| 1/14/2025 10:14:05 PM |
| Reinstated Course |
| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
EMC 115 | Title:
12-LEAD ECG INTERP |
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| Full Title:
12-Lead ECG Interpretation |
| Last Reviewed:9/23/2024 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 1.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 4 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 12.00 |
| Minimum | 1.00 | Lab Scheduled | 5.00 | 1 min. | Lab Scheduled | 20.00 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 8.00 | | Contact Total | 32.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 24.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 56.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
P/NP Only
Repeatability:
21 - Legally Mandated Repetition
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
EMC 275.5
Catalog Description:
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Students will learn how to acquire and interpret multi-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs), which typically are obtained in field and hospital/clinic settings.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Students will learn how to acquire and interpret multi-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs), which typically are obtained in field and hospital/clinic settings.
(P/NP Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:21 - Legally Mandated Repetition
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Acquire and interpret a multi-lead ECG.
2. Analyze a multi-lead ECG when evaluating for acute myocardial infarction.
Objectives:
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Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Describe the electrical pathway of the heart.
2. Identify the three planes of electrocardiography: standard limb leads, augmented leads, and precordial leads.
3. Describe the components of a normal multi-lead ECG.
4. Describe the six step systemic approach to interpretation of multi-lead ECG.
5. Relate coronary artery anatomy to myocardial perfusion.
6. Recognize common ECG patterns associated with various locations of injury and infarction.
7. Interpret various multi-lead ECG examples.
Topics and Scope
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I. Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology
A. Structures
B. Cardiac cycle
C. Autonomic nerve system
II. Electrocardiogram
A. Leads
B. Vectors
C. Wave forms
III. Cardiac Rhythms
A. Atrial
B. Ventricular
C. Wide complex tachycardia
IV. Guidelines to Determine Axis and Axis Deviation
A. Hexaxial reference system
B. Bundle branch blocks
V. Hemiblocks
A. Left posterior
B. Left anterior
VI. Myocardial Infarction (MI) and Identification of Location of MI
A. Pathophysiology
B. Recognition of location of MI with multi-lead ECG
VII. Current Practice and Treatment of Cardiac Disease
A. Drug therapy
B. Invasive procedures
All topics are covered in the lecture and lab portions of the course.
Assignments:
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Lecture- and lab- related assignments
1. Reading assignments from instructor prepared materials
2. Identify location of MI on minimum of 25 ECG strips
3. Interactive exercises to develop management assessment and treatment skills
4. Written exam
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course. |
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| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
15 - 20% |
| Interactive excercises | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
65 - 70% |
| Identify location of MI on minimum of 25 ECG strips | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
15 - 20% |
| Exam | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 0% |
| None | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Instructor prepared materials.
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