http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sun, 19 May 2013 05:02:22 PDT Sun, 19 May 2013 05:02:22 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88697 This is a comprehensive ECG library. The site includes facts, definitions, examples, case studies of multiple ECG readings. This is an excellent resource for students studying nursing and medicine at all levels. It is also a good review site for practitioners that want to improve their ECG reading skills. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88688 This is a website for health and bioscience teachers and learners. According to the website, it was originally developed by Genentech, Inc. While the site is geared more for K-12, it offers quality resources for college teachers and students to use. Examples of the major headings include: What's news; About Biotech; Resource center; Activities exchange; Let's collaborate; and Classroom's of the 21st century. The website on the heart and circulatory system located at http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/heart_anatomy.html was very good. It could be used for beginning nursing students taking a health assessment class as a review. It could also be used with selected patients/families who want to understand more about the heart. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84993 A collection of 12-lead ECGs in the following categories: normal electrocardiogram; ischaemic heart disease; hypertropy patterns; atrioventricular block; bundle branch block; superventricular rhythms, ventricular rhythms; pacemakers, WPW, and miscellaneous. Each view includes a 12-lead ECG, with a short desciption of the patient's chief complaint, followed by an analysis of the ECG. Some of the descriptions are accompanied by a list of pertinent journal references.A limitation is that the site has not been updated since 2002. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=363351 This learning resource was developed by Mark D. Kittleson, DVM, PhD, professor at the University of California, Davis. According to the web site: "This site is designed to present small animal patients with cardiovascular disease examined by the author (Dr. Mark Kittleson) and his residents working in the Cardiology Service at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) at UC-Davis. The format is that of a rounds session in which the signalment, history, and physical examination findings are presented on the first page followed by diagnostic studies. All cases are real as evidenced by the case numbers and names on each diagnostic procedure. However, some cases do include videos from other patients with the same disease to illustrate the abnormalities in real time. All of the written case material is transcribed directly from the computerized case records of the patient. Senior students at the UCD VMTH are primarily responsible for this content although this section has been edited by the author."