTION INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE PRACTISE@HOME ECG TRAINING KIT

Final interpretation of all ECG recordings is the responsibility of a medical professional.

Introduction to ECG Course (GPT009)

1 Day - 8 CPD HoursPrompt recognition and expedition of evidence- based treatment is extremely important in reducing mortality and morbidity. Awareness of what is happening during the rupture of a coronary plaque assists one in understanding why such a microscopic event can have such a catastrophic outcome.

1 Day - 8 CPD Hours
Prompt recognition and expedition of evidence- based treatment is extremely important in reducing mortality and morbidity. Awareness of what is happening during the rupture of a coronary plaque assists one in understanding why such a microscopic event can have such a catastrophic outcome.

Awareness of what is happening during the rupture of a coronary plaque assists the attendee in understanding why such a microscopic event can have such a catastrophic outcome.

Primary Angioplasty & Cardiac Emergencies

1 Day - 8 CPD HoursAn opportunity to develop essential knowledge and skills that are necessary for the safe care and management of a patient requiring an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

1 Day - 8 CPD Hours
An opportunity to develop essential knowledge and skills that are necessary for the safe care and management of a patient requiring an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

An opportunity to develop essential knowledge and skills that are necessary for the safe care and management of a patient requiring an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump

1 Day - 8 CPD HoursAimed at cardiac professionals to develop their Exercise Tolerance Testing (ETT) skills.A knowledge of ECG reading is needed to gain the optimal benefit from this course.

1 Day - 8 CPD Hours
Aimed at cardiac professionals to develop their Exercise Tolerance Testing (ETT) skills.
A knowledge of ECG reading is needed to gain the optimal benefit from this course.

Aimed at cardiac professionals to develop their Exercise Tolerance Testing (ETT) skills. 

Exercise Tolerance Testing

1 Day - 8 CPD HoursAn opportunity to learn about a structured assessment of chest pain. Primarily looking at Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), but also other differentials such as myopericarditis, dissection.Attendees should have a thorough understanding of ECG interpretation.

1 Day - 8 CPD Hours
An opportunity to learn about a structured assessment of chest pain. Primarily looking at Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), but also other differentials such as myopericarditis, dissection.
Attendees should have a thorough understanding of ECG interpretation.

An opportunity to learn about a structured assessment of chest pain. Primarily looking at Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), but also other differentials such as myopericarditis, dissection.

Chest Pain Assessment & Management

2 Day - 16 CPD HoursAimed at nurses and other allied health care professionals including junior doctors in training, who are actively involved in the care of implantable devices ranging from simple loop recorders through to complex Biventricular devices.The course will cover the essential underpinning knowledge to effectively manage the patient throughout the life cycle of the device.

2 Day - 16 CPD Hours
Aimed at nurses and other allied health care professionals including junior doctors in training, who are actively involved in the care of implantable devices ranging from simple loop recorders through to complex Biventricular devices.
The course will cover the essential underpinning knowledge to effectively manage the patient throughout the life cycle of the device.

The course will cover the essential underpinning knowledge to effectively manage the patient throughout the life cycle of the implantable device.

Cardiac Pacing for Nurses

1 Day - 8 CPD HoursThis course enables participants to develop essential patient management skills that are necessary for identifying and managing the safe care of a patient requiring cardiac catheterisation.<div title="Page 1" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> </div>

1 Day - 8 CPD Hours
This course enables participants to develop essential patient management skills that are necessary for identifying and managing the safe care of a patient requiring cardiac catheterisation.

This course enables participants to develop essential patient management skills that are necessary for identifying and managing the safe care of a patient requiring cardiac catheterisation.

Cardiac Catheterisation

1 Day - 8 CPD HoursAn opportunity to learn about various heart rhythm disturbances, their aetiology, management and treatment strategies.<div title="Page 1" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Delegates must have a good working knowledge of ECG interpretation.</div>

1 Day - 8 CPD Hours
An opportunity to learn about various heart rhythm disturbances, their aetiology, management and treatment strategies.
Delegates must have a good working knowledge of ECG interpretation.

An opportunity to learn about various heart rhythm disturbances, their aetiology, management and treatment strategies.

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