Cardiac Terminology
The heart's natural pacemaker
What is the SA Node
A rhythm characterized by a rapid, regular heart rate of 100-150 beats per minute.
What is sinus tachycardia?
What type of heart block involves a delay in the conduction through the AV node?
What is a first degree heart block?
Represents the p wave.
What is atrial depolarization?
Primary purpose of the defibrillator.
What is restore a normal heart rhythm?
Name the major artery that supplies blood totheheart muscle
What is the coronary artery?
The rhythm presenting as irregularly irregular.
What is atriall fibrillation?
A type of heart block where some p waves are not conducted to the ventricles.
What is second-degree heart block (Type II)
Normal range for the PR interval.
What is 0.12-0.20
Two types of defibrillators used in emergency settings.
What are Automated External Defibrillators (AED) and manual defibrillators?
The term used for the volume of blood pumped by the body in one minute.
What is cardiac output?
This rhythm is characterized by a "sawtooth" pattern on an ECG.
What is atrial flutter?
A heart block characterized by complete dissociation between atrial and ventircular activity.
What is third-degree heart block?
The ST segment represents
What is the period between ventricular depolarization and repolarization?
The common energy dose used in defibrillation.
What is 200 joules?
Define hypertension
What is a condition characterized by consistently elevated blood pressure?
This term is used for a heart rate less than 60 beats per minute.
What is bradycardia?
A common symptom of complete heart block.
What is syncope?
The QRS complex
What is the representation of ventricular depolarization on the ECG?
Rhythm commonly treated with defibrillation
What is ventricular fibrillation?
In terminology CHF stands for--
What is congestive heart failure?
Bradycardia rhythm.
What is the term for a rhythm where the QRS complexes are wide and bizarre?
A potential treatment for heart block.
What is a pacemaker?
The normal duration of the QRS.
What is less than .12
A safety precaution taken before delivering a shock with a defibrillator.
What is shouting "all clear" to ensure no one is touching the patient or the defibrillator.