Is this Vital
This is the average temp in an adult
What is 98.6F
The average adult has this mean heartbeats in a day
What is about 100,000
The P wave shows this measurement
What is the atrial depolarization
He was the person who created the EKG triangle
Who is Einthoven
This is identified as more than 100 bpm
What is tachycardia
A patient with their legs crossed could cause a change in this measurement
What is blood pressure
These opening and closing make a lub dub sound
What are the valves
The R wave measures the strength and how long of this action
Ventricles contracting
This is where I could find the ground lead
What is the patient's right leg
This is when a person has an abnormal PQRST rhythm
What is an Arrhythmia
Counting the rise and fall of a patients chest is the technique used for this
What is a manual respiration count/rate
We call it the pacemaker but its medical name is this
What is the Sinoatrial node or SA node
One small block on the graph paper equals this much time
What is 0.04 secs
This is why the electrode pad has gel on the bottom of them
What is to aid in electrical conductivity
This what we call any disturbance seen on the EKG tracing
What is an artifact
What is Hypertension Stage I
What is 11 ounces
There are this many blocks in a large block on the graph paper
What is 25
This EKG monitoring last 24 to 48 hours
What is a Holter monitoring
This swelling due to blood clots in a vein usually isn't seen on an EKG
What is thrombophlebitis
Its not unusual for some patients to have lower than this bpm especially in athletes
What is 60bpm
This is the circulation that actually provides oxygen and nutrients to the myocardium
What is the coronary circulation
The speed of the EKG tracing paper must be at this calibration
What is 25 mm/sec
This the color of the lead wires according to the AHA for the right leg is
What is green
This is seen when there is no P wave and no QRS complex
What is asystole