Week 14 - Care to guess?!

It occurred to me this morning as I was about to post your week 14 blog, that maybe it was time for a little break!  As such, I want you each to e-mail me a short status update about how you are marching through Cardiology and what you need some extra help on.  I have a couple classes coming up that I am going to be teaching, so if you have any suggestions of stuff to go over to help you guys understand something more, please let me know!

Week 13 - Cardiac Ablation Procedure

Watch the following video on Cardiac Ablation, and then answer the questions below.  Your responses are due NLT 26 APR 12.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubK1n9F1aFY&feature=relmfu

1.  About how long does a typical cardiac ablation procedure take?
2.  What is the function of the blue wire?
3.  What is the function of the red tube?
4.  How long does the actual ablation usually take?
5.  How long is a typical hospital stay for the procedure?

Week 12 - GIK Study

Class:

Below is a link to an article that was published by JEMS (Journal of Emergency Medical Services) in late March.  This article discusses a clinical trial that was conducted with a cocktail of drugs called GIK.  Please review the article, and write a short summary of the results of the study and how it could affect you as future Paramedics.

This assignment will be due NLT 19 APR 2012.

http://cl.ly/0y3j1o2c2C330f1f2U1A

Week 11 - HAPPY EASTER!

 Please watch the video below on the Cardiac Conduction System and then answer the questions that are listed below. 

Your responses are due to me NTL 12 APR 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUQJTEEJSPI

1.  What does the term "action potential" represent?
2.  In a normal heart, each beat begins where?
3.  Which node is the hearts natural pacemaker?
    a.  AV Node
    b.  SV Node
    c.  SA Node
    d.  VS Node
4.  Which segment of the EKG represents depolarization of the ventricles?
5.  Ventricular repolarization is represented by what on the EKG?