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2018-2019 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
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ECG 1000 - Intro to Electrocardiogram Interpretation and Monitoring

Credits: 3
**Not Part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway**

As Needed
Prerequisites: ENGL 0810 , Math competencies 1-5, READ 0810 

As a Certified EKG Technician, the student will operate machines that record the electrical activity of a patient’s heart. EKG rhythms provide important data for the diagnosis of heart conditions. As a CET, the student may perform some or all of the following tasks:

  • Set up and administer EKGs, stress tests
  • Prepare patients for Holter, or ambulatory, monitoring
  • Edit and deliver final test results to physicians for analysis
  • Schedule appointments
  • Transcribe physicians’ interpretations
3 hours lecture.

Syllabus



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