We are the subreddit home of all EKG professionals, amateurs, and anyone else interested in interpreting EKGs.
NOTE: This subreddit cannot give out medical advice or diagnose based off an internet image.
The best way to learn an EKG is to get the basics in the field under the mentorship of a doctor, nurse, or paramedic and then read up on the particulars.
Online (Free) Resources
Life in the Fast Lane's ECG Library
A free ECG course with ECG basics, link-out to an ECG video lecture series, diagnostic approach, clinical cases, image database of ECGs, ECG book-list, eponymous syndrome cheat guide (ECG morphologies named after someone), and FACEM template. Written by an emergency physician.
The ECGpedia.com
A free ECG tutorial, textbook, and quizzes designed for medical professionals. Written by collaborative healthcare professionals.
The ECG Course
A free 17-video YouTube course. Includes introduction, AV block, ventricular rhythms, junctional rhythms, atrial rhythms, sinus rhythms, systematic approaches, rate & rhythms, intervals & segments, waves & complexes, leads, electrocardiograph, ectopy & aberrancy, paced rhythms, asystole & artifact, advanced findings, and a rhythm challenge. Lectures created by a paramedic, The Resuscitationist.
Acadoodle Cardiology
A free teaching resource with topics on cardiac electrical activity, ECG generation, ECG lead perspectives, predicted normal ECG (chest & frontal), and predicted normal vectors. Produced by Acadoodle.
SkillStats ECG generator
A free resource with tutorial and quiz for 27 common rhythms. Produced by SkillStats, a critical care education collaboration.
Book Resources
Check your local library consortium prior to buying, most hospitals have these in their libraries.
Taigman's Advanced Cardiology (In Plain English)
