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Before we can discuss the process of conducting an electrocardiogram, we must first review the heart's anatomy and physiology, as well as its electrophysiology. While complex in design, the function of the heart is quite simple-it's a muscular pump that moves the blood throughout the body, sustaining the body's metabolic needs. This course provides a comprehensive guide to dysrhythmias commonly manifested by imaging patients.

This cardiovascular series is divided into 5 courses, 5.50 CEUs, and designed for the busy healthcare professional. This series covers anatomy & physiology, hemodynamics, patient assessment, diagnostic testing, acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, disease, injury, case studies and medications. 

NOTE: After purchasing the courses, participants may review the course for a full year and continuing education credit is immediately available after course completion of the posttests and survey.

These courses meet all criteria and have been approved by the AHRA.

ECG: Cardiac Review was designed to advance the clinical expertise and provide the platform in understanding and analysis of ECG rhythms. This module is intended to deliver to the healthcare provider a review of cardiac anatomy and physiology in relation to electrophysiology, dysrhythmias, and heart blocks.

Note: This activity may be available in multiple formats or from different sponsors; individuals may not repeat and report a self-learning activity for credit twice in the same biennium. 

ECG: Heart Blocks and Causes was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding, knowledge, and skills of AV blocks and their causes in terms of their identification criteria, causes, and appropriate treatment protocol.

ECG: Junctional Dysrhythmias was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding, knowledge, and skills of junctional rhythms in terms of their identification criteria, causes, and appropriate treatment protocol.

Note: This activity may be available in multiple formats or from different sponsors; individuals may not repeat and report a self-learning activity for credit twice in the same biennium.

ECG: Lead Systems & Waveforms was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding of dysrhythmias and ECG. This module is intended to deliver to the healthcare provider a review of ECG waveforms to the electrical events in the heart including leads, lead wire systems, the components of ECG analysis, and waveforms followed by strip analysis.

Note: This activity may be available in multiple formats or from different sponsors; individuals may not repeat and report a self-learning activity for credit twice in the same biennium.

ECG: Pacemakers was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding of pacemakers. This course is intended to deliver to the healthcare provider the knowledge of the types of pacemakers, possible malfunctions, their causes, and appropriate actions. In addition, the healthcare provider will have the fundamental skills to identify ECG strip representations of pacemaker malfunctions.

ECG: Pharmacologics and Drug Classifications was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding of pharmacologics and drug classifications. This course is intended to deliver to the healthcare provider the knowledge of pharmacologics in terms of antiarrhythmic drug classifications, use, dosage, guidelines, and clinical impact according to the ACLS treatment protocol.

ECG: Sinus Dysrhythmias was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding, knowledge, and skills of sinus rhythms in terms of their identification criteria, causes, and appropriate treatment protocol.

Note: This activity may be available in multiple formats or from different sponsors; individuals may not repeat and report a self-learning activity for credit twice in the same biennium.

ECG: Ventricular Dysrhythmias was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding, knowledge, and skills of ventricular dysrhythmias in terms of their identification criteria, causes, and appropriate treatment protocol.

Fetal Abdominal Abnormalities will cover the abnormalities that are associated with the fetal genitourinary and gastrointestinal system. Sonographic descriptions will be provided, and a variety of associated anomalies will be explored. Attention will also be given to laboratory values that may present with specific anomalies. Multiple examples of sonographic images will be presented including some case presentations of complex anomalies.

Imaging Techniques of PET/CT is designed to provide imaging professionals and  radiation technologists  with a basic understanding of the components, theory, use, and benefits of PET/CT technology. It begins with a discussion of the theory and development of PET and CT scanners and the steps that led to merging the technologies to produce PET/CT. Other topics include a brief look at some of the PET/CT systems currently available; the image acquisition process, including whole body scans, heart and brain studies, and radiation therapy planning; and image formation and reconstruction. The final module addresses quality control procedures necessary for maintaining and operating PET/CT equipment.

Myocardial perfusion imaging is a commonly used procedure in caring for patients with cardiovascular disease. This course provides a better understanding of all aspects of myocardial perfusion imaging, including patient preparation, radiopharmaceuticals, acquisition parameters, processing, and potential artifacts.

The ability to provide patients with an early, accurate diagnosis for neurodegenerative movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s Disease, has been an on-going challenge that can take up to six years because of the dependence on symptom presentation. Unfortunately symptom presentation varies with patients. Also, other movement disorders, such as essential tremor, have similar symptoms, but they occur in different areas of the brain and do not involve the dopamine system. Now, the FDA has approved DaTscan, an imaging agent developed that can detect the presence of dopamine transporters (DaT) in the brain which allows physicians to diagnose and begin the correct course much earlier in the disease process. The ability to provide patients with an early, accurate diagnosis for neurodegenerative movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s Disease, has been an on-going challenge that can take up to six years because of the dependence on symptom presentation. Learn about Parkinson's Disease and Essential Tremors (ET), and the use of DaTscan in diagnosis.

This highly entertaining course features Nigel, the quirky science guy, who teaches Doppler ultrasound, volume flow rate, velocity calculations, and much more. The Doppler equation will be analyzed, with emphasis on the angle and its impact on accurate velocity calculations.

This course is designed for nuclear technologists specializing in nuclear cardiology in the area of exercise stress testing with and without pharmacologic agents. It is an excellent course for any healthcare professional seeking to learn more about stress testing. The first part of the course addresses exercise stress testing measurements and indications, and patient selection and care. The last section gives an overview of pharmacologic stress testing and radioimaging, including agents, protocols, and patient monitoring.

Venus, the robotic instructor, and V1K, as his helper, guide Sonographers to properly perform an upper extremity duplex examination in this animated, yet comprehensive course. Simulations are given for user interaction and standard protocol will also be addressed.