Six Second ECG® Essentials

ECG interpretation is central to acute care, emergency care, critical care and high acuity settings. Become adept with a simple, powerful 3 step method to quickly identify and interpret ECG rhythms.

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Pre-Requisites: NONE

Six Second ECG® Essentials

Proven

Certified and proven 3-Step rhythm interpretation method

Practical

Effectively understand and interpret ECG rhythms when it counts most

Powerful

Grow vibrant, breakthrough skills using the Six Second ECG® Method

ECG For Real Life

Offered in BC since 1993
Taught in Universities and Hospitals globally
Used in every Provincial and First Nations Health Authority in BC
Thousands of students have said, ‘I get it now!’
Safe learning environment

ECG & Cardiac Output
Intro to Clinical use of ECG
3-Step Method
Supraventricular Rhythms
Ventricular Rhythms
Premature and Escape Complexes
Grammar of ECG Identification
Intro to AV Blocks
Intro to Paced Rhythms
More Practice

Visit our Six Second ECG Resources page for more help building and developing your ECG Interpretation skills.

What you'll learn

3-Step Method

Certified and proven 3-Step rhythm interpretation method

Useable

Learn to identify rhythms right on the screen

Understand

Understand the ‘why” instead of just memorizing answers

Connect

Deepen your understanding of heart physiology and connect it to the rhythms

Customized

Scenarios and examples customized to fit you and your role

Foundations

Simple, flexible learning models that you can build on

What you'll receive

eGuidebook

The Six Second ECG: A Practical Guide to Basic and 12 Lead ECG Interpretation – (e-version included with tuition)

Completion Card

ECG Course Completion Card

Premium Content

Access to premium content to help you learn and practice how to interpret ECG rhythms via our Six Second ECG Resources page

Library

Additional resources to help you learn in our Library

ECG SIM

For an additional learning opportunity, try our free online ECG SIM

SkillStat Guarantee

You are welcome to repeat the same course for FREE within a YEAR of your original course completion date!

Available learning options

Live Online

Interactive and dynamic sessions via Zoom. Learn better from the comfort of your own home.

In Class

We deliver our Six Second ECG® courses privately in Vancouver and throughout BC!

ECG SIM

Learn and practice whenever and wherever via our interactive web app - desktop and mobile.

"A good length of time for the content as it gave time to practice in order to solidify what we learned. Not sure that this course needs to change but I now that I have done this one I do want to do more, like the 12 lead ECG and clinical applications." - Debbie

Mar 12 2024

Six Second ECG Essentials

"This is a very good introductory course. I liked the mix of didactic and actual practice with an expert on hand. The 3-step approach will be very handy. I would recommend this course to anyone regardless of skill level." - Sean

Six Second ECG Essentials

"Very accessible, valuable content and should be mandatory for anyone participating in procedural sedation. There was a targeted effort by the hosts to tailor the delivery of information to the specific needs or goals of the learners." - Lori

SEPSA

"This course reiterated the importance of correctly identifying what is wrong with the patient in order to perform the correct intervention (i.e., the difference between loops and leaks)." - Angela

Feb 13-15, 2023

SSECG-MC

"the 3 simple steps can tell you where to look or where the issue is from. from that you can tell what you see with those steps" - Michael

Feb 1, 2022

SSECG Essentials

"This class was great. It was my second time taking it. I should have stuck with the 3 step process vs. the 10 step I had to learn from job. This makes the process of identifying the rhythm much easier and you are able to make sense of where the impulse is originating from." - Nika

Feb 1, 2022

SSECG Essentials

"Excellent content and teaching tailored to each learners work environment and skill set."- Kate

Jan 13, 2022

SEPSA

"Excellent relevant course delivered in a captivating and efficient manner." - Khadija

Jan 13, 2022

SEPSA

"I honestly didn't know what to expect. I've read the infamous orange book cover to cover and still didn't understand. Taking this course was an effort to help and hopefully make a huge part of my future career and little easier to understand when I start school. I am EVER so grateful for this course and for what I was able to learn...this course has definitely made things click! The simple steps toward reading EKGs was helpful and stick well. Very impressed by this course. I liked the small class size and engagement. I want all of my colleagues to take this course! I honestly wasn't sure how the online format would work but as someone who is an advocate for in person learning, this online format worked!" - Alia

Jan 4, 2022

SSECG - Essentials

"The part that resonated with me was being able to quickly recognize various rhythms and that the process always starts with evaluating your patient. It's really easy to focus on the heart monitor and not the patient so beginning with that as the first set of the process really helps." - Marcel

Sep 28, 2021

Six Second ECG Essentials

	Six Second ECG Intensive	Six Second ECG Mastery	12 Lead ECG & ACS	12 Lead Advanced
Prerequisite	None	None	Any Six Second ECG Course	12 Lead ECG & ACS
Time Frame	8 hours (1-day Course or 2 evenings)	20 hours 3-day Course	8 hours 1-day Course	8 hours 1-day Course
Tuition	$275	$675	$275	$275
Completion Card	•	•	•	•
Exam and Certification		•
SkillStat 2U-able	•	•	•	•
Reference materials included	•	•	•	•
Dynamic ECG rhythm interpretation	•	•	○	○
Static ECG rhythm interpretation	•	•	○	○
Clinical Impact Mapping	•	•	•	○
Acute Coronary Syndromes Overview		•	•	○
Acute Coronary Syndromes In-Depth			•	○
ST Segment & T Wave Differential			•	○
Identify Bundle Branch Blocks			•	○
15 \| 18 Lead View Mapping			•	•
Electrical Axis			•	•
R Wave Progression				•
Left Bundle Branch Blocks with ACS				•
Atypical Findings				•
Acute Non-Ischemic Disease Conditions				•
Special Cases				•
•-included; ○-reviewed

Six Second ECG Mastery

12 Lead ECG & ACS

12 Lead Advanced

Prerequisite

None

Any Six Second ECG Course

12 Lead ECG & ACS

Time Frame

8 hours (1-day Course or 2 evenings)

20 hours 3-day Course

8 hours 1-day Course

Tuition

$275

$675

$275

Completion Card

•

Exam and Certification

•

SkillStat 2U-able

•

Reference materials included

•

Dynamic ECG rhythm interpretation

•

○

Static ECG rhythm interpretation

•

○

Clinical Impact Mapping

•

○

Acute Coronary Syndromes Overview

•

○

Acute Coronary Syndromes In-Depth

•

○

ST Segment & T Wave Differential

•

○

Identify Bundle Branch Blocks

•

○

15 | 18 Lead View Mapping

•

Electrical Axis

•

R Wave Progression

•

Left Bundle Branch Blocks with ACS

•

Atypical Findings

•

Acute Non-Ischemic Disease Conditions

•

Special Cases

•

•-included; ○-reviewed

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Proven

Practical

Powerful

ECG For Real Life

What you'll learn

3-Step Method

Useable

Understand

Connect

Customized

Foundations

What you'll receive

eGuidebook

Completion Card

Premium Content

Library

ECG SIM

SkillStat Guarantee

Available learning options

Live Online

In Class

ECG SIM

"A good length of time for the content as it gave time to practice in order to solidify what we learned. Not sure that this course needs to change but I now that I have done this one I do want to do more, like the 12 lead ECG and clinical applications." - Debbie

"This is a very good introductory course. I liked the mix of didactic and actual practice with an expert on hand. The 3-step approach will be very handy. I would recommend this course to anyone regardless of skill level." - Sean

"Very accessible, valuable content and should be mandatory for anyone participating in procedural sedation. There was a targeted effort by the hosts to tailor the delivery of information to the specific needs or goals of the learners." - Lori

"This course reiterated the importance of correctly identifying what is wrong with the patient in order to perform the correct intervention (i.e., the difference between loops and leaks)." - Angela

"the 3 simple steps can tell you where to look or where the issue is from. from that you can tell what you see with those steps" - Michael

"This class was great. It was my second time taking it. I should have stuck with the 3 step process vs. the 10 step I had to learn from job. This makes the process of identifying the rhythm much easier and you are able to make sense of where the impulse is originating from." - Nika

"Excellent content and teaching tailored to each learners work environment and skill set."- Kate

"Excellent relevant course delivered in a captivating and efficient manner." - Khadija

"The part that resonated with me was being able to quickly recognize various rhythms and that the process always starts with evaluating your patient. It's really easy to focus on the heart monitor and not the patient so beginning with that as the first set of the process really helps." - Marcel

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