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Everyday Excellence: Enhance Diagnostic Confidence with Advanced ECG & Chest X-Ray Interpretation


Speaker:
Paul Langlois, APN, PhD, CCRN, CCNS
Duration:
Full Day
Format:
Audio and Video
Product Code:
LWC078120
Brochure Code:
PWZ94687
Media Type:
Live Webinar - Also available: Digital Seminar

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Normal Price:      $249.99 - Now:  $49.99 - Exclusive offer when combined with this live training.

Description

  • Master high-level 12-lead ECG patterns across a range of clinical scenarios
  • Mitigate chest x-ray errors with advanced interpretation techniques
  • Integrate evidence-based diagnostic guidelines
  • Sharpen clinical decision making and expand professional autonomy

Whether you’re working in primary care, urgent care, or acute settings, NPs, PAs, and RNs play a pivotal role in early recognition and management of critical conditions. Mastering diagnostic tools like the 12-lead ECG and chest x-ray is essential for accurate assessment, timely intervention, and improved patient outcomes.

Even experienced clinicians can find interpretation of these tools challenging. This high-impact, evidence-based one-day seminar will provide you with practical, actionable skills through real-world patient case studies and current best practice guidelines.

Key Findings You’ll Learn:

12-Lead ECG Interpretation

  • Myocardial infarction and ischemia
  • Arrhythmias
  • Bundle branch blocks
  • Electrolyte disturbances
  • Pericarditis and brugada syndrome
  • Cardiac hypertrophy
  • Long QT syndrome & more!

Chest X-Ray Interpretation

  • Pneumonia
  • Pneumothorax
  • Pleural effusion
  • Pulmonary edema
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Mediastinal abnormalities & more!

Register today … and you’ll avoid common interpretation pitfalls, sharpen your ability to determine differential diagnoses, and plan precise patient treatments. Take your diagnostic practice to the next level – this training is an essential investment in your role as a clinician.

Credit

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



* Credit Note - *

NOTE: Each purchase includes CE credit for one individual (participants in full attendance will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, Q&A, and others.

Continuing Education Information: Credits listed below are for full attendance at the live, interactive webinar only. This webinar is being broadcast live in real-time and must be attended live, in its entirety, in order to earn credit. You will be able to type questions to the speaker. The speaker will see the questions and address them during the presentation as time allows. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether web-based activities are an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact info@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.
 


* Credit Note - ---

Earn up to 6.5 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by state and profession. 


Nurses - Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists - ANCC

PESI, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurses in full attendance will earn 6.5 contact hours. Partial contact hours will be awarded for partial attendance.


Nurses - California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17118 for 6.5 contact hours. Full attendance is required. No partial contact hours will be issued for partial attendance. 


Nurses - Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider # FBN2858. This course qualifies for 6.5 contact hours. Please note: Florida Nurses must select "Florida Nurses" credit and complete the post-test and evaluation if they would like their participation submitted to CE Broker. Participation cannot be reported without a completed post-test.

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Physicians - Physicians

 

PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

PESI, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


Physicians Assistants - Physician Assistants

AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME such as PESI. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 6.5 hours for completing this program.


PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

PESI, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


Other Professions

This activity qualifies for 390 continuing education minutes as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements. 



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Speaker

Paul Langlois, APN, PhD, CCRN, CCNS's Profile

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Paul Langlois, APN, PhD, CCRN, CCNS, is a critical care clinical specialist in the surgical, medical, neurologic, burn, CCU, and trauma ICUs of Cook County Hospital, Chicago. Drawing on over 40 years of experience assessing and managing patients with life-threatening diseases, Dr. Langlois provides advanced-level training to nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, and physicians.

Dr. Langlois is committed to providing the highest quality of care to patients through advanced education. His presentations are evidence-based, timely, and provide participants with numerous case studies to facilitate critical thinking. As a bedside clinical nurse specialist, he has developed several institution-wide protocols for the multidisciplinary assessment and management of infectious disease and multi-system organ failure patients.

His presentations are enthusiastically delivered and offer highly practical tips that help make the most challenging concepts easy to understand. Linking knowledge to clinical practice is the goal of every educational program.  

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Paul Langlois has employment relationship with Cook County Hospital and Emergency Care Consultants. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Paul Langlois is a member of the American Nurses Association, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.


Additional Info

Access Period for Live Webcast

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review.


Webcast Schedule

Please note: There will be a 70-minute lunch and two 10-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.


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Objectives

  1. Identify the anatomic location of a myocardial infarction using a 12 lead ECG 
  2. Differentiate the following conduction conditions on a 12 lead ECG: left- and right-bundle branch block as well as bifascicular block 
  3. Distinguish ECG changes from the following conditions: Brugada syndrome, Wellen’s syndrome, pericarditis and long-QT syndrome 
  4. Identify normal anatomic structures on a chest x-ray 
  5. Contrast the following traumatic conditions: pneumothorax, hemothorax and rib fractures on a chest x-ray
  6. Differentiate between the following conditions on a chest x-ray: pneumonia, pleural effusion, aortic aneurysm, empyema and tuberculosis

Outline

ECG Electrode Placement

  • 12 lead, right sided, and posterior wall ECG

Initial 12 lead Interpretation

  • Rate, rhythm, intervals
  • Wave morphology
  • Axis

Heart Blocks

  • Left and right bundle branch blocks
  • Incomplete heart blocks
  • Bifascicular blocks
  • Complete heart block

Axis Deviation and The Significance

  • Left and right axis deviation

Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction

  • Anterior wall
  • Lateral wall
  • Inferior wall
  • Posterior wall
  • Case studies

Ventricular Hypertrophy

  • Left ventricle
  • Right ventricle

Electrolyte Disturbances in 12 Lead Interpretation

  • Potassium
  • Calcium
  • Magnesium
  • Case studies

Clinical Conditions

  • Brugada syndrome
  • Wellen’s syndrome
  • Long QT syndrome
  • Pericarditis
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Case studies

Chest X-ray Imaging

  • X-ray vs CT vs MRI vs pulmonary angiography vs ultrasound
  • Posterior-anterior vs anterior-posterior view
  • Lateral view
  • Decubitus view

Systematic Approach to Chest X-ray Interpretation

  • Image quality
  • Normal chest x-ray (landmarks, variations from normal, incidental findings

Step-by-Step Assessment of Chest X-ray

  • Medical devices present (tubes, lines, pacemakers, VADs)
  • Airway (trachea alignment, carina)
  • Breathing (assess lung fields for density, lung markings)
  • Cardiac assessment (cardiac silhouette, enlargement, mediastinal conditions)
  • Diaphragm (diaphragm position, costophrenic angles)
  • Everything else (ribs, clavicle, unusual densities)

Associated Physical Assessment with Chest X-ray

  • Compare left and right lung fields
  • Clinical context
  • Pre- and post-operative assessment
  • Follow-up imaging (CT, MRI, pulmonary angiography)

Evaluating Pulmonary Conditions on X-ray

  • Chest trauma (pneumothorax, hemothorax, rib fractures)
  • Pneumonia
  • Pleural effusion
  • Pulmonary edema
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Tuberculosis
  • Aortic aneurysm
  • Foreign bodies
  • Diaphragmatic hernia
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Empyema
  • Case studies

Target Audience

  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physician Assistants
  • Clinical Nurse Specialists
  • Physicians
  • Nurses

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