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Welcome to the University of Aberdeen Intermediate's Tutorial

Intermediate Tutorial
 
  • Explain what is meant by cardiac axis

  • Understand the normal cardiac axis direction

  • Understand which lead looks at which direction of electrical activity in the heart

  • Have an understanding of which coronary artery could be affected if there was a STEMI found in one of the leads

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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