Emergency EKG Board Certification Exam
Emergency EKG Board Certification Exam
Exam Summary:
The Emergency EKG Exam was developed specifically for Emergency Department
Physicians reading Emergency electrocardiograms in hospital settings.
Ideal for Medical Professors teaching the Cardiac Emergencies and for Cardiology
Fellowship Programs Directors, Physician’s Assistants and
Advanced Nurse Practitioners working in Cardiology arenas.
Cost: $250 or $200 for 5 or more
Benefits of Emergency EKG Certification
· Read
on a Hospital EKG Panel
· Demonstrate
to Employers your Emergency EKG Reading Skills
· Career
Advancement
· Potential
Income Incentive
Exam Preparation:
The ABCM provides a list of items to study for the Emergency ECG Board
Certification Exam and makes reading recommendations of approved reference
texts.
The ABCM provides an Emergency EKG Practice Exams found in our Exam Prep
Material section of this web site.
Exam Results:
After your Exam is completed, the ABCM will process your score and send results
to you within three weeks, along with a list of those diagnoses you had trouble
with in the exam. This valuable feedback provides our Exam clients
with the information they need to further their study in emergency and advanced
electrocardiography.
Sample Question:
Give your full analysis of the cardiac emergency represented in the 12-lead EKG
below.
Exam Locations:
The EKG Board Certification Exams are now available in your home city or town by
proctor. Travel has become cost prohibitive for many and time off is often
difficult for many. We are therefore making every effort to ensure this
vital Board Certification Exam is
easily available.
Emergency EKG Workshops Available:
If you are interested in hosting an Emergency EKG Workshop, we recommend you
contact the Marriott Heart Foundation who will help you plan any level of EKG
course and we will work with them to bring the Exams to your doorstep. To
start the process call:
(813)394-4968 or email: info@ecgcertify.org
Emergency EKG Awards Certificate:
The ABCM issues Emergency EKG
Awards Certificates to those achieving a 70% or higher score on the Exams.
These frameable Awards Certificates are good for a three-year renewable
period with proof of 30 continuing medical education hours in emergency
electrocardiography every three years, and by paying the renewal fee of $75 USD.
History and the Need:
One of our Founders, Dr. Henry J. L. Marriott developed the first Advanced ECG
Panel Reader’s Exam in 1969, which he assisted us in merging with a new Advanced
Certification Exam in 1992. Prior
to these developments, there was no standard with which to measure the
competency of a physician whose professional role demands s/he be proficient in
reading electrocardiograms both simple and very complex.
Due to the fact that anywhere from 12-20% of patients with acute coronary
syndromes were sent home from emergency departments undiagnosed, drove the ABCM
to develop standards for emergency electrocardiography.
From theses standards they developed the only Emergency
Electrocardiography Exam in existence in 1995.
Current EKG Exams Available:
1. Advanced EKG Physician Panel
Reader’s Exam
2. Emergency EKG Physician Exam
3. 12-Lead EKG for CCU Nurse’s and
EKG Technician’s Exam
4. Basic EKG for Telemetry & Chest
Pain Center Nurse’s Exam
5. Cardiac Monitor Technician’s
Exam
Several thousand Physicians, Nurses and Technicians on an International scale
have demonstrated their proficiency by passing one or more of these Board
Certification Exams.
Answer to Sample Question:
NSR with inverted U waves are present in V4-V5 (suggestive of myocardial
ischemia), and low voltage T waves in standard lead 1 and V6 suggestive of
lateral wall ischemia, and a down-sloping and inverted T wave in aVL also
suggestive of lateral wall ischemia.
In addition there is a T wave in V1 that is the same size or taller than
the T wave in V6 which is another sign of myocardial ischemia.