3/5/12 EKGs
It's a Numbers Game
Definitions
Name that rhythm
Name that rhythm Part 2
100
Type of EKG is most used on ambulances
What is a 3 lead EKG?
100
The normal rate for normal sinus rhythm?
What is 60-100 bpm?
100
A heart sinus rhythm originates
What is SA Node?
100
Not considered an actual heart rhythm, but rather early beat/s originating from the atria BONUS: defined as...
What is a premature atrial contraction ( premature atrial complex)?
100 point BONUS: What are extra beats disrupting your regular heart rhythm
100
List characteristics of Atrial Fibrillation.
What is erratic atrial electrical activity with atrial rates of 400 to 600 beats per minute?
200
Type of EKG mostly printed on paper
What is a 12 lead EKG?
200
The QRS duration for a normal sinus rhythm
What is less than or equal o 0.1 mm.sec?
200
Couplets, Triplets, Bigimeny, Trigimeny, and Quadgeminy
200 Point Bonus: They are identified by...
What are Premature Beats?
Couplets/Triplets indicate the number of premature beats in a row while Bigimeny, Trigimeny, and Quadgeminy indicate frequency of premature beat "every(blank) beat"
What is the (premature beat's) site of origin; ex: premature atrial complex, premature junctional complex, and premature ventricular complex
200
Arrhythmia originating from the SA node and has a ventricular rate of > 100 bpm
What is Sinus Tachycardia?
200
Isoelectric line is not flat due to impulse originating from the SA node, atria, and AV junction (the pacemaking activity of the heart originates from multiple locations within the atria.)
What is a wandering atrial pacemaker (WAP)?
300
3 lead EKG, 5 lead EKG, 12 lead EKG (why is it in this sequence)
What is the order of least to most complex EKG?
300
The PRI range for sinus rhythm
What is 0.12 to 0.2 mm/sec?
300
Start at the end of the PR interval (or beginning of the Q wave) to the end of the S wave
What is the QRS Duration?
300
Arrhythmia that has a pause of undetermined length that is not the same distance as other p-p intervals.
What is Sinus Arrest?
300
Waveform interpretation has P wave superimposed on preceding T wave with rate greater than 100 bpm
What is supraventricular tachycardia?
400
Supraventricular Rhythms originate...
Above the ventricles
400
Count the number of small squares from one R wave to the next
How do you calculate ventricular rate?
Bonus: Method being used to calculate the ventricular rate is....
400
Atrial rhythms originate...
What is atria rather than in the SA node? (outside of the SA Node)
400
The most important difference between normal sinus rhythm (NSR) and sinus arrhythmia
What is variable/ inconsistent P to P intervals?
400
If Atrial fibrillation has a rate of 60-100 then it is considered _________________. If Atrial Fibrillation has a rate of 150, then it is considered ________________.
BONUS: The HR for atrial fibrillation?
1) What is controlled atrial fibrillation?
2) What is uncontrolled atrial fibrillation?
BONUS: What is 400-600 bpm?
500
On a posterior ECG, the V6 lead and where it is located
What is Lead V9? Where is the Left spinal border, 5th ICS?
500
Count the number of small squares from the beginning of 1 P wave to the beginning of the next P wave
How do you calculate atrial rate?
500
Sinus arrest is a disorder of
What is automaticity?
500
Characteristics of Atrial flutter.
What is saw-tooth pattern, indistinguishable P from T waves, with a heart rate of 250-350 bpm?
500
Identify this Rhythm
What is Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT) or paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT)
[sporadic periods of rapid heart rate that begin and end suddenly]