The Heart
Information needed for patient identification.
What is full name and date of birth?
Period between the T-wave and P-wave.
High blood pressure
What is hypertension?
Chest lead that is located at the 4th intercostal space at the right margin of the sternum
What is V1 ?
This is the formula for calculating the target heart rate for a stress test.
What is 220-age times 85?
The number of cables used for a 12-lead EKG.
What is 10?
Repolarization of the atria.
What is the QRS complex?
Heart rate greater than 100 bpm.
These leads are also called the chest leads
What are precordial leads?
Another name for continuous monitoring in a hospital setting.
What is telemetry?
The name of the sticker like device that picks up electrical impulses given off by the heart
What is an electrode?
Depolarization of the Atria.
What is the P wave?
What is posterior leads?
A test of cardiovascular fitness made by monitoring the heart rate during a period of increasingly strenuous exercise.
What is stress test?
Action needed when electrodes are not sticking properly to a patient.
What is shaving hairy areas, abrading and cleaning area with alcohol?
Depolarization of the ventricles
What is the QRS complex?
The reading in the ventricles when the heart is at rest.
What is diastolic blood pressure?
The name of the points created by the limb lead electrodes.
What is Einthoven's triangle?
Blood vessels that supplies the heart with oxygen and nutrients.
What are coronary arteries?
Position and color of limb leads.
What is white over green on right and black over red on left?
Position of electrodes with an amputee.
What is moved to torso or, if on limbs, mirrored with electrodes on the affected side?
Signs of this condition include: chest, jaw and arm pain, diaphoresis, nausea, weakness, dyspnea, feeling of impending doom. (need medical term)
What is a myocardial infarction?
Leads should be placed on opposite side of chest for this disorder.
What is dextrocardia?