OVERVIEW

Hospital Medicine – EKG: AV Block/Dissociation; Inferior/Posterolateral MIs; Lethal Dysrhythmias/Heart Disease is organized by American Medical Seminars (AMS), Inc. This course has been approved for the maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Original Release Date: July 1, 2019
Expiration Date: July 1, 2022

Topics & Objectives:
TOPIC 1: 3rd Degree AV Block and AV Dissociation.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP

• Distinguish a 3rd degree AV block from a simple AV dissociation.
• Discuss capture beats and fusion beats and demonstrate their utility in the diagnosis of AV dissociation and its differentiation from 3rd degree AV block.
• Relate the differences between a junctional escape pacemaker and a ventricular escape pacemaker.
• Illustrate the differences between a 3rd degree AV block in the AV node and one in the infranodal regions.

TOPIC 2: Inferior MIs and Posterolateral MIs.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP

• Detect ST elevations indicating acute inferior epicardial ischemia
• List two other areas of the heart commonly affected when inferior epicardial ischemia is evident
• Distinguish between anterior subendocardial ischemia and posterolateral epicardial ischemia
• Recommend a preferred approach to a patient with chest pain and a non-diagnostic admission 12-lead ECG

TOPIC 3: Two Signs of Potentially Lethal Dysrhythmias and Two Signs of Potentially Lethal Heart Disease.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL, COMP

• Detect the ECG changes of Brugada Syndrome
• Detect changes suggestive of hyperkalemia
• Detect the changes of Wellens Syndrome
• Detect de Winter T wave changes and relate their importance

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

ACCREDITATION & CREDITS

5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

FACULTY

Jerry W. Jones

MD, FACEP, FAAEMEmergency Medicine, Internal Medicine

SPECIALITIES

CardiologyHospital Medicine

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