Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
4İAY232EKG Management2+0+02309.09.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Associate Degree
Department / Program First and Emergency Aid
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The aim of this course is to ensure that students have a good level of ECG knowledge, that the findings in the ECG are associated with the diagnosis, and that pre-hospital diagnosis and treatment begin.
Course Content Introduction to the course, basic concepts of ECG, conduction system of the heart, ECG leads and electrical axis of the heart, ECG waves and evaluation of heart rhythm, evaluation of heart rate, rhythm analysis and normal sinus rhythm, early beats, bradyarrhythmias, and prehospital care, narrow QRS tachycardias with wide QRS, ECG changes in ACS, cardiac arrest rhythms, external pacemaker applications.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Hüseyin GÜRBÜZ
Name of Lecturers None
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources
Course Notes ECG and Arrhythmia Management in Prehospital Emergency Care; Ali EKŞI, Mehdi ZOGHİ, Agah ÇERTUĞ, Ege University Press-Bornova, İzmir-2014

Course Category
Health %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 2 14 28
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 2 14 28
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Practice 2 14 28
Final examination 1 4 4
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 3 90

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Knowing the basic concepts of EKG
2 Evaluation of heart rate and rhythm in EKG
3 To be able to recognize arrhythmias and plan treatments for treatment.
4 Ability to plan external pacemaker applications

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Course Description Basic concepts of ECG and cardiac monitoring - Basic concepts - Cardiac depolarization and repolarization - Cardiac monitoring - Cardiac monitoring sequence Obtaining course related resources
2 Conduction system of the heart - Conduction system of the heart - Parts of the conduction system of the heart (SA node, AV node, branches of his bundle, Purkinje fibers) ECG leads and electrical axis of the heart Reading related resources
3 Evaluation of ECG waves and heart rhythm - ECG waves (P wave, P-R interval, QRS complex, ST segment, T wave, Q-T interval, U wave) - Evaluation of heart rhythm Reading related resources
4 Evaluation of heart rate - Calculation of heart rate in a patient with regular heart rhythm (rate calculation with standard numbers by means of large and small squares between R-R waves) Reading related resources
5 Early beats - Early beats - Atrial premature beat (PAC) - Junction premature beat - Wandering pacemaker - Ventricular premature beat (PVC) - Prehospital approaches to ventricular premature beats Reading related resources
6 Bradyarrhythmias - SAD-induced bradyarrhythmias a- Sinus bradycardia b- SA block c- Sinusal arrest- arrest - AVD-induced bradyarrhythmias - Junctional escape rhythm Reading related resources
7 Prehospital emergency care in bradyarrhythmias - Bradyarrhythmias that may cause unstable findings - Prehospital diagnosis and emergency management in bradyarrhythmias Reading related resources
8 Midterm
9 Narrow QRS tachycardias - Sinus tachycardia - Atrial tachycardia - Atrial flutter - Atrial fibrillation - Artrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia (AVNRT) - Artrioventricular re-entrant Reading related resources
10 Wide QRS tachycardias - Conditions causing wide QRS in supraventricular tachycardias - WPW syndrome - Right and left bundle branch block - Ventricular tachycardias - Monoformic Ventricular tachycardia Reading related resources
11 Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) - Anamnesis and clinic in ACS - Unstable and stable angina - Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) - ECG specific changes (ischemia, injury, necrosis) - Localization of MI Reading related resources
12 Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) - Anamnesis and clinic in ACS - Unstable and stable angina - Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) - ECG specific changes (ischemia, injury, necrosis) - Localization of MI Reading related resources
13 Cardiac arrest rhythms - Ventricular fibrillation - Pulseless ventricular tachycardia - Asystole - Pulseless electrical activity (NEA) Prehospital cardiac arrest management Reading related resources
14 Principles of external pacemaker application - Indications - External pacemaker technique ECG changes in the patient with pacemaker - Normal pacing rhythm - Pacemaker dysfunctions Vagal maneuver Reading related resources

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
All 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4
C1
C2
C3
C4

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant