The range of heart rate in normal sinus rhythm
What is 60-100?
Fast, regular, rate 150, no P waves
What is SVT?
Rate less than 40
What is junctional bradycardia?
Normal BP
What is 110/70-120/80
Largest artery in the body
What is the aorta?
Characterized by an regularly irregular R-R interval that follows the respiratory pattern and is normal in children
What is sinus arrhythmia?
Irregularly irregular rhythm with fine, wavy baseline and no P waves seen
What is A Fib?
Rate 40-60 bpm
What is junctional rhythm?
Normal SPO2 (Pulse oximetry)
What is >95%?
The heart has how many AV valves
What is 2?
This is the slowest of the sinus rhythms with rates less than 60
What is sinus bradycardia?
Early P wave which may or may not be followed by a QRS
What is a PAC?
Rate 60-100 bpm
What is accelerated junctional?
This pulse is taken in the neck of an unconscious patient
What is the carotid artery?
Name of the semi-lunar valves
What are the pulmonary and aortic valves?
This is the fastest of the sinus rhythms.
What is sinus tachycardia?
Regular R-R, Rapid atrial rate of 250-350, sawtooth or sharktooth looking waves prior to the QRS complex. No regular P waves.
What is Atrial Flutter?
rate > 100 bpm
What is junctional tachycardia?
Pulse taken over the apex of the heart
What is the apical pulse?
Large veins that return blood to the right side of the heart
What are the inferior and superior vena cava?
The primary pacemaker of the heart
What is the SA node?
Term meaning multiple cardiac cells within the atria that can usurp the SA node
What are foci?
When inverted or missing, this wave indicated a junctional rhythm
What is the P wave?
Normal respiratory range
What is 12-20?
Named an artery, but actually carries deoxygenated blood
What is the pulmonary artery?