Cardiac Rhythm Simulator

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Orientation to ECG and Cardiac Electrical Activity

Build the first mental model for what an ECG records and how electrical activity moves through the heart.

5 Lessons 40 min 0 / 5 complete

Learning outcomes

What this module builds

  • Understand what the ECG tracing represents before learning strip interpretation.
  • Connect anatomy, conduction, and lead perspective to later waveform reading.
  1. ECG vs EKG: History and What the Tracing Shows 7 min
  2. Heart Anatomy, Blood Flow, and Conduction 9 min
  3. How Depolarization and Repolarization Become ECG Waveforms 7 min
  4. Natural Pacemakers: SA Node, AV Node, Escape 9 min
  5. Why Lead Perspective Matters 8 min
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