EP Program for Allied Health Professionals
Instructors
Mark Sweesy
FHRS, CCDS, CEPS, RCES - President & Director of Education
James Holland
MS, CCDS - Technical Director
Kimber Walters
RN, BSN, CCDS, MBA - Clinical Director
Tristan Pendergrass
CCDS, CEPS - Clinical Applications Coordinator
EP for the Allied Health Professional is a 5 day program that will give Allied Professionals the fundamentals/foundation of Electrophysiology. The course will include the following content: The Cardiac Conduction System, EP Principles, Tachycardia Mechanisms, Action Potential, Ion Channels, Entrainment, Differential Pacing Maneuvers, Atrial Fib, Cardiac Mapping, Physics of Ablation, HIS, Selective HIS Bachmann’s Bundle Pacing, Reentrant Tachycardias: Bypass Tracts, AVNRT, Atrial Flutter, A-Fib, VT, EP IEGM’s. Biosense Webster and Abbott will conduct training on their mapping systems as well as review case studies. This program is geared toward anyone who would like to gain knowledge in the EP space.
Tuition Cost: The cost of the course is $995.00 which includes a textbook and a tablet loaded with all of the PowerPoint slides.
Course Agenda:
Day 1
8:30-9:30 Introductions – Tablet Instructions – Kimber & Staff
9:30-10:30 The Cardiac Conduction System - Mark
10:30-11:30 Underlying EP Principles & Tachycardia Mechanisms - Mark
11:30-1:00 Lunch with Faculty
1:00-2:00 Action Potentials and Ion Channels - Jim
2:00-3:00 Entrainment & Differential Pacing Maneuvers - Jim
3:00-4:00 EP Terms - Tristan
Day 2
8:30-9:30 Atrial Fibrillation Original (Part I) - Mark
9:30-10:30 Atrial Fibrillation Original (Part II) – Mark
10:30-11:30 Cardiac Mapping - Jim
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Physics of Ablation (Rf, Cryo & Alternate Energies) & Ablation Procedures - Tristan
2:00-3:00 Visual Guide to EP (Part I) – Jim
3:00-4:00 HIS, Selective HIS and Bachmann’s Bundle Pacing - Tristan
Day 3
8:30-9:30 Reentrant Tachycardias (Bypass Tracts, AVNRT) - Mark
9:30-10:30 Reentrant Tachycardias (Atrial Flutter, A-Fib & VT) - Mark
10:30-11:30 EP IEGM’s - Jim
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Device Implants - Tristan
2:00-3:00 Visual Guide to EP (Part II) - Jim
3:00-4:00 VT – Tristan
Day 4 Saturday
8:30-11:30 BWI Carto III Mapping System
Day 5 Sunday
8:30-11:30 Abbott Precision Mapping System
