Blood Flow through the heart
The upper left portion of the heart is called this
What is Left Atria?
All electrical current in the heart should originate here.
What is SA Node?
Contraindication for Epinephrine 1:10,000
What is no contraindications?
The QRS Complex represents what?
What is Ventricular depolarization?
How do you treat any wide complex tachycardia in a pulseless patient?
What is defibrillation?
What valve separates the right atrium and the right ventricle?
What is tricuspid valve?
The intrinsic rate of the AV Node
What is 40-60?
This drug is not effective in high degree AV blocks
What is atropine?
An elevated J point of greater than 2 mm in consecutive leads may indicate what?
What is myocardial infarction?
JVD, muffled heart tones, and narrowing pulse pressures make up what triad?
What is Beck's triad?
The largest part of the heart?
What is Left Ventricle?
A P-R Interval of greater than .20 seconds is considered to be what?
What is 1st degree AV block?
The dose for Diltiazem mg/kg
What is 0.25 mg/kg?
The P waves and QRS are completely dissociated
What is 3rd degree or complete heart block
Which Junctional Rhythm is 40-60 bpm?
What is junctional escape?
A blockage of this coronary artery is considered " a widowmaker" ?
What is left anterior descending artery?
Where electrical impulses travel after they exit the bundle branches.
What are Purkinje fibers?
This cardiac medication is mixed in 100cc bag for patients with a pulse but given IVP for pulseless patients
What is amiodarone?
What is PVC?
Name the artery that carries de-oxygenated blood.
What is pulmonary artery?
Stroke volume x heart rate x peripheral vascular resistance equals this
What is Blood pressure?
If a premature electrical signal hits the heart during this phase, it may cause R on T phenemonon
What is relative refractory period?
An Osborn wave found on an ecg often correlates with this medical emergency
What is hypothermia?
This cardiac condition is characterized by a shortened PR interval, a widened, slurred, QRS complex, and a delta wave
What is WPW?
What is hypovolemia?