Rapid Interpretation of EKG’s, Fifth Edition
Posted by admin | Posted in Nursing | Posted on 10-08-2010
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YES! You have the right book!!
For thirty (30!) years the world’s best seller (printed in 28 languages), RAPID INTERPRETATION OF EKG’s is the most popular and most referenced of all EKG (ECG) texts. But beware… success breeds imitations.
Competitors, aware of its longstanding success, imitate this classic by using synonyms for RAPID or INTERPRETATION or by substituting “ECG’s” for EKG’s. Don’t be deceived by the numerous look-alikes with enticing titles. There is only one RAPID INTERPRETATION OF EKG’s.
Now it is the most current text of its kind, since it is updated yearly. Extensively illustrated and simplified to assure rapid comprehension, an entire chapter is easily consumed and mastered in a sitting. In the process of learning EKG interpretation, the reader gains a deeper understanding of cardiac physiology. Emphasis is on UNDERSTANDING rather than memorizing, so readers quickly acquire a lifetime of practical knowledge.
Rapid Interpretation of EKG’s, Fifth Edition
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I was never sent the product. I was informed that it was “undeliverable” although I gave you the correct address information.
I was not given the opportunity to correspond before my order was cancelled, and no one responded to my e-mail.
I was extremely disappointed in the services that were never provided.
Rating: 1 / 5
The product was never sent. I e-mailed the supplier X3 per Amazon’s policy and the seller never responded to my inquiriers. When I contacted Amazon, they did follow-up for me and refunded my $$.
Very disappointing that this happened.
I would rate it zero stars for service through this supplier (not Amazon, it was a used book purchase)
Rating: 1 / 5
The time of delivery was excellent and the product arrived in excellent condition. It is what our physician expected and is being used to train our technicians and nurses.
Rating: 2 / 5
This should have been one of the ‘for the dummies’ series. It’s written like a book for a kindergartner, and unless you enjoy those types of books that automatically assume you know absolutely nothing (and I mean ‘NOTHING’ at all), you will go crazy reading this book. This book will give you surface knowledge (not understanding) that is just enough to make you appear smart in front of other kindergartners. If you want to actually learn and understand EKG, go for other books. I think simplicity is always the way to go, but you are talking about mental-retardation-quality simplicity in this book. I am surprised that Dr. Dubin doesn’t start the book w/ lessons of alphabets and numbers.
If you think that you can learn faster because this book is ultra simple, that’s a wrong reason to pick up this book. Even for a very simple concept, this book will spend tens of pages to make concepts even more obvious. It’s like this: instead of teaching you that 1+1=2, it will show you pictures of an orange and ask you what it is. And then next page, it will show you another picture of orange and ask you what it is. The next page, it will tell you that the two pictures you saw are oranges, not apples. The next page, they will show you an apple and tell you that they are not oranges. On the next page, they will put the two oranges together and ask you again what they are. On the next page, they will tell you that they are oranges. On the next page, they will put 2 apples together and tell you that they are apples, not oranges. On the next page, they will tell you that there are now 2 oranges. On the next page, they will ask you how many oranges there are. You answer 2. On the next page, it will tell you “good job!” and tell you that 1+1=2. If this is not frustrating, this book is for you. If you have no hair left by this point, you don’t want this.
Rating: 1 / 5
This book was somewhat helpful for learning how to interpret EKG’s. It could be a primary resource for EMT students. Medical students will probably need a more detailed resource to explain more detailed concepts, such as action potentials. Unfortunately, while searching for this book, I found out that Dale Dubin was convicted in 1986 on drug and child pornography charges, and sentenced to five years in federal prison. You can google “Dale Dubin convicted” or check out snopes.com for the story. The book was good, but if I had know what he did, I would not want to support his book. What a disappointment.
Rating: 1 / 5