Clinical Workshop : How to read the Normal ECG and how do Athletes' ECGs differ? | A/Prof Peter Kas (90 mins)
Tracks
Lake 1&2
| Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Lake 1&2 |
Overview
The ECG of the athlete poses a specific and specialised challenge. We must be able to distinguish pathological changes from the physiological changes associated with physical training and cardiac remodelling.
Our aim is to prevent the erroneous attribution of heart disease to an otherwise physiological variant. More importantly, we don’t want potentially life threatening cardiac conditions being erroneously dismissed as normal variants.
In this session we will compare and contrast a series of ECGs both in the normal population and in the athlete population.
(90 mins)
Speaker
AProf Peter Kas
Director of Emergency Medical Training
Queensland Health
How to read the Normal ECG and how do Athletes’ ECGs differ
Biography
Associate Professor Peter Kas is a Senior Emergency Physician and Director of Emergency Medical Training at Bundaberg Hospital. He is the editor of www.resus.com.au and a well known educator. He has developed 'The ECG in 20 Seconds' approach, is the author of 'Own the ECG' and has an interest in Resuscitation Medicine, Arrhythmias and ECG reading.
