12-Lead Ecg: The Art of Interpretation | 
 enlarge | Author: Tomas B. Garcia
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 29415
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
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Pages: 536
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0763712841
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.1207547
EAN: 9780763712846
ASIN: 0763712841
Publication Date: January 15, 2001
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Product Description
Designed to bring you from your current level of knowledge to a fully advanced ECG interpreter, this book features 200+ full-size, real- life ECGs accompanied by thorough explanations and analyses. Presented in a clear and casual writing style, the book's leveled approach takes a complex subject and makes it simple. Whether you are an EMT, nurse, medical student, or physician wanting to learn or brush up on your knowledge of electrocardiography, this text will meet your needs. Containing more than 200 ECG strips, 12-Lead ECG is designed to be accessed by three different levels of readers--beginner, intermediate, and advanced--and is designed to grow with you as your knowledge of electrocardiography progresses. The text has been created to be continuously useful during your development and is intended to be read and reread as you advance in your knowledge and comfort level with the material. By rereading the material at increasingly advanced levels, you will get more out of the material and retain it with greater use.
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 Great resource to learn April 5, 2008
This is a great book for learning 12 leads, although I think it is necessary to have some previous experience with EKGs. This book is not a quick overview, it will take some time to go through each chapter, interpret each EKG and read the explanation to really understand. It has some great tips on how to look at 12 leads and each 12 lead is followed by explanations, although some of the explanations come before the EKG which can be a spoiler. Personally, I wish there were more practice 12 leads not just sorted by category as in the book (each chapter has EKGs about that chapter, ie QRS chapter emphasizes QRS variations and abnormalities). There is also an advanced level of interpretation available for each EKG provided. One last thing, the book does not read like a normal book but rather is read like a calendar which can be awkward at times. Overall a great learning resource if you have the time to go from beginning to end.
 The BEST EKG book I have June 26, 2007
I'm an emergency nurse going through an emergency nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist program. I have MANY EKG books - Dubin, Hampton (x2), Green & Chiaramida, and A. L. Goldberger. I asked one of the ER residents I worked with for a recommendation on a good book - he highly recommended Garcia - so I bought it. Now(almost 1.5 years later), I'm getting ready to teach my first 12 Lead EKG interpretation class to assist a hospital in meeting criteria for a chest pain center. My main references are this book and Goldberger. I have looked at Dubin, but I'm not a fan of that layout, but it works and is VERY simple (I don't like wading through pages to find what I want) and my classmates swear by it. It just depends on what you like. I like the way Garcia's is formatted, the simple manner in which they bring you through concepts that are rather hard for newbies to get their head around (axis is a very confusing concept for nurses new to EKG interpretation)and tons of examples and pointers. Again, it's how they teach it that is so great. The authors also have an intro book - but I would skip that one as the intro is the first part of this book. There is also an instructor's toolkit CD to go along with the book (not included). As a staff nurse in the ER Garcia's was fabulous, but now as a NP and CNS student, it is even more valuable! And don't fret! I'm finding out that there are a LOT of people out there that don't know how to interpret a 12 Lead EKG - but they don't tell you that, unfortunately. This book is also an excellent review and is leveled so at different levels you can see different things in the same EKG. If you are on the fence about purchasing this book, ask an ER resident what they use.
A Truly GREAT ECG book February 19, 2007
there isa need to have more ECG books like this one.
Ive been practising medicine for 33 years
he is the best author on ECGs & ECG books from 1971 when i started clinical medicine i.e. for 36 years
( I really hope the author is informed of this opinion )
Best ECG Book out there February 8, 2007
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I'm currently a medical student in my second year and just completed an intense course on ECGs on which we were tested. Before it started I couldn't decide on which book to go with but I ended up choosing this one. This book was EXCELLENT. It provides the material in a straight-forward manner and by reading with the various "levels" you learn it a lot more quickly. There are also PLENTY of ECGs to help you practice. Many of the students had various other books but many ended up taking a look at mine and suggested that this seemed better than what they had purchased. I highly recommend it!
A good resourse January 3, 2007
This book was a required text for a 12 lead EKG class I took. It is very easy to use. A really great feature of this book is that as you transition from novice to expert, this book will still be relevant.
The quality of this text is outstanding.
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