Terminoloy
Patient Care
Heart
EKG
Interpretation
100

What does EKG stand for?

Electrocardiogram

100

What is the normal blood pressure?

120/80

100

What are the 4 valves of the heart?

Tricuspid, Pulmonary, mitral, and aortic

100

How many small boxes make up a large box and how many seconds does each small box represent?

5 boxes; .04 seconds

100

Which are the three pacemakers of the heart?

SA node, AV node, and Purkinje fibers

200

Wires that conduct electrical impulses from electrodes to an EKG machine

Leads

200

Before you can perform an EKG, you need to get the patient's ___________

Consent

200

What is known as the "gatekeeper"?

AV node

200

What is the most common paper speed?

25 mm/second

200

In what type of patients would it be normal to see sinus bradycardia?

Athletes or older adults who live a sedentary life. 

300

Standard waveforms found on the EKG tracing, each corresponding  to a specific event within one full electrical cycle of the heart

PQRST waves

300

What is the most important thing to stop the cycle of infection?

Good hand hygiene

300

The Purkinje Fibers fire at what rate?

20-40 bpm

300

How do you position a patient who has a respiratory condition?

Semi-fowler's

300

In what part of the heart do junctional arrhythmias occur?

Av node or tissue

400

Skin, lips, or fingers turning blue or discolored

cyanosis

400

What must you ask a patient about before performing an EKG?

Medical, social, surgical, and medication history

400

The ability of the cardiac cells to spontaneously generate electrical activity is called

Automaticity

400

Which lead goes on the fourth intercostal space, right of the sternum?

V1

400

Heart blocks will demonstrate delayed or absent what?

ventricular depolarization

500

Fainting

syncope

500

When would you stop a stress test?

If the patient feels fatigue, lightheadedness, dizziness, SOB, or chest pain
500

Occlusion to the Left anterior descending artery can lead to what?

arrhythmias and death

500

During a stress test, instead of applying the limb leads on the extremities, where are you placing the four electrodes?

Right clavicle/shoulder area, Left clavicle, shoulder area, Left Lower abdominal area, Right lower abdominal area

500

This rhythm occurs when the ventricular pacemaker is not functioning and the ventricular rate will range from 20-40/min and there are no discernible P waves. 

Idioventricular rhythm