ECG Made Easy

Product Description

This highly respected book is a simple, readable guide to the accurate identification and interpretation of abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) patterns for medical students, nurses and junior doctors. The emphasis throughout is on the straightforward practical application of the ECG. It will prove useful to all medical and health care staff who require clear, basic knowledge about the ECG.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #984146 in Books
* Published on: 2003-03-25
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 312 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review
"The ECG Made Easy has for some time been the pocket reference for junior doctors... invaluable in a clinical setting."Nursing Standard
godsend to thousands of practising physicians and surgeons who have never mastered the ECG, but always felt they should have done."European Medical Journal
fact that 'The ECG Made Easy' is now in its sixth edition must be testament to the enduring popularity of this book. It's an easy step-by-step readable guide to how to interpret ECGs." Medical Student, MAD Magazine (Medics and Dentists at Barts and The London), April 2003
good starter, but you may need some help. One of the most popular introductory texts on this subject. All the basic concepts for understanding this topic are included, though there could be more emphasis on possible areas of confusion; such as the different between leads and wires . This book also suffers from only being pocket sized and having pocket sized tracings, and on pages that depict limb and chest leads the layout could be improved to show that they are separate groups. For a newcomer to this subject you may not find it all that easy, as the explanations may need some practical demonstrations from an accomplished teacher with topics such as the cardiac axis. However this book does avoid the jargon and physiology that can be off putting in most other introductory texts. If this book leaves you with further questions, you would probably also need and indeed benefit from the author s two other titles The ECG in Practice and 100 ECG Problems . This would enable you to improve your skills of interpretation, and the three titles bought over time would provide an adequate inexpensive reference shelf for most health care workers. The ECG is never easy to understand for beginners, but this book does at least try."Review on Amazon.co.uk

About the Author
John R Hampton, DM, MA, DPhil, FRCP, FFPM, FESC, Professor of Cardiology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Customer Reviews

Great book for learning the basics5
I read this first as a medical student and now as a clinician, keep referring to it whenever my ECG skills need to be brushed up. It is very concise and easy to read. the basic concepts and the various findings in common conditions ( axis, intervals, arrhythmias and MI) are presented in a clear and simple manner that is very easy for the beginner to understand.

Nothing great either2
As I stated in other reviews, most of the ECG books on the market are nothing impressive. This was obviously another book I ordered and sent it back. I'm not sure why it's so hard to find books on this subject that are worth the money?

Reasonable book for introduction to EKG4
Good book. Easy to read. I beleive it has a couple misprints (for example: page 16 Fig. 1.16 - Text describes Left Axis Deviation, figure underscore states - Left Axis Deviation, however figure depicts Right Axis Deviation). Otherwise this is a reasonable book for introduction to EKG.