ECG ORIENTATION KAISER MODULE 1 COMPLETE PREPARATION GUIDE AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY CONCEPT REVIE

ECG ORIENTATION KAISER MODULE 1
COMPLETE PREPARATION GUIDE AND
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY CONCEPT REVIEW


◉ Rate of AV node.
Answer: 40-60


◉ rate of ventricles/ perkinje.
Answer: 20-40


◉ each small box on strip represents.
Answer: 0.04 seconds


◉ each larger box on strip represents.
Answer: 0.20 seconds


◉ u wave can be caused by.
Answer: hypokalemia or digitalis toxicity


◉ Long PR interval can mean.
Answer: heart block

,◉ V1 is placed.
Answer: on 4th inrercostal space to right of sternum


◉ v2 is places.
Answer: on 4th intercostal space to left of sternum


◉ V3 is placed.
Answer: between v2 and v4


◉ v4 is placed.
Answer: on the fifth intercostal space in the midclavicular line


◉ v5 is placed.
Answer: between v4 and v6


◉ v6 is placed in.
Answer: the fifth intercostal space in midaxillary line


◉ Sinus arrhythmia is.
Answer: normal rate but speeds and slows with respirations, rhythm
is irregular. p-p varies by more than 10%

, ◉ regularly irregular rhythm.
Answer: sinus arrhythmia


◉ txt for bradycardia.
Answer: is symptomatic, atropine 0.5mg. if unsuccessful, pacemaker


◉ sinus pause.
Answer: one or two beats arent formed


◉ sinus arrest.
Answer: 3 or more beats are not formed


◉ sinoatrial exit block.
Answer: SA node gernerates an impulse but its blocked before being
transmitted hence dropped beats. underlying rhythm is maintained


◉ sick sinus syndrome.
Answer: sinus bradycardia (heart rate < 40 bpm), sinus pauses
(sudden pauses of the sinus node shorter than 2-3 seconds), and
sinus arrest (sudden pauses of the sinus node longer than 2-3
seconds).