Step Down/Progressive Care Unit
One of the initial clinical areas to practice in order to gain
gradual exposure in the Intensive Care Units
Module I - General Clinical Concepts of Telemetry
Review of Basic Dysrhythmias - Sinus all the way
to Ventriculars EKG Grid/Lead Placement and Rate Calculation Practice Session/Rhythm Strips/ Simulator
Module II - Pre-mature Beats
PAC's, PJC's/PNC's
PVC's - Unifocal, Multifocal, Couplets/Two in
a row Bigeminys, Tri and Quad, R on T
phenomenon
Practice Session - Rhythm Strips/Simulators
Heart Blocks
First Degree AV Blocks
Second Degree Heart Blocks
Mobitz Type 1 - Wenkebach
Third Degree Heart Blocks/Complete Heart Blocks
AV Dissociation, Practice Sessions - Rhythm
Strips/Simulators
Module III - Pacemakers
Permanent and Temporary
Endocardial, Epicardial, Transvenous
ICHD-DVI-DDI, AED-AICD
Medical Surveillance/Precautionary/Safety Measures
Practice Sessions/Rhythm Strips/Simulators
Critical Thinking: Clinical Confidence
One of the initial clinical areas to practice in order to gain
gradual exposure in the Intensive Care Units
Module I - General Clinical Concepts of Telemetry
Review of Basic Dysrhythmias - Sinus all the way
to Ventriculars EKG Grid/Lead Placement and Rate Calculation Practice Session/Rhythm Strips/ Simulator
Module II - Pre-mature Beats
PAC's, PJC's/PNC's
PVC's - Unifocal, Multifocal, Couplets/Two in
a row Bigeminys, Tri and Quad, R on T
phenomenon
Practice Session - Rhythm Strips/Simulators
Heart Blocks
First Degree AV Blocks
Second Degree Heart Blocks
Mobitz Type 1 - Wenkebach
Third Degree Heart Blocks/Complete Heart Blocks
AV Dissociation, Practice Sessions - Rhythm
Strips/Simulators
Module III - Pacemakers
Permanent and Temporary
Endocardial, Epicardial, Transvenous
ICHD-DVI-DDI, AED-AICD
Medical Surveillance/Precautionary/Safety Measures
Practice Sessions/Rhythm Strips/Simulators
Critical Thinking: Clinical Confidence