EKG Facts
The calibration of standard gain on an EKG tracing.
What is 10 mm?
Chest leads
What is V1, V2, V3, V4, V5 and V6?
Backflow of the heart as a result of heart disease.
What is regurgitation?
The amount of blood pumped by the heart.
What is cardiac output?
What arteries carry
What is oxygenated blood?
Distortion that can generate inaccurate EKG Tracings
What is Artifact?
The Lead most commonly used to examine the patient's heart rate and rhythm.
What is Lead II?
Deadly condition of the cardiovascular system that may occur without symptoms.
What is hypertension?
Coronary artery disease is marked by the build up of this substance in the coronary arteries.
What is plaque?
The division of the autonomic nervous system responds when a person experiences stress or fear.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
When the left arm electrode is placed on the patient's right side and the right arm electrode is placed on the left side.
What is limb lead reversal?
Electrical charge
What is Voltage?
Aphasia, hemiparesis, and facial droop.
What are signs of a stroke?
A blood clot is called a _______ when it forms and a ________ when it moves from it's original site.
What is thrombus and embolus?
The layer of the heart that is composed of muscle cells.
What is the myocardium?
aVR, aVL and aVF.
What are the augmented limb leads?
The feature in the electrodes that allows signals to be transmitted from the pad to the lead wire.
What is the conductive gel in the pad?
Fluid build up in the lungs is which type of heart failure?
What is left-sided CHF?
Inadequate oxygen supply to the body's tissues is known as:
What is hypoxia?
The protective layer around the heart that contains the coronary arteries
What is the Epicardium?
The chest leads
What are precordial leads?
Changes from positive to negative.
What is repolarize?
Productive cough with white frothy sputum.
What is right-sided CHF?
Blood flows in the heart and lungs in this order:
What is Right atrium, right ventricle, lungs, left atrium, left ventricle, aorta
Between the ribs
What is intercostal?