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"By Wes Tomlinson   For the Enquirer   After monitoring nurses and technicians in several healthcare facilities that utilize electrocardiogram monitors, students in Hartselle High’s Medical Academy can now practice what they have learned on a new EKG simulator the school received through a grant last month.  “I’m pretty sure it’s an atrial flutter,” said Hartselle High senior Maddox Reeves as he monitored a patient’s heart rate through the simulator, his patient being a mannequin and the heart condition one of 16 simulations students can experience.  There are 25 seniors in the medical academy this year who are working toward their national healthcare certification and six students working toward their patient care technician certification, according to Lynne Shelton, an instructor for the academy. She said obtaining the EKG simulator this school year will assist those students on their path to certification.  “The last module of their curriculum to prep for the exam is all about EKGs and how to place and acquire an EKG,” Shelton said. “This simulator will simulate a 3-, 4-, 5- and 12-lead EKG, so these students need to learn the difference in all of those.”  Hartselle High received a $5,000 STEM grant from Tennessee Valley Authority in..."
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