A quick guide for four cardiac arrest rhythms
Zhou, Lihong Jr (2019)
Zhou, Lihong Jr
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019051710431
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019051710431
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Cardiac arrest is a medical emergency in which the heart cannot preserve an adequate blood circulation due to the loss of heart function. Failure to treat immediately may result in cardiac arrest death. As a healthcare professional, it is essential knowledge to distinguish between each cardiac arrest rhythm before treating a patient. Identifying electrocardiogram (ECG) rhythms is very difficult for the undergraduate nursing student and new graduate nurses. Rapidly interpreting these cardiac arrest rhythms is an essential skill that every nurse should master, especially in the critical care units.
This bachelor's thesis aimed to create four flash cards, which give basic knowledge of the four cardiac arrest rhythms recognizing that are used for the nursing student without going too deep into the medical disease or physiological details. The purpose of this functional thesis was to be a contributor to the development of nursing students' professional skills on four cardiac arrest ECG strips rhythms understanding so that they can implement better professional knowledge during their advanced practical placements.
This functional thesis consists of both theoretical part and final project output. Theoretical part includes the basics of cardiac anatomy, physiology, electric conduction, interpreting electrocardiogram rhythm strips, and the self-study material theory background of four cardiac arrest rhythms. It also includes the final output which is the streamlined report of the theoretical part, the creation of a final product is four cardiac arrest rhythms quick identification as a self-study material aimed at Lahti University of Applied Sciences nursing students.
This bachelor's thesis aimed to create four flash cards, which give basic knowledge of the four cardiac arrest rhythms recognizing that are used for the nursing student without going too deep into the medical disease or physiological details. The purpose of this functional thesis was to be a contributor to the development of nursing students' professional skills on four cardiac arrest ECG strips rhythms understanding so that they can implement better professional knowledge during their advanced practical placements.
This functional thesis consists of both theoretical part and final project output. Theoretical part includes the basics of cardiac anatomy, physiology, electric conduction, interpreting electrocardiogram rhythm strips, and the self-study material theory background of four cardiac arrest rhythms. It also includes the final output which is the streamlined report of the theoretical part, the creation of a final product is four cardiac arrest rhythms quick identification as a self-study material aimed at Lahti University of Applied Sciences nursing students.