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Teacher’s Name: Mindy Fox

Grade Level or Course: Tech I

Building:  Berger Education

Month: February

Year:  2001

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Assessments

 

EKG:

How does the heart work?

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to operate an EKG machine?

 

 

 

 

How to read an EKG?

 

 

Physiology of the heart

Blood flow of the Heart

The conduction system

Normal rhythm of the heart

 

 

 

Machine set-up and functions

Lead placement

Malfunctioning machine

 

 

Reading an EKG

Parts of an EKG- P, QRS, T, U

 

 

 

Artifact

Life threatening arrhythmias

    V-Tach

     PVC

     Asystole

     Atrial fib, Arterial Flutter

     Ventricular Fib, Flutter

 

 

 

Identify anatomy of heart

Trace blood flow through the heart

Trace the conduction of the heart

Label the rhythm of the heart Relate impulses with flow of blood

 

 

Set-up and operate EKG machine

Place 12 Lead correctly

Identify and correct EKG problems

 

Read an EKG

Label and measure P, QRS, T, U

Explain components/function of P, QRS, T, U

 

Identify and prevent artifact

Identify life threatening rhythms

 

 

 

Lab Simulation

Burdicks examination and credentialing-pass with 80%

 

Poster, handouts

 

Clinicals- complete 8 hours and perform 5 EKG’s

Essential Questions

Content

Skills

Assessments