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What is the normal heart rate?
60-100
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How long is Holter Monitor usually worn?
24 hours
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What is Systole?
Ventricles are contracting; At work
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When should we discontinue a stress test?
patient is experiencing chest pain, fatigue, or ST segment changes
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Describe A-Flutter?
Sawtooth like pattern
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What does the P wave represent?
Atria depolarization
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Where is the ground lead located?
Right Leg
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What is Diastole?
Ventricles are relaxed; Not at work
200
If loss of capture occurs, fix it by
what is turning up the voltage
200
What is the SA Node BPM?
What is the AV Node BPM?
What is the Ventricle BPM?
60-100 BPM
40-60 BPM
20-40 BPM
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What are the three methods to calculate heart rate?
Six second strip
Memory
Little blocks
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What are the four types of artifacts?
Somatic tremors
Baseline sway
60-cycle interference
Broken recording
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What is the normal PR interval?
0.12-0.20
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What is necessary to interpret a rhythm strip?
Wave duration
Regularity
Rate & Rhythm
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What is the most dangerous arrhythmia?
A-Fib
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What is the placement for Lead V4?
5th Left intercoastal, Mid-clavicular; Isoelectric QRS
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Where are the ventricular pacemaker cells found?
They are found at the Purkinje fibers
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Longer Longer Longer drop.. then you have a?
Wenckebach
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What is used to treat SVT and V-tach.
Synchronized cardioversion.
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Premature Ventricular Complex
500
Name one of the common causes for bradycardia?
Inferior wall MI
Myocardia ischemia
Hypothermia
Medications (beta blockers)
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What is the normal chart speed?
25mm per second
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What begins with ischemia
Myocardial infraction
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what is a major complication of A-Fib?
Thrombi Formation
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What is the definition of usurpation?
Lower pacemaker fires in accelerated rate.