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Jay Mohan on Instagram: "USE THE MAP- EKG basics 

💡 To be good at EKG interpretation you need to have a solid foundation and you have to be dedicated to looking at thousands of them (and be ok with getting a bunch wrong- as everyone in medicine does). Every patient you ever see you should be individually assessing the EKG. Do your best to avoid looking at the computer read! I don’t know how many times I get called based on the computer read for MIs, Afib, etc. If you know basics you can get through the majority of an EKG. Leave the advanced tracings to cardiology, but every physician to be able to get through the basics (rate, rhythm, axis, intervals, ST segments)

🗺️ To understand EKGs you have to understand the map. The key to the map is knowing where the leads are located on the body Telemetry Nursing, Ekg Interpretation, Med Student, Cardiology, Med School, Medical Education, Do Your Best, Medical School, I Don T Know

Jay Mohan on Instagram: "USE THE MAP- EKG basics 💡 To be good at EKG interpretation you need to have a solid foundation and you have to be dedicated to looking at thousands of them (and be ok with getting a bunch wrong- as everyone in medicine does). Every patient you ever see you should be individually assessing the EKG. Do your best to avoid looking at the computer read! I don’t know how many times I get called based on the computer read for MIs, Afib, etc. If you know basics you can…

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