Learning Outcomes

As licensed health care practitioners, all learners will practice in accordance with professional standards of practice throughout the course. In this course, learners will have opportunities to use the processes of critical thinking, systematic inquiry, communication, collaboration, leadership, and professionalism. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Describe myocardial electrophysiology and conduction.
• Describe a normal electrocardiogram complex.
• Demonstrate a systematic approach to ECG rhythm analysis and interpretation.
• Analyze and interpret selected sinus, atrial, AV node, ventricular dysrhythmias, and AV blocks.
• Describe predisposing factors and conduction defects associated with selected sinus, atrial, AV node, ventricular dysrhythmias, and AV blocks.
• Explain the impact of selected sinus, atrial, AV node, ventricular dysrhythmias, and AV blocks on the components of oxygen supply and demand.
• Link patient responses to alterations in oxygen supply and demand balance resulting from selected sinus, atrial, AV node, ventricular dysrhythmias, and AV blocks.
• Choose appropriate interventions to manage selected sinus, atrial, AV node, ventricular dysrhythmias, and AV blocks (e.g., cardioversion, defibrillation, medications, pacemaker therapy).
• Identify indications for pacemaker therapy.
• Describe the contribution of cardiac pacemakers to oxygen supply and demand balance and end-organ perfusion.
• Identify common routes used for temporary pacemaker therapy.
• Describe component parts and typical settings of a temporary pacemaker.
• Explain the functions of a single chamber pacemaker using the NBG pacemaker coding system.
• Recognize pacemaker activity on an ECG rhythm strip.
• Recognize common pacemaker malfunctions on an ECG rhythm strip.
• Describe basic troubleshooting procedures for failure to capture, failure to pace and inappropriate sensing of pacemakers.

Effective as of Fall 2019