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Become a Certified Electrocardiogram Technician (CET)

Begin your EKG technician career or refresh your knowledge in the field with the NPS Contactless Basic Intro to EKG Refresher Course. In this course you will learn how to:

  • Performing diagnostics test on patients
  • Monitoring patients blood pressure
  • Collecting medical data to be used by doctors
  • Administer test to determine the cardiovascular health of a patient

 

As advancements in medical technology rise, more employers are requiring national certification in the electrocardiography field each year. The course includes unlimited practice exams and three attempts to pass the national certification exam.

$600

Basic Intro to EKG
Refresher Course

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Program Includes:

  • Study Materials
  • Unlimited Practice Exams
  • Three Exam Attempts

Course Highlights

Basic EKG

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The entire course is completed in the NPS automated learning management system at your own pace. These certification materials will help prepare you to sit for the national certification exam.

Upon successful completion of the course, you will be provided with unlimited practice exams and one attempt to pass the national certification exam. Upon passing the CET Certification Exam, your credentials will automatically be submitted to the national registry, and you will be a Certified EKG Technician (CET).

All NPS initial & renewal certification exams are remote proctored.

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Electrocardiography certification materials

Complete study materials and unlimited practice exams

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National certification exam

Three attempts to pass the exam without retake fees

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Free professional resume builder available for all certified members

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Digital national electrocardiography certification

Provided immediately on our site.

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Immediate proof of certification

Once you have passed the certification exam, your certification is able to be printed and verified.

Take The EKG Refresher Course
&
Get CET Certified

Program Includes:
Study Materials  Unlimited Practice Exams  Three Exam Attempts
Program Includes:
  • Study Materials
  • Unlimited CET Practice Exams
  • Three Exam Attempts

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Electrocardiography certification materials

Complete study materials and unlimited practice exams

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National certification exam

Three attempts to pass the exam without retake fees

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Digital national electrocardiogram certification

Provided immediately on our site.

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Job placement assistance

The largest network of allied health recruiters & staffing agencies

Vector 1

Professional medically-driven resume

Free professional resume builder available for all certified members

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Immediate proof of certification

Once you have passed the certification exam, your certification is able to be printed and verified.

Take The EKG Refresher Course
&
Get CET Certified

Program Includes:
Study Materials  Unlimited Practice Exams  Three Exam Attempts
Program Includes:
  • Study Materials
  • Unlimited CET Practice Exams
  • Three Exam Attempts

Full Course Details

  • Basic anatomy and physiology of the heart
  • Cardiac electrophysiology
  • Automaticity, contractility, conductivity
  • The Action Potential: Depolarization and Repolarization
  • EKG basics – waves, intervals, segments
  • Reading the EKG
  • Measurements
  • Calculation of heart rate
  • Leads
  • Performing an EKG
  • Cardiac monitors
  • Normal EKG
  • Interpret EKG
  • Limitations and Uses of the EKG
  • Normal Sinus Rhythm
  • Normal Sinus P Wave
  • Normal Sinus QRS Complex in Chest Leads
  • Normal Sinus QRS Complex in Limb Leads
  • Normal Sinus ST Segment
  • Normal Sinus T Wave
  • Normal Sinus Rhythm
  • Sinus Bradycardia
  • Sinus Tachycardia
  • Sinus Arrhythmia
  • Escape Patterns
  • Sick Sinus Syndrome
  • Cardiac Enlargement
  • Acute Pericarditis
  • Pericardial Effusion
  • Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis
  • Myocarditis
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Right Bundle Branch Block (RBBB)
  • Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB)
  • Fascicular Blocks
  • Myocardial Injury
  • Myocardial Ischemia
  • Myocardial Blood Supply
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
  • STEMI and Acute Myocardial Infarction
  • Q Waves of Infarction
  • Localization of Infarction
  • Anterior Wall Q Waves
  • Inferior Wall Infarctions
  • Posterior Infarctions
  • Right Ventricular Infarctions
  • Q Waves: Normal or Abnormal
  • Ventricular Aneurysm
  • Silent Myocardial Infarctions
  • Subendocardial Ischemia
  • Angina pectoris (Stable Angina)
  • Stress Testing and Coronary Artery Disease
  • Silent Myocardial Ischemia
  • NSTEMI “Subendocardial Infarction”
  • Unstable Angina
  • Noninfarction Ischemia
  • Prinzmetal’s (Variant) Angina
  • Early Repolarization
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome
  • WPW Treatment
  • Premature Atrial Contraction (PAC)
  • Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia (PAT)
  • AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT)
  • AV Reentrant Tachycardia (AVRT)
  • Management of Acute PAT
  • Long-Term Management of PAT
  • Atrial Flutter
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Differentiation of Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation
  • Clinical Implications for Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation
  • Treatment of Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation
  • Premature Ventricular Contraction (PVC)
  • Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
  • Torsade des Pointes (TdP)
  • Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm (AIVR)
  • Ventricular Fibrillation (VF)
  • Cardiac Arrest
  • Clinical Causes of Cardiac Arrest
  • Sudden Cardiac Death
  • Degrees of Heart Block
  • First Degree AV Block: PR Interval Prolongation
  • Second Degree AV Block Syndromes
  • Third Degree (Complete) AV Block
  • Location of the Block
  • Onset and Progression of Block
  • 2:1 AV Block
  • Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter with AV Heart Block
  • Symptoms of Heart Block
  • Treatment
  • AV Heart Block in Acute MI
  • AV Dissociation Syndromes
  • Medications Used to Treat Arrhythmias
  • Psychotropic Medications
  • Digitalis Toxicity
  • Electrolyte Disturbances
  • Additional Metabolic Factors
  • ST-T Segment Repolarization Changes
  • Pacemakers
  • Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD)
  • Pacemaker and ICD Malfunction
  • Indications for a Pacemaker or ICD
  • Thirteen Specific EKG Features to Analyze
  • The EKG Report
  • Examples of EKG Interpretation Documentation
  • What Causes Chest Pain?
  • Exercise Stress Test
    • Risks
    • Before the Test
    • Placing the ECG leads
    • Beginning the Stress Test
    • After the Stress Test
  • Before the Test
  • Placing the ECG leads
    • Limb Lead Placement for ECG
      • During the Test
      • After the Test
    • Stress Echocardiogram
      • Before the Test
      • During the Test
      • After the Test
  • History
  • Modern Holter Monitors
  • Heart Conditions Detected via Holter Monitor
    • Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib):
    • Bradycardia:
    • Tachycardia:
    • Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT):
    • Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs):
    • Premature Atrial Contractions (PACs):
    • Non-sustained Ventricular Tachycardia (NSVT):
  • Placing the Holter Monitor
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