EKG Training - Learn Rhythm Video
Channel: Rapid Response Plus
Date: 18/03/2013

The AHA's Learn: Rhythm Adult Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

Electrocardiogram (ECG) rhythm recognition is a key skill required to be successful in determining a patient's condition and knowing which treatment algorithm to apply. This self-directed, online course introduces healthcare providers to normal cardiac rhythms and prepares them to recognize basic cardiac arrhythmias in clinical practice. This course allows healthcare providers to gain proficiency in ECG rhythm recognition in an effort to provide better treatment and improve patient outcomes.

No skills session is required to complete the course. Upon successful completion, students will receive a certificate of completion and will be eligible to apply for continuing education credits.

Course specifications for Learn Rhythm:
Course content:
· Basic rhythm understanding
· Relationship between ECG strip and heart impulses
· Common arrhythmias
· Identifying and distinguishing various arrhythmias

Course includes:
· Two-part AHA exam
· Certificate of completion available to print upon successful completion
· Access to course content for 12 months following activation of course key

Intended Audience:
This course is for healthcare professionals who need basic rhythm recognition skills. This includes telemetry staff, and those preparing for ACLS, such as paramedics/EMTs, nurses, physicians, clinical pharmacists and respiratory therapists.

Continuing Education Information:
Continuing Medical Education Accreditation -- Physicians
The American Heart Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Heart Association designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Continuing Medical Education Accreditation -- Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts Category I credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME.

Continuing Education Accreditation -- Nurses
The American Heart Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 2.75 contact hours.

Continuing Education Accreditation -- Pharmacists
The American Heart Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. ACPE Credit: 2.75 Contact Hour or 0.275 CEUs.
Universal Program Number: 0256-0000-12-659-H01-P.

Continuing Education Accreditation -- Emergency Medical Services
This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS), for 2.75 Advanced CEHs, activity number 12-AMHA-F3-0150.