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Welcome to the University of Aberdeen Beginner's Tutorial

Beginner's Tutorial Learning Outcomes
 

  • Be able to describe the anatomy of the electrical conducting system of the heart

  • Be able to correctly set up the limb leads and chest leads when performing an ECG

  • Identify the P-wave, QRS complex, T-wave and U-wave in a normal ECG

  • Understand what the PR interval, QT interval and ST segment correspond to and state their normal length of time

  • Be able to measure heart rate from the ECG

  • Be able to recognise normal sinus rhythm, sinus tachycardia and sinus bradycardia

  • Understand the ARI BAR method of ECG interpretation

Background ECG courtesy of Carmen Mallard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N4viIanngg

 

Use this outline if you have no prior knowlege of ECGs, how they work or how to set them up. This map will take you through the basic physics and anatomy, set up of the ECG and will touch on interpretation. There is a test at the end to examine your understanding.

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Use this outline if you have some prior knowlege of how an ECG works, its set up and a good understanding of the anatomy of the heart's conducting system. This will focus on interpreting the readings on different leads of the ECG.

 

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Use this map if you already have a thourough understanding of heart anatomy, different arrythmias and their appearance on ECGs. This map focuses on testing your existing knowledge of interpreting ECGs.

 

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