Description: 

This live virtual continuing education course provides training aligned with the SBMF policy “Performing an Electrocardiogram (ECG) for Adult and Pediatric Patients.” The course emphasizes patient safety and best practice principles while addressing racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease. Learners will review the anatomy and physiology of the cardiac conduction system, understand the mechanism of depolarization, and practice correct lead placement using anatomical landmarks. The course also provides guidance on recognizing sinus rhythm, calculating heart rate from rhythm strips, identifying sinus bradycardia and sinus tachycardia, and troubleshooting common ECG artifacts. By strengthening both technical accuracy and interpretive skills, this course equips providers to deliver safer, more equitable, and patient-centered cardiac care.

Assembly Bills 1195 & 241- Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases:

Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:

Social Determinants of Health Reference

• CDC (2019) Health, united states spotlight: Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare. Retrieved from: CDC https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/spotlight/2019-heart-disease-disparities.html

Implicit Bias Reference

• Elsevier (2018). Gender bias in clinical decision making emerges when patients with coronary heart disease symptoms also have psychological symptoms. Retrieved from: https://www.clinicalkey.com/nursing/#!/content/journal/1-s2.0-S0147956318303054