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Cardiac Care Technology Course

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What will I learn?

Take your heart care skills to the next level with our Cardiac Care Technology Course (Ghana). Learn the correct way to set up ECG machines, including how to put the electrodes in the right places and prepare the patient's skin properly. Become good at reading ECG results and spotting both normal and unusual heart patterns like atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. Get a good understanding of the 12-lead ECG, how it works, and what each lead does, making sure you record everything accurately and put it in the patient's file correctly. Improve how you talk to patients by explaining what you're doing and telling them what will happen next, in a way they can easily understand.

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Develop skills

Enhance the development of the practical skills listed below

Become an expert at ECG setup: Master putting electrodes in the correct place and preparing skin properly.

Be able to analyze ECG data: Spot normal and abnormal heart patterns accurately.

Know how to use a 12-lead ECG: Understand how the heart's electrical activity is measured and what each lead does.

Record ECG results properly: Make sure everything is written down correctly and added to patient files.

Talk to patients clearly: Explain what you are doing and the results in a way they can understand easily.

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Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

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  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

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This is a free course, aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.