Introduction to Cardiac Arrhythmias is designed to help you to develop beginning level skills in interpreting and analysing cardiac rhythm disturbances (cardiac arrhythmias).

The program was originally developed for students enrolled in subjects within the human sciences discipline. Therefore, you should note that all rhythm strips contained in the program have been recorded in adult humans in the acute care setting.

Animations have been used to link the altered electrocardiographic features of common arrhythmias to specific impulse formation or conduction abnormality. This approach will assist you to recognise cardiac rhythm disturbances and relate them to the altered impulse formation of conduction.

Authors: Jacqui Behan and David Glanville

System Requirements: Windows: Windows PC 200 MHz Pentium-based PC or compatible, 64MB of RAM, Windows 2000/XP, 16 bit colour display, 800 x 600 screen resolution, internet Explorer 5.5 or Mozilla Firefox 1.0, Flash Player Plug-in 7.0. Macintosh: 200MHZ PowerPC processor-based Mac, 64MB of RAM, Mac OS 9.1, 16 bit colour display, 800 x 600 screen resolution, internet Explorer 5.2, Safari 1.2 or Mozilla Firefox 1.0, Flash Player plug in 7.0.