My heart hurts
Dynamojo
RT Farty
Heart shaped box
Respiratory TheRapist
100
Normally, this area of the heart has the highest degree of automaticity:
What is the Sinoatrial node
100
this parameter is best used to assess left ventricular afterload?
What is Systemic Vascular Resistance
100
Hypoxia
Pulmonary embolism
Tamponade
Acidosis
What do these have in common?
What are reversible causes of PEA (Hs and Ts)
100
the normal range for cardiac output?
4 to 8 L/min
100
In a 12 lead ECG, V1 through V6 are referred to as:
what are precordial leads
200
Atrial depolarization is represented by what wave?
what is the P wave
200
The pulmonary artery catheter balloon is used to “float” the tip of the catheter into the correct position in the pulmonary artery, if it should stay inflated for the entire time it is in place in the pulmonary artery it would be similar to what adverse condition?
What is a Pulmonary Embolism
200
the AV node
what is G
200
The myocardial tissue's ability of cells to respond to electrical, chemical, or mechanical stimulation and is not unique to heart muscle is referred to as:
what is excitability
200
If every P wave is followed by a QRS complex, every QRS complex is preceded by a P wave, the rate regular and is between 60 and 100 beats/min
what is normal sinus rhythm
300
What is the maximum duration of a normal PR interval?
what is 0.2 seconds
300
What is the normal mean pulmonary artery pressure?
what is 10 to 20 mmHg
300
Determining the mean _________________ can help detect right or left ventricular hypertrophy.
what is axis
300
The unique ability of the cardiac muscle to initiate a spontaneous electrical impulse is a property called:
automaticity
300
During impulse conduction, to allow time for ventricular filling of blood, the impulse is held for a moment/slowed down at what location?
what is the AV node
400
Consistent shape
3 small boxes long or less
No more than 2.5 mm high
Upright in lead II
What are characteristics of a normal P wave?
400
The SA node stimulates the part of the heart that provides the “kick” that pushes blood TO the ______________.
what is the ventricles
400
Erratic quivering of the muscle mass of the largest chambers of the heart.
ventricular fibrillation
400
On an ECG strip, ventricular depolarization is represented by ________________?
What is QRS complex
400
why are QRS complexes normally larger than P waves
because the muscle mass of ventricles is much greater than that of the atria.
500
Normally, the ____________ has greatest degree of automaticity and paces the heart –referred to as "The Pacemaker of the Heart"
Sinoatrial node
500
The arrhythmia that includes a progressively lengthening PR interval, eventually drops a QRS complex, then repeats the pattern, is called ____________?
second degree type I (Wenckebach)
500
Letter B
PR interval
500
The T wave represents:
what is Ventricular repolarization
500
Stroke volume x heart rate
what is cardiac output