Author: Phalen, Tim
Paperback; 155 Illustrations
180 pages
Published: January 1996
Mosby International
ISBN: 0815167520

This book reflects the need of EMTs, paramedics, emergency and flight nurses to utilize more sophisticated equipment to assess myocardial infarction, and reduce the damage it does to the heart. This is the first book to focus exclusively on 12-lead interpretation for the prehospital professional. Contents also include the effects of infarction location and coronary occlusion.This text aims to help emergency care providers understand advanced ECG interpretation, and administer appropriate thrombolytic therapy through classroom-tested methods of learning 12-lead intrpretation. Over 100 full-size 12-lead strips illustrate the ways in which infarct can alter the ECG.