I have a complex
Save Me!
EKG 3
What comes out da machine?
Save Me Too!
100
Wave associated with Ventricular contraction
What is the QRS Complex?
100
What is Normal Sinus Rhythm?
100
The process by which a graphic pattern is created to reflect the electrical impulses generated by the heart as it pumps
What is Electrocardiography?
100
The tracing made by an electrocardiograph
What is the Electrocardiogram?
100
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib)
200
Quivering or chaotic muscle contractions of the heart
What is Fibrillation?
200
What is Bradycardia?
200
An instrument that measures and displays the waves of electrical impulses responsible for the cardiac cycle
What is a Electrocardiograph?
200
For analysis, a strip of this much length is needed
What is 6 seconds?
200
What is V-Fib (Ventricular Fibrillation)?
300
Wave associated with Atrial depolarization (contraction)
What is the P Wave?
300
What is Tachycardia?
300
A heart rhythm can be Regular, Irregular, and ____
What is Regularly Irregular?
300
Time represented by one large box on ECG paper
What is 0.2 seconds?
300
What is V-Tach (Ventricular Tachycardia)?
400
Rhythm with extended PR intervals
What are Heart Blocks?
400
What is Atrial Flutter?
400
Treat the _____ not the _____
What is Treat the Patient, not the Machine?
400
Time represented by one small box on ECG paper
What is 0.04 seconds?
400
What is Premature Atrial Contraction (PAC)?
500
Random very wide QRS complexes
What are PVC's (Premature Ventricular Contractions)?
500
What is 2nd Degree Block, Type 1?
500
What you get when you multiply the number of QRS complexes in a 6-second strip by 10
What is Heart Rate?
500
A rhythm strip can be obtained by viewing which lead?
What is Lead II?
500
First Degree Heart Block