Marriott Heart Foundation's Online Course in Emergency Electrocardiography.

Recent quote from Dr. Henry Marriott, Co-Founder of the Emergency ECG Examination for Hospital Emergency Physicians and Personnel in 1991.
"The electrocardiogram remains the most often ordered diagnostic test in cardiology, the least expensive, the most relied upon, and yet remains the most often misunderstood."   

We believe the reason for the huge misunderstandings over ECGs is that we lack a standard system of analyzing the ECG, and many of us rely too much on the computerized interpretation, which can be up to 50% in error in most modern interpretive systems.  We are sure you have experienced a case where at least three different diagnoses of an ECG were made by physicians, when only one was correct.  We hope to relieve this problem by offering this review course for the physician, nurse, or technician faced with the emergency ECG, and by stressing the need for a standard systematic method of interpretation.  Marriott always said "pinpoint the primary diagnosis and then the secondary diagnoses" (example:  primary diagnosis is sinus bradycardia, secondary diagnosis is the escape junctional rhythm that results from the bradycardia).  The reason this is so important at any level of ECG reading is because it will help direct us in our management decisions.

Emergency Electrocardiography Course Development:

The Emergency ECG Review Course satisfies the content for Emergency 12-Lead Electrocardiography, and is based on standards of electrocardiography developed by the American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine (ABCM) and the Marriott Heart Foundation (MHF), using needs assessment models for a diverse audience in cardiology.

Evidence-based research practice guidelines developed by the ACC/AHA for
physicians were considered and included in these developments. However, the Marriott
Heart Foundation (MHF) and the ABCM have expanded the scope of practice to encompass
the cardiac emergency 12-lead ECG reading skills and needs of all cardiovascular professionals
including: emergency physicians, hospital panel readers, cardiovascular nurse practitioners,
coronary care nurses, and interventional cardiac nurses, telemetry nurses, ECG/monitor technicians, and CV technologists in invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and procedures labs.
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Emergency ECG Course Info:  

This course covers the eight common cardiac emergencies in a manual format.  The student can
print out the Emergency Electrocardiography Review Manual lessons to study which we highly recommend.  After reviewing the eight lessons, the student can take the Emergency ECG Board Practice Exam at the end of the lessons.  If they pass the practice exam, they should be ready to sit for the Emergency ECG Board Certification Examination.

Emergency ECG Course Contains 163 Pages of Text and has
Eight Highly Illustrated Lessons & a Practice Exam

1.  Prologue of the Urgent Trace
2.  The Evident Infarction
3.  The Less Obvious Infarction
4.  Infarction Mimics
5.  Diagnosing the Wide QRS Tachycardias
6.  Supraventricular Tachycardias
7.  Dangerous Bradycardias
8.  Electrolytes at Panic Levels
9.  Emergency ECG Practice Examination with Answers

Individual Student Pricing:

Each student will be registered for a six month period of time and will be issued a username and password after they register for the course.  This username and password should be stored in a safe place and is essential to enter the online classroom.  The students may enter the classroom as many times as necessary during their six month registration.  

$39.95 Includes 8 lessons and a practice exam

Institutional Pricing for Students:

An institution must be able to sign up 10 students to take advantage of these prices.  Each student will be registered for a six month period of time and will be issued a username and password after they register for the course.  This username and password should be stored in a safe place and is essential to enter the online classroom.  The students may enter the classroom as many times as necessary during their six month registration.  

$29.95  Includes 8 lessons and a practice exam
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Emergency ECG Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course in emergency electrocardiography the student should be able to identify:

    1)    tracings that constitute a cardiac emergency
    2)    evident infarction patterns
    3)    less obvious infarction patterns
    4)    myocardial infarction mimics
    5)    how to differentiate the wide QRS complex arrhythmias
    6)    supraventricular tachycardias
    7)    dangerous bradycardias
    8)    electrolytes at panic levels
    9)    pass the practice examination provided
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How to Begin your Emergency ECG Course:

After registering for the course, the student(s) will be emailed username(s) and password(s) that will be needed to enter the Emergency ECG classroom.