Leads
Where the ground lead is placed.
What is the right leg.
What you do if you see a wandering baseline.
What is check the electrodes.
A pacemaker would show up on an EKG as _______________.
What is straight spikes where the P wave is.
The flat line between complexes on an EKG.
What is the baseline.
Occurring just before death, this rhythm originates in the ventricles.
What is agonal.
Where V1 is located.
What is 4th intercostal space on the right of the sternum.
This artifact makes the EKG appear backwards or upside down.
What is reversed leads.
You might expect to see this arrhythmia in a healthy elite level athlete.
What is sinus bradycardia.
The number of normal deflections on an EKG tracing.
What is five.
What is asystole.
These leads form Eithoven's triangle.
What is I, II, and III.
This artifact appears like uniform small spikes on the rhythm strip.
What is alternating current.
In this rhythm you would expect to see a HR between 60-100bpm, a regular rhythm, and a PQRST in each group.
What is normal sinus rhythm.
The presence of a U wave indicates
What is low potassium (K+).
Where V6 is placed
What is 5th intercostal space on the midaxillary line.
These leads are augmented unipolar.
What is aVR, aVL, and aVF.
How do you avoid alternating current?
What is move all electronics.
One complete cardiac cycle will appear on EKG as ____________.
What is a PQRST complex.
How do you calculate heart rate using an EKG
What is count the number of QRS complex and multiply by 10.
The only vein in the body that carries oxygenated blood.
What is the pulmonary vein.
These leads are bipolar.
I, II, and III.
This artifact will appear if patient is rigid, moving, or having a seizure.
What is tremor.
Where you see ventricular repolarization.
What is the T wave.
The standard printout speed for an EKG is
What is 25mm/sec.
The movement of oxygen rich blood throughout the body and the bringing of waste (AKA old blood) back to the right atrium
What is systemic circulation.