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Dubins "Rapid Interpretation of EKG's" with the bright yellow cover. I'm reading it for fun and it makes it soo easy to understand. Highly recommended!

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I like this book as well.

A good pocket EKG book is The Guide to EKG Interpretation by Brose, Auseon, Waksman and Jarosick
 
nrddct said:
Dubins "Rapid Interpretation of EKG's" with the bright yellow cover. I'm reading it for fun and it makes it soo easy to understand. Highly recommended!

oops, I meant orange cover.
 
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Just thought everyone should know what you are supporting by purchasing Dale Dubin's book.

DALE DUBIN IS NOT ON THE AMERICAN SUNBATHING ASSOCIATIONS CAUTION LIST.


Doctor's arrest upsets his nudist neighbors
ST. PETER5BURG TIMES, 1986
By ADAM NOSSITER, St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer

LAND O'LAKES-Resident of a Pasco nudist resort are "extremely upset' about the jailing of one of their neighbors, Dr. Dale Dubin, on child pornography charges, a resort official said Monday.
Dubin, a well-known plastic surgeon in Tampa, bought a $104,000 condominium in the Paradise Lakes resort in 1984 but rarely used it, vice president Chuck Foster said. The luxuriously furnished condominium was searched by postal authorities last Mondav but they found no pornography, the official said.
But in a search of Dubin's $310,000 house in Lutz, police found more than 200 explicit films and videotapes, including videos of preteens in sexual acts. Dubin, 46 was arrested and jailed last Monday night in Tampa. On Friday, he surprised his lawyers by opting not to seek bail, and is now in the custody of U.S. Marshals at a secret location.
He was charged with two counts of receiving child pornography through the mail and one count of using the mail to distribute obscene material.
Although few at the resort knew him, the residents are "very upset, extremely upset, because they don't want any black mark on our community," Fosler said in an interview.
Paradise Lakes, the second largest nudist resort in the country, is self-conscious about its image. The 4-year-old resort bills itself as a family place, and a sign by the swimming pool says overt sexual behavior is not allowed. "Overt sexuality is not condoned," a brochure says. Applicants are screened before being allowed in, according to the brochure.
Both Foster and general manager James Lake said Dubin came to his condominium only a few times during the year. Neighbors said they never saw him.
"The man's a recluse," Foster said. He said he had never met the doctor.
Dubin has already been barred from the club, and the condominium owners association will consider his expulsion at its next meeting, said Foster.
Residents have been thankful that the doctor's connection to Paradise Lakes had so far not been noted, Foster said. "We have to be protective as far as the people who live here are concerned," he said. "They like to be anonymous."


Dale Dubin Sentenced To Five Years
Proprietary to the United Press International 1987
March 7, 1987

A federal judge sentenced millionaire plastic surgeon Dale B. Dubin to five years in prison for what the judge called an obsession with pornography and cocaine that turned the doctor's life into a tragedy.
U.S. District Judge William J. Castagna told Dubin at a sentencing hearing Friday he could not see how a ''person of your talent, ability, education and interest in art,'' could have turned his life into such a ''tragedy and waste of such a rare and needed talent.''
Dubin pleaded guilty six weeks ago to 22 counts of child pornography and cocaine charges.
Eleven of the drug counts involved a 16-year-old girl who was seduced by Dubin with the help of pills and vodka and eventually agreed to participate in sexual encounters with Dubin, another 17-year-old girl and a 23-year-old woman.
Dubin videotaped some of the encounters for his pleasure. The incidents took place at two of his condominiums and the Pasco County nudist resort of Paradise Lake.
He is expected to serve his time in a minimum security facility where he will be able to receive drug counseling.
U.S. Attorney Robert W. Merkle, who prosecuted the case, told Castagna that no crimes ''are more violent than the use of child pornography and the distribution of narcotics.'' He said Dubin's attempt to minimize his activities as just a ''lifestyle'' was a ''new low in euphemisms.''
Merkle said it was particularly aggravating that Dubin used his medical knowledge to satisfy his own appetite and risk the lives and mental health of his victims.
Dubin, 47, stood with his head bowed throughout the 40-minute hearing Friday. Except for a few mumbled words about a letter to the judge, he did not say anything.
In that letter, Dubin complained of the ''lurid display'' of his case by prosecutors and claimed details of his activities were ''egregiously distorted'' by the press. He also spoke of his sexual escapades as examples of ''an occasional clandestine soiree.''
Dubin was arrested Aug. 11 at the mansion in Lutz, Fla. he called Hassle Free, after being sucked into a child pornography sting by sending off a $100 bill to buy films including ''Barbarian Girls.''
The Dubin story received extensive news coverage as his doctors unsuccessfully tried to have him committed to a mental hospital for treatment of what they called potentially suicidal depression, and Merkle countered by adding details of the case into the court record.
 
My wife used Dubin's 6th Ed during her cardiology rotations as a resident when she was getting her EKG cert.

We use it in my Paramedic course, too. Another book we use in my medic course is "ECG Workout: Exercises in Arrhythmia Interpretation" by Jane Huff. It has 500+ strips to practice on.
 
DORoe said:
Just thought everyone should know what you are supporting by purchasing Dale Dubin's book.

:rolleyes: This still does not take away the fact that the book is extremely well written. IMHO, if anyone refuses to purchase this book based on Dubin's past, then they are a fool.
 
The book is awesome!! It might be the most useful book we were required to buy.
 
nrddct said:
Dubins "Rapid Interpretation of EKG's" with the bright yellow cover. I'm reading it for fun and it makes it soo easy to understand. Highly recommended!

No clue how I did it but, I posted in the wrong thread :)
 
Here is a list of books I use in basic and advanced EKG classes which I have taught both to residents, med students and Critical Care RN's.

Marriott's Practical Electrocardiography (8th ed is best even though there are newer ones)

Chou's Electrocardiography in Clinical Practice 5th Ed.

Hursts The Heart 11th ed.

12 lead The Art of interpretation Dr Tomas Garcia

Marriott Challenging EKG's (practice with explanation)



These are excellent texts. While I think Dubins is good for the begginer it does little to explain why and knowing why is how you interpret the weird stuff on EKG's (12 leads) correctly
 
By far the best ECG book is
The Complete Guide To Ecgs (Paperback)
by James H. O'Keefe, Stephen C. Hammill, Mark S. Freed

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1890114359/thealocombooks

It has a ton of ECGs, cases, explanations and actual criteria for each pathological process, lots of tips and tricks. It's not gimmicky like Dubins. But I say read Dubin's first, then hit this. Use ECG calipers and follow the criteria. Pretty soon you'll be able to read an ECG in 2 seconds and can fly through them. Develop your own steps or method to going through them.
 
That book is OK for begginners. Look into the others if you want to learn pathology and advanced interpretation.


MaloCCOM said:
By far the best ECG book is
The Complete Guide To Ecgs (Paperback)
by James H. O'Keefe, Stephen C. Hammill, Mark S. Freed

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1890114359/thealocombooks

It has a ton of ECGs, cases, explanations and actual criteria for each pathological process, lots of tips and tricks. It's not gimmicky like Dubins. But I say read Dubin's first, then hit this. Use ECG calipers and follow the criteria. Pretty soon you'll be able to read an ECG in 2 seconds and can fly through them. Develop your own steps or method to going through them.
 
nrddct said:
Dubins "Rapid Interpretation of EKG's" with the bright yellow cover. I'm reading it for fun and it makes it soo easy to understand. Highly recommended!
I second Dubin...it's like ECG for dummies...large print and lots of repetition :) I read it on the treadmill
TCOM class 2009 MS1
 
Mike MacKinnon said:
That book is OK for begginners. Look into the others if you want to learn pathology and advanced interpretation.

Agree with Mike. If you are a medical student and want to learn how to read and interpret EKGs in a systematic fashion, read Dubins to figure out what's going on, then The Complete Guide To Ecgs that I posted a link to. That should be plenty.

Unless your going into cardiology, you probably won't need anything beyond those. But if you are the cardiology type, take a look at the books tht Mike posted about, definetly great books!
 
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Mike MacKinnon said:
Here is a list of books I use in basic and advanced EKG classes which I have taught both to residents, med students and Critical Care RN's.

Marriott's Practical Electrocardiography (8th ed is best even though there are newer ones)

Chou's Electrocardiography in Clinical Practice 5th Ed.

Hursts The Heart 11th ed.

12 lead The Art of interpretation Dr Tomas Garcia

Marriott Challenging EKG's (practice with explanation)



These are excellent texts. While I think Dubins is good for the begginer it does little to explain why and knowing why is how you interpret the weird stuff on EKG's (12 leads) correctly

My favorite is/was the 12 Lead ECG: The Art of Interpretation (by Garcia), but everyone has their own style of learning.

Wook
 
pamd said:


:rolleyes: This still does not take away the fact that the book is extremely well written. IMHO, if anyone refuses to purchase this book based on Dubin's past, then they are a fool.
I guess that I am a fool because I refused to help supply Dr. Dubin with more money that he can use to buy kiddie porn. BTW Garcia's books are by far better books.
 
Hey

When i found out about Dubin I also felt upset. On the otherhand, it didnt change how helpful the book was when i read it. While I no longer list the book in my classes for the same reasons you mentioned, I dont judge anyone who decides to buy it or read it as supporting Dubins illegal activities....

I can see both sides of this argument for sure.
 
Mike MacKinnon said:
Hey

When i found out about Dubin I also felt upset. On the otherhand, it didnt change how helpful the book was when i read it. While I no longer list the book in my classes for the same reasons you mentioned, I dont judge anyone who decides to buy it or read it as supporting Dubins illegal activities....

I can see both sides of this argument for sure.

This certainly raises an interesting dilemma. I remember reading Dubin's book when I was first learning EKGs. I didn't come from a medical background, so I really didn't even know what an EKG was. His book gave me a solid foundation of the concepts so that I could learn the rest of the details.

Personally, I think I'd be shocked if I knew the personal lives of half the people I support with my purchases. Whether it's books, music, movies, art, or whatever, I think there are a lot of sick people out there who also happen to be very talented. You might boycott Dubin's book and go buy another only to find out in three weeks that the other author has been running a meth lab in his basement for twenty years. So at the end of the day, you still don't understand EKGs and you just supported a meth dealer.

Although I could go home and do a google search on every author before I buy his/her book to ensure that they meet my ethical standards....I think I'll choose to buy the book based on its merits and allow the law to take care of any problems the author might have.
 
I did not want to offend anyone or unduly judge anyone that might use and find Dubin's book helpful. I also should have said that when I looked at it I didn't really find it that helpful, which probably made it easier for me to avoid using. I was just responding in the last post to someone that was calling me a fool.
 
I loved that book. Taught me almost the entirety of cardiophys in a straightforward, easily understood way. I hate to say it, but if you are going to take a moralistic stand on everything in medicine there's not going to be much you can do, depending upon what your values are. Heck - just look at Wal-Mart. If I wanted to give my money to Satan, that's RIGHT where I would go!!!
 
Guys, theres always half.com. I got my brandnew fifth edition for $5 shipped.
 
Thaler's "The only ECG book you'll ever need" is also very good.
 
DORoe said:
I did not want to offend anyone or unduly judge anyone that might use and find Dubin's book helpful. I also should have said that when I looked at it I didn't really find it that helpful, which probably made it easier for me to avoid using. I was just responding in the last post to someone that was calling me a fool.

Sorry if I made it seem as if i called you a fool in my previous post, I did not mean it to come out that way. The point I was trying to make was that if you would not buy this book soley based of the authors past, then your cheating yourself from a quality education.

However, if you did not find the book helpful, i can understand you not recommending it.
 
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