EKG reference guide -
This is our online EKG interpretation cheat sheet! Select a EKG rhythm below to view that abnormal rhythm's features (values) along with a example EKG strip (q wave). Our EKG courses provide additional training for each abnormality.
Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm
![Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/259.png)
Accelerated Junctional Rhythm
![Accelerated Junctional Rhythm](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/43.png)
Asystole
![Asystole](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/33.png)
Atrial Fibrillation
![Atrial Fibrillation](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/40.png)
Atrial Flutter
![Atrial Flutter](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/8.png)
Bundle Branch Block
![Bundle Branch Block](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/68.png)
First Degree Heart Block
![First Degree Heart Block](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/255.png)
Idioventricular Rhythm
![Idioventricular Rhythm](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/94.png)
Junctional Escape Rhythm
![Junctional Escape Rhythm](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/13.png)
Junctional Tachycardia
![Junctional Tachycardia](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/248.png)
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia
![Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/16.png)
Normal Sinus Rhythm
![Normal Sinus Rhythm](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/70.png)
Pacemaker Failure to Capture
![Pacemaker Failure to Capture](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/103.png)
Pacemaker Failure to Pace
![Pacemaker Failure to Pace](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/241.png)
Pacemaker Single Chamber Atrial
![Pacemaker Single Chamber Atrial](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/101.png)
Premature Atrial Complex
![Premature Atrial Complex](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/136.png)
Premature Junctional Complex
![Premature Junctional Complex](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/23.png)
Premature Ventricular Complex
![Premature Ventricular Complex](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/9.png)
Premature Ventricular Complex Bigeminy
![Premature Ventricular Complex Bigeminy](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/55.png)
Premature Ventricular Complex Quadrigeminy
![Premature Ventricular Complex Quadrigeminy](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/24.png)
Premature Ventricular Complex Trigeminy
![Premature Ventricular Complex Trigeminy](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/61.png)
Second Degree Heart Block Type I
![Second Degree Heart Block Type I](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/311.png)
Second Degree Heart Block Type II
![Second Degree Heart Block Type II](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/313.png)
Sinoatrial Block
![Sinoatrial Block](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/17.png)
Sinus Arrest
![Sinus Arrest](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/73.png)
Sinus Arrhythmia
![Sinus Arrhythmia](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/64.png)
Sinus Bradycardia
![Sinus Bradycardia](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/113.png)
Sinus Tachycardia
![Sinus Tachycardia](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/31.png)
Supraventricular Tachycardia
![Supraventricular Tachycardia](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/276.png)
Third Degree Heart Block
![Third Degree Heart Block](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/146.png)
Ventricular Fibrillation
![Ventricular Fibrillation](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/5.png)
Ventricular Tachycardia
![Ventricular Tachycardia](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/169.png)
Ventricular Tachycardia Monomorphic
![Ventricular Tachycardia Monomorphic](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/6.png)
Ventricular Tachycardia Polymorphic
![Ventricular Tachycardia Polymorphic](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/151.png)
Ventricular Tachycardia Torsade de Pointes
![Ventricular Tachycardia Torsade de Pointes](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/122.png)
Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
![Wandering Atrial Pacemaker](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/135.png)
Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome
![Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/ekg50/19.png)
Authors and Reviewers
- ECG heart rhythm modules: Thomas O'Brien.
- ECG monitor simulation developer: Steve Collmann
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12 Lead Course: Dr. Michael Mazzini, MD.
- Spanish language ECG: Breena R. Taira, MD, MPH
- Medical review: Dr. Jonathan Keroes, MD
- Medical review: Dr. Pedro Azevedo, MD, Cardiology
- Last Update: 11/8/2021
Sources
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Electrocardiography for Healthcare Professionals, 6th Edition
Kathryn Booth and Thomas O'Brien
ISBN10: 1265013470, ISBN13: 9781265013479
McGraw Hill, 2023 -
Rapid Interpretation of EKG's, Sixth Edition
Dale Dublin
Cover Publishing Company -
EKG Reference Guide
EKG.Academy -
12 Lead EKG for Nurses: Simple Steps to Interpret Rhythms, Arrhythmias, Blocks, Hypertrophy, Infarcts, & Cardiac Drugs
Aaron Reed
Create Space Independent Publishing -
Heart Sounds and Murmurs: A Practical Guide with Audio CD-ROM 3rd Edition
Elsevier-Health Sciences Division
Barbara A. Erickson, PhD, RN, CCRN -
The Virtual Cardiac Patient: A Multimedia Guide to Heart Sounds, Murmurs, EKG
Jonathan Keroes, David Lieberman
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkin)
ISBN-10: 0781784425; ISBN-13: 978-0781784429 - Project Semilla, UCLA Emergency Medicine, EKG Training Breena R. Taira, MD, MPH
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ECG Reference Guide
PracticalClinicalSkills.com
ECG Reference Guide