CARDIAC BOOTCAMP
The Amazing Cardiac Bootcamp Course is BACK!
Friday 3rd June 2016, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre LECTURES SCENARIOS DEMONSTRATIONS AND THE ECG WORKSHOP The ECG in 20 Seconds from Peter Kas on Vimeo. |
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LECTURES
0830-0850 Gestalt and Chest Pain: A recipe for disaster? 0850-0920 Chest Pain scores and what do they mean? 0920-0935 New Accelerated Pathways for low risk chest pain 0935-0955 Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism 0955-1020 PE and Pregnancy 1020-1050 BREAK 1050-1120 Syncope 1120-1140 Aortic Dissection: The great mimic 1140-1200 Atrial Fibrillation: Sorting out the mess 1200-1215 The new blood thinners 1215-1230 Recognising the pacemaker 1230-1240 When to pace the patient? 1240-1300 Identifying Arrhythmias 1300-1400 BREAK 1400-1425 Cardiac Arrest: "To infinity and Beyond" 1425-1700 The ECG WORKSHOP The ECG;s of Syncope |
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The ECG Workshop covers the following topics:
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The Basics
The System Rate Is it Sinus? No P wave -Sinus Node Dysfunction -Tachy-Brady Syndrome -Ventricular Escape Rhythm -Junctional Bradycardia P wave -Upright in I and II and inverted in aVR -Limb lead reversal -Atrioventricular Junctional and Ectopic Atrial Rhythm -P wave morphology -P-R Relationship -AV Nodal Blocks -First Degree Blocks -Second Degree Blocks -Too many P waves |
The QRS Complex
Narrow vs Wide Causes of Wide Complex Tachycardia -Bundle Branch Blocks -Left and Right Bundle Branch Block? -Hemiblock Diagnosing Ventricular Tachycardia - 9 things to check AXIS Calculating Axis for practical use. Tall or Small Tall -Left Ventricular Hypertrophy -Cardiomyopathy Small -Causes of Low voltage -Pericardial effusion Morphology The Delta Wave of Wolf Parkinson White(WPW) Syndrome Atrial Fibrillation and WPWThe ST-T Segments |
Ischaemia
The arterial territories Morphology of ST elevation Causes of ST elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction(AMI) AMI in Left Bundle Branch Block -The Sgarbossa Criteria AMI in Right Bundle Branch Block AMI in Paced Rhythm The 12th Lead- aVR Wellen’s Syndrome Benign and not-so-benign Early Repolarisation Other ST-T Segment changes Pericarditis Pericarditis vs AMI Changes of Pulmonary Embolism Changes of Raised Intracranial Pressure Hyperkalaemia / Hypokalaemia Morphology of Wellen’s and Hypokalaemia Brugada Syndrome Intervals PR interval, QT interval Pacing Spikes |