title: Cardiac care: 1. Interpretation of electrocardiogram rhythm strips.
abstract: This is the first in a series of three papers that aim to explain the anatomy and physiology related to cardiac conductivity and to describe some common and less common arrhythmias that ward nurses may come across. This first paper examines the background to ECG monitoring, the anatomy and physiology of the heart and ECG recording and interpretation.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust, London.
authors.forename: Brendan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Docherty
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Douglas
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans