CARDIO 102 - Cardiac Rhythm Recognition and Interpretation

1. Explain the role and reporting structure of the Monitor Technician in the clinical environment.
2. Describe the principles of electronic monitoring in the clinical environment and explain the purpose of monitoring on an ongoing basis.
3. Monitor and interpret heart rate and rhythm in standard EKGs and telemetry monitoring.
4. Utilize critical thinking to differentiate between artifact and abnormal rhythms.
5. Recognize lethal and nonlethal rhythms and state the appropriate actions to be taken.

1. Describe Cardiac Monitoring and EKG services, ethical, legal, and regulatory issues including HIPPA.
2. Describe anatomic structures and function of body systems using correct medical terminology in relation to services performed by Cardiac Monitor/Electrocardiography (EKG) Technicians.
3. Describe standard operating procedures for monitoring and interpreting cardiac rhythms and performing EKGs. 
4. Perform infection control techniques and safety, complying with federal, state, and locally mandated regulations regarding safety practices.
5. Perform duties safely and effectively within their scope of practice as a Cardiac Monitor/Electrocardiography Technician.
6. Maintain records, documentation of findings and reporting findings to the appropriate medical staff.
7. Function as a member of the health care team.
8. Communicate appropriately and professionally in the workplace.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.