BASICS
The EKG records the electrical activity of the heart using skin sensors called _____________
What is electrodes
Do we record EKGs on normal or semi-log graph paper
What is normal graph
Normal sinus rhythm has what range of beats per minute
What is 60-100
Name 1 of the 3 main types of irregular rhythms
What is wandering pacemaker, multifocal atrial tachycardia, atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter resembles a what appearance
What is sawtooth
The other name for the SA Node
Pacemaker of the heart
How many seconds in a normal strip
What is 6
What normal Heart rate
What is 70-80 bpm
In a-fib, do you see any R waves?
What is yes, but no P waves
How many degrees are their of AV blocks
What is 3
Name the order of the hearts electrical conduction system
What is SA node, AV node
How much time is between 2 bold black lines, referring to time in seconds
What is .2 seconds
What is after 2nd degree heart block
What is 3rd degree
What is dropped in 2nd degree Heart block
What is QRS
A P-R interval of more then .2 secs is a _____ _____ AV block
What is 1st degree
What part of the conduction system starts the Heart
SA Node
How much time is their between 2 thin lines
What is .04 seconds
What is a slow heart rate
What is ........bradycardia
What is a premature beat?
What is a beat earlier then expected
RT or Lt Bundle branch blocks have 2 _ ____
What is R Waves
What part of the heart cycle do we get a P wave
What is atrial depolarization
A standard EKG has 12 leads, 6 limb and 6 chest. Name 3 limb leads and 3 chest leads? Name the leads
What is limbs-I,II,III, AVR, AVL, AVF chest-V1,V2,V3,V4,V5,V6
Fast heart rate
Tachycardia
Explain a ventricular normal sinus rhythm
What is normal, P and QRS complexis
Who's glad were not cardiologists???
What is you smarties, but someone will be.