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Tuition: $99 ($89 early bird special if enrolled by July 23, 2024) Enroll in both modules by August 13, 2024 and receive a 15% discount off the original course price. * Students currently enrolled in an AVMA accredited or CVMA approved Veterinary Technician Program may be eligible to receive a 50% discount off the regular rate for this course (upon verification of student status). Prices are listed in US dollars.

Course Information:
This is module 1 of a two-part course designed to cover the essentials of electrocardiograph (ECG) interpretation. Basic knowledge of the cardiovascular system and physiologic components is highly recommended as we will only cover basic anatomy and physiology briefly in this intermediate-level course. Participants completing both modules of this course will be exposed to the basic elements of ECG interpretation (Lead II) including a review of the conduction system of the heart, the ECG/EKG waveform, normal rhythms, cardiac arrhythmias, and nursing care of abnormal cardiac events.

• Illustrate cardiac anatomy
• Demonstrate normal blood flow through the heart
• Describe the conduction system
• Describe the properties of cardiac muscle
• Demonstrate ECG lead wire placement
• Describe standard patent positioning for diagnostic ECG
• Interpret ECG paper readings
• Understand how to calculate the rate from an ECG recording
• Differentiate amplitude and duration
• Recognize normal ECG waveforms for canine and feline patients
• Recognize normal sinus rhythms
• Recognize sinus arrhythmia
• Recognize sinus tachycardia

RACE Accreditation: This program has been RACE approved for 4.5 hours of continuing education credit for veterinary technicians/technologists in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. (20-1213960

Week 2 (Real Time Session August 20): Recording ECGs
This week, we will demonstrate ECG lead wire placement and describe the standard patient positioning for a diagnostic ECG. We will learn to interpret ECG paper leads, discuss calculation rates from an ECG recording, and differentiate amplitude and duration.

Week 3 (Real Time Session August 27): What is Normal for Our Canine and Feline Patients?
In this session, we will learn to recognize normal ECG waveforms for canine and feline patients. We will learn to recognize normal sinus rhythms, sinus arrhythmia, and sinus tachycardia.

Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required to earn a certificate of completion for the course. To learn more about the requirements for earning a CE certificate, please refer to Receiving Your CE Credit and Course Completion Certificate.

1. Enrollment qualifications: VIN CE courses are open to VIN member and non-member veterinarians. Veterinarians enrolling in a VSPN CE course must be a VIN member. Veterinary support staff must be a VSPN member to enroll in a VSPN CE or a VIN CE course open to VSPN member enrollment.
2. Each enrollee must be able to receive emails from @vspn.org and @vin.com addresses. Email is our major form of communication with participants; personal emails are highly recommended rather than clinic/hospital email addresses.
3. For further assistance call 800-846-0028 ext.792 or email VSPNCE. Please include the course title, your full name, and contact information in your correspondence.