The textbook name given to this rhythm, even if your patient is "odd."
What is Normal Sinus Rhythm?
The name of this rhythm:
What is atrial tachycardia?
The hallmark to identifying this ectopic beat from a PAC:
What is the absence of a p-wave?
CPR, defibrillation and epinephrine are the treatments of choice for this lethal rhythm.
His triangle now guides everything from lead placement to axis diagnosis:
Dr. Willem Einthoven
What is junctional rhythm with a PVC?
What is 2nd degree type I Heart Block?
The pacemaker foci for this rhythm:
What is the Sinoatrial (SA) node?
The complete diagnosis of this rhythm strip:
What is sinus rhythm with a PAC?
The position of the pause helps to identify the ectopic beat seen here:
What is a junctional escape beat?
Specifically, the pacemaker foci for this rhythm:
What are the purkinjie fibers?
Regardless of the type, this physician made life hard for PA students trying to diagnose heart blocks:
Dr. Karel Wenkebach
What is Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia or Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia or Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia?
The minimum length of the PR interval in this heart block.
What is 0.2 seconds?
The rate of this sinus rhythm:
What is 136?
The pacemaker foci of this rhythm?
What are multiple sites originating at/above the AV junction?
The proper diagnosis of this rhythm:
What is junctional tachycardia?
The specific name of this rhythm:
What is Torsades de Pointes?
This lead looks at the high lateral aspect of the heart:
What is Lead I?
What is a sinus pause?
What is complete or 3rd degree heart block?
By definition, the rate of this rhythm must be less than this:
What is 60?
The proper diagnosis of this rhythm:
What is atrial flutter, 2:1, with a rapid ventricular response?
Appears inverted, within the QRS or even after the QRS in a junctional rhythm.
What is the p-wave?
The diagnosis of this rhythm:
What is accelerated idioventricular rhythm?
With the negative lead located in the central pole of the heart and the positive lead at the legs, this name of this lead.
What is avF?
What is atrial fibrillation?
What is 2nd degree type II heart block?
The name, SA node, tells you this natural pacemaker is located here, exactly?
What is the junction of the IVC and SVC (sinus) and the right atrium (atria)?
The atrial and ventricular rates noted in this rhythm:
What is an atrial rate of 210 and a ventricular rate of 70 (70-75)?
The rates for junctional rhythm, accelerarted junctional and junctional tachycardia, respectively.
What is 40-60, 60-100 and >100?
Meaning abnormality in every other beat, the proper diagnosis of this rhythm strip:
What is sinus rhythm with ventricular bigeminy?
Unlike their friends in the precordial system, leads I, II, III, avR, avL and avF make up this other lead system.
What is the hexaxial system?
What is Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia?
What is complete or third degree heart block?