Demystifying the 12-Lead EKG

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This 1-day course is designed for Telemetry, Emergency Room, and Critical Care staff to provide the learner with information on demystifying the 12-lead EKG. Participants will learn how to recognize proper lead placement for 12 Lead EKG, describe EKG changes caused by injury, ischemia and infarction, identify the coronary arteries, indicate specific areas of infarction related to EKG changes, as well as identify common complications for each type of Myocardial Infarction.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

  • Apply principles of electrical flow and wave deflection to identify normal findings in Lead II and V1
  • Identify P Pulomanle and P Mitrale and explain significance
  • Differentiate between a left and right bundle branch block
  • Explain R wake progression in the chest leads
  • Recognize mean axis using Lead 1 and AVF
  • List the coronary arteries, the portion of myocardium that each supplies (inferior, septal, anterior, lateral, and posterior) and the specific leads that reflect each muscle area
  • Describe the ST changes with ischemia and injury in a STEMI
  • Correctly identify the EKG changes seen with Anterior, Inferior, Septal, Lateral, Posterior and Right Ventricular injury/infarct
  • Describe the EKG changes seen with a NSTEMI
  • Identify Q eaves indicative of a transmural myocardial infarction
  • List reasons for Non-specific ST Changes

CE INFORMATION

CE Certificates will be issued after 100% attendance. Provider is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, as a provider of Nursing Education, Provider #07960, for 7 contact hours.

COURSE DATES

  • 2026 dates coming soon

GENERAL INFORMATION