Parts of Rhythms
An EKG is
What is a graph of the heart's electrical activity?
A rhythm with a P wave that is inverted, absent, after the QRS or lost in the QRS is known as
What is a Junctional rhyhm?
What is 0.12-0.2?
If your Q is far from P, then you have _______
What is a first degree?
The initial medical treatment for stable SVT
What is Adenosine?
(Try vagal maneuvers first)
The QRS is defined as
What is Ventricular depolarization?
A patient has a change in their rhythm, as the nurse, you _________
Assess patient, following market level policy for reporting, if unstable, call RRT
The normal value for a QRS
What is <0.12?
Longer, longer, longer......dropped. Then you have a _______
What is a Wenkenbach, Mobitz type I, second degree heart block type one
A patient is bradycardic and has hypotension, this medication is the initial treatment
What is atropine 0.5mg IV push?
The PR interval corresponds to what electrical activity in the heart
What is atrial depolarization?
You can find the rate by measuring
What is the the distance between R to R?
Count small boxes and use rate card, or 1500 method
If some P's don't get through, then you have a ________
Mobitz II, second degree heart block type 2
A patient is bradycardic and hypotensive, atropine was given and did not work. Name the next treatment
What is pacing?
If electrical activity hits a beat on the QT, this phenomenon can result
What is R on T?
This can send the heart into lethal rhythms
The normal length of the QT interval
What is 0.36-0.44 or half the distance of R to R?
If your Q's and P's don't agree, then you have a _______
What is a third degree heart block or complete heart block?
The optimal time for each person to do CPR
What are 2 minute intervals?
Name factors can prolong QT interval
What are
medications
hypocalcemia
hx of cardiac arrest
dehydration
eating disorders
What is a range?
A third degree heart block also has what characteristic
What is a widened QRS