Untangle the Lines
Artifact caused by patient tremors.
What is somatic artifact?
This is the type of consent used for performing an EKG.
What is implied consent?
Set of federal laws that provide guidelines for how PHI is used and distributed.
What is HIPAA?
Rhythms that originate in the sinus node.
What are sinus rhythms?
Infection prevention practices that apply to all patient care.
What are Standard Precautions?
A high voltage shock resulting from electrical equipment that is not properly grounded.
What is macroshock?
Tobacco use, alcohol use, stressors and exercise habits belong in this section of the patient hisroty.
What is social history?
Information that can identify a person individually. Examples include date of birth, address and SSN
What is PHI?
Irregular rhythm, atria are wiggling, risk of forming a blood clot is high
What is atrial fibrillation?
Gloves, masks, and face shields are examples of this.
What is PPE?
A bipolar lead that measures electric current traveling from the right arm to the left arm.
What is Lead I?
Mnemonic used when obtaining history of symptoms or asking about pain.
What is PQRST
What is slander?
Type of AV block that is an intermittent block at the AV node or the bundle branches.
What is Mobitz II Second Degree AV Block?
Contact precautions, Droplet precautions and Airborne precautions are examples of this.
What are transmission based precautions?
The QRS height Lead I + Lead III = Lead II.
What is Einthoven's Law?
Eye contact, active listening and awareness of body language are examples of
What are good listening behaviors?
Written words about a person that are false and damaging.
What is libel?
Rhythms that arise from the AV node.
What are junctional rhythms?
HIV, Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV)
Artifact is noted in I, aVL, and III- identify the common limb
What is the left arm?
The parts of patient history are
What are medical, surgical, and social
Name and date of birth are examples of this TJC (The Joint Commission) requirement.
What are patient identifiers?
The best cardiac monitoring lead for monitoring PVCs
PPE donning sequence
What is- GOWN-MASK-GOGGLE (or Face Mask)-GLOVES?