12-Lead EKG Technician's Exam
Exam Summary:
This EKG Board Exam was developed specifically for EKG Technicians and Cardiac
Nurses working in hospitals and private practice cardiology diagnostic services.
Benefits of 12-Lead EKG Certification:
· Demonstrate
accountability to employers or potential employers
· Career
Advancement
· Potential
Income Incentive
Exam Preparation:
The ABCM provides a list of items to study for the 12-Lead EKG Board
Certification Exam and makes reading recommendations of approved reference
texts.
The ABCM provides practice Exams for the 12-Lead EKG Board Exam which can be found in our Resource Center.
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 12-Lead electrocardiography.
Sample Question:
This 72-year old woman presented with severe retrosternal pain shortly before
this tracing was taken. What are
her diagnoses? (Answer found at the
bottom of this page.)
a. first degree AV block
b. complete heart block and second
degree AV block type II
c. atrial premature beats
d. second degree AV block type I
and inferior wall myocardial infarction
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.
12-Lead EKG Workshops Available:
If you are interested in hosting a 12-Lead 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
12-Lead EKG Technician Awards
Certificate:
The ABCM issues 12-Lead 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 education hours in 12-Lead electrocardiography every
three years, and by paying the renewal fee of $100 USD.
History and the Need:
Our Founders, Dr. Henry J. L. Marriott and Jonni Cooper, with the assistance of
a team of Medical, Nursing, and Technical professionals, developed standards of
practice for 12-lead electrocardiography for anyone needing to demonstrate
proficiency at the 12-lead level.
It was particularly developed with the EKG Technician and Cardiac Nurse in mind
whose job it is to take the 12-lead and respond to any abnormalities they see
without delay.
Prior to these developments, there was no national standard with which to
measure the competency of a Cardiac Nurse or a 12-Lead EKG Technician.
Although it is their role to record, read and respond to the EKG, Cardiac
Nurses and EKG Technicians traditionally have not been required to demonstrate
accountability for this high profile role in cardiology.
They are given a tremendous responsibility for filtering all abnormal
EKGs to physicians and therefore must be as proficient as possible in order to
be effective. This exam should set
any employer at ease and help guide them with future program development for
their Cardiac Nurses and 12-Lead EKG Technicians.
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:
c. second degree AV block type I
and inferior wall myocardial infarction