Introduction to ECG Course (GPT009)

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

Follow-on with our Level 4 Advanced ECG course

Adheres to current medical training standards throughout - Skills for Health & WHO compliant

Infection Prevention & Control

Professionalism, Legal Requirments & Consent

Preparation for ECG Examination

Electricity of the Heart

ECG Machine

12-Lead ECG

Shape of QRS Complex

Conduction Issues within the AV Node & Bundle of His

Conduction Issues within the Bundle Branches

Conduction Issues with the Distal Section of the LBBB

Heart's Rhythm (Bradycardias & Ectopic Beats, Tachycardias, Fibrillation & WPW)

Abnormalities within the P, QRS & T Waves

Understanding different ECG equipment types

ECG equipment - set-up and calibration

Includes professionalism, consent, IPC and legal requirement

Patient preparation

How to correctly apply electrodes to limbs and chest

Identify artifacts (equipment and patient)

Identify and recognise routine traces

Identify and recognise non-routine traces

Identify traces requiring urgent attention

Labelling and reporting

Safely and competently set up an ECG machine

Introduce patients to the ECG test, adhering to compliancy requirements before and after testing

Perform an ECG test to national guidelines

Understand basic traces and their correlation to cardiac issues

Recognise normal and erroneous recordings

Recognise recordings that require urgent medical follow-up

Complete the recording and label (or record digital copies) as per guidelines