UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT OLIVE

DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND LEISURE STUDIES

RLS 231 FIELD TRAINING
Fall 2020
Hybrid Online/Lab
ECG
The Basic Level

Instructor: Dr. Mark Deaton & Jaime Kylis Higginbotham

Email: mdeaton@umo.edu; jkylis@moc.edu
Phone: 919-658-2502; 919-658-7870
Office: 547 Waylin Center (next to the Inn)
Office Hours: faculty schedules posted on Moodle & Office door
Department Chair: Dr. Jill Mills (jmills@umo.edu)

COURSE DESCRIPTION (3 sh).

In this course, students spend a minimum of 40 work-hours per semester hour credit to obtain a
first-hand working knowledge in the field. Prerequisites: RLS major or minor, successful
completion of an RLS foundations course: RLS 111, 171, 200, or 205 or PED 141.

REQUIRED ONLINE ECG COURSE

 http://www.ecgacademy.com
 Box of alcohol wipes
 Pack of electrodes
*If student needs to use financial aid, please see Brad Evans in the Business Office for assistance

Student Learning Outcomes Means of Assessment

Upon successful completion of this course, This outcome will be indicated by successful:
students should be able to: 1. Homework assignments related to
practical skills needed by exercise
1. To provide the opportunity for the science professions
student to explore settings, 2. Hands on experience via labs
populations, or areas of specialization 3. Final practical exam
in which he/she may be interested in
focusing his/her career emphasis in a
recreation, leisure, clinical,
educational, fitness or sports setting.

2. To enable the student to broaden

his/her understanding of their chosen
professional emphasis.

3. To introduce the student to the

practical application of theory in their
chosen professional emphasis.
 4. To provide the student with the
opportunity to gain hands-on
leadership experience and begin to
develop knowledge, skills and abilities
appropriate for working with people
of all ages and backgrounds.

5. To enhance the student’s

communication skills through this
service learning experience.

6. To discover the role of research and

evaluation in the practitioner’s setting.

7. To help the student gain an

understanding and appreciation of the
role and responsibilities of a full-time
professional through research and
application.

8. To facilitate a good working

relationship between the University of
Mount Olive and the partnering
agencies.

Course Goals (Exercise Science Specific):

1. To introduce the student to the basic skills (knowledge, skills, & abilities) required by
an exercise science professional.
2. To enable the student to broaden his/her understanding of the exercise science
profession through hands on skills.

Assessment (point Description

value)
Homework The online ECG course offers 3-5 videos, each 5-15 minutes
long that cover a particular topic.
Quizzes/Exam Each section of the ECG course offers a short quiz to reinforce
the information and to measure proficiency. At the end of the
course there is a final exam.
Essential ChalkTalks ChalkTalks from the ECG course are designed to practice
analyzing unknown tracings.
Lab activities / Practical Each skill learned from the ECG course will prepare you for a
experience final practical application. You will complete this course by
demonstrating skills learned from the online course. The
practical final will be conducted in the Exercise Science Lab.
 Certificate Completion of the online program qualified the paid
participant to receive a “Certificate of Completion”

COURSE REQUIREMENTS (PER HOUR OF FIELD TRAINING)

All students will be required to successfully complete the following:

ECG Academy Course Requirements (Certificate)

Practical Demonstration of Skill (UMO Exercise Science Lab)

GRADING SCALE

Number Letter GPA

93-100 A 4.0
90-92 A- 3.7
87-89 B+ 3.3
83-86 B 3.0
80-82 B- 2.7
77-79 C+ 2.3
70-76 C 2.0
60-69 D 1.0
59-below F 0.0

Students must abide by the University of Mount Olive academic policies. Links to these
policies and available academic resources are available on Moodle.

ATTENDANCE POLICY
Class attendance is prerequisite for achieving the course objectives and required by the
university policy as stated in the UMO catalog, which can be viewed on the UMO web page,
under “Academics”. The attendance policy in the UMO manual is not specific in terms of how
many days you can miss before penalty.

TARDY POLICY
You are expected to arrive to class on time and to be prepared for class. Lab officially starts
when the group has started speaking/presenting.

E-MAIL AND MOODLE COMMUNICATION

UMO e-mail is the only acceptable form of e-mail communication for students and instructors.
Students may expect messages from the instructor on this account. Failure to check your UMO
e-mail account and Moodle shell is not an acceptable excuse for missing messages.
8 WEEK SCHEDULE

Week 1: ECG Education/Online

Week 2: ECG Education/Online
Week 3: ECG Education/Online
Week 4: ECG Education/Online
Week 5: ECG Education/Online
Week 6: ECG Education/Online
Week 7: ECG Education/Online
Week 8: Final Evaluation of skills (hand-on) in the lab

ECG ACADEMY COURSE TOPICS

INTRODUCTION
 What is the ECG Academy?
ENGINEERING CONCEPTS
 Basic electrical concepts – what is electricity
 Electrical circuits
 How we record electrical events
INTRO TO THE HEART
 Cardiac tissues and electricity
 Cardiac Action Potentials
 3-D Anatomy of the heart
 Cardiac conduction system
 Electrical events of the heart
ECG RECORDING BASICS
 ECG recording systems
 ECG electrode: correct placement
 ECG electrodes: incorrect placement
 Intrinsic problems with ECG systems: Artifacts
ECG LEAD BASICS
 The basics of ECG “leads”
 Frontal or Limb leads
 Chest or Precordial leads
THE NORMAL ECG
 The ECG signal: First impressions
 Analyzing size and timing/duration of signals
 Determining heart rate
 ECG Interval measurements 1
 ECG Interval measurements 2: Practice
NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM
 Recognizing NSR
 Sinus bradycardia / sinus tachycardia
 Sinus arrhythmia
SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION
 Sinus bradycardia
 Sinus pause / sinus arrest
 SA Exit Block
AV NODE DYSFUNCTION
 Basic concepts of AV block
 First degree AV block
 Second degree AV block
 Third degree AV block
INTRAVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES
 Concepts of intraventricular conduction
 Types of IVCDs
 Functional / Rate-related IVCDs: “Aberrant conduction”
PREMATURE BEATS
 Concepts of premature beats
 Atrial premature beats
 Ventricular premature beats
 Other premature beats
ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA
 Definitions of atrial tachycardia
  Sustained supraventricular tachycardia
 Atrial tachycardia with AV Block
 Atrial tachycardia with aberrant conduction
 Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia / Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
ATRIAL FLUTTER
 Diagnosing atrial flutter
 Atrial flutter with 2:1 conduction
 Unusual forms of atrial flutter
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
 Introduction to atrial fibrillation
 Examples of atrial fibrillation
 Atrial fibrillation with aberrant conduction
VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIAS
 Ventricular tachyarrhythmias - definitions
 Accelerated idioventricular rhythm
 Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia
 Polymorphic VT / ventricular fibrillation
 Approach to Wide Complex Tachycardia