Electrophysiology
This structure, located in the right atrium, is made up of pacemaker cells that fire at an intrinsic rate of 60-100bpm.
What is the SA Node?
There are two of these chambers within the heart. They are responsible for sending large volumes of blood outside of the heart to other parts of the body.
What are ventricles?
Usually seen as a result of a patient's respirations, this irregular rhythm is considered non-pathological in most cases.
What is sinus arrhythmia?
One of these can be used to monitor a stepdown patient when they are being transported.
What is a tram?
Every four hours, or any time an event occurs, one of these is exported to Epic.
What is a strip?
This bundle branch is made up of two fascicles, the anterior and the posterior, in order to depolarize the larger of the two ventricles.
What is the Left Bundle Branch?
These arteries supply heart muscle with blood.
What are coronary arteries?
This delay can be seen in a sinus rhythm following a premature atrial contraction.
What is a compensatory pause?
When preparing a tele pack for a patient, include a pack, a battery, a pack of electrodes, the patient info card, and one of these.
What is a leadset?
These alarms continue to go off even once the event has ended and will continue until acknowledged.
What are red alarms?
This structure, located inside the right atrium, acts as the only pathway for impulses travelling between the atria and ventricles.
What is the AV Node?
This chamber of the hear has the thickest wall of all chambers, allowing it to exert the strongest pressure.
What is the left ventricle?
This macro-reentrant rhythm can see atrial rates from 150-250bpm and is recognizable by its characteristic "sawtooth" pattern.
What is aflutter?
Use this menu option for new admits, transfers in and out of the unit, and adding equipment.
What is Manage Patient?
This reading shows a patient's SpO2 percentage as a result of each heartbeat.
What is a pleth wave?
This wave represents the depolarization of both atria on the ECG.
What is the P wave?
This is the largest artery within the body. It stems from the left ventricle of the heart, and branches into nearly every other artery in the body.
What is the aorta?
This arrhythmia is the most common arrhythmia in pediatric patients, especially infants and newborns.
What is SVT?
For continuous telemetry in an inpatient setting, there are five of these attached to a patient's chest and abdomen.
What are electrodes?
This yellow alarm will sound if the monitor detects an irregular rhythm without P waves.
What is Afib?
This chamber of the heart is depolarized by impulses travelling through bachmann’s bundle from the right atrium.
What is the left atrium?
Surgery on these structures within the heart is one of the most common causes for junctional rhythms and ectopy.
What are valves?
This rhythm is often treated with a pacemaker and is likely to progress to a complete heart block if left untreated.
What is a 2° Type II/Mobitz II?
2If your patient needs continuous pulse ox monitoring using a tele pack, they'll need one of these.
What is an SpO2 adapter?
This button can be used to review a patient's previously saved strips from a different unit.
What is Prior Data?