CSA 306 - Medical Assistant 1: EKG Techniques
Course Description
This course introduces students to the EKG profession. It provides students with the fundamentals they need to work in hospitals, clinics, emergency and trauma centers, private physician’s offices, out-patient centers, and extended nursing care facilities. Students will be trained to operate and adjust EKG monitors and understand the results of the electrocardiograph recordings. Topics include anatomy and diseases of the heart, Holter Monitoring, interpreting and reading EKG recordings. This course is part one of four program components:
Part 1: EKG Techniques (28 hours)
Part 2: Phlebotomy Techniques (64 hours)
Part 3: Clinical Techniques (68 hours)
Part 4: Externship (160 hours - full time schedule)
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE To be determined.
Registration
Students must have an approved Medical Assistant Application in order to enroll in this course. Follow the instructions on the Medical Assistant (MA) Certificate page to get started.
Materials
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Royal blue scrubs
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Comfortable, closed toe, slip safe sneakers
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Analog watch
Textbooks
- Hartman's Medical Terminology: The Basics
- Author: Hartman Publishing, Inc.
- Publisher: Hartman Publishing, Inc.
- Edition no.: 1st edition
- ISBN-10: 1604251719
- Amazon Link
- Hartman's Complete Guide for the Phlebotomy Technician
- Author: Hartman Publishing, Inc.
- Publisher: Hartman Publishing, Inc.
- Edition no.: 2nd edition
- ISBN-10: 1604251654
- Amazon Link
- Workbook for Hartman's Complete Guide for the Phlebotomy Technician
- Author: Hartman Publishing, Inc.
- Publisher: Hartman Publishing, Inc.
- Edition no.: 2nd edition
- ISBN-10: 1604251662
- Amazon Link
- Hartman's Medical Assisting: The Basics
- Author: Hartman Publishing, Inc.
- Publisher: Hartman Publishing, Inc.
- Edition no.: 1st edition
- ISBN-10: 1604251484
- Amazon Link
- Workbook for Hartman's Medical Assisting: The Basics
- Author: Hartman Publishing, Inc.
- Publisher: Hartman Publishing, Inc.
- Edition no.: 1st edition
- ISBN-10: 1604251492
- Amazon Link
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Medical Assistant (MA) : Medical Assistant Certificate
