Basic Dysrhythmia-Relias questions and correct answers

  normal sinus rhythm - Correct Answers:heart rhythm originating in the sinoatrial node with a rate in patients at rest of 60 to 100 beats per minute Sinus Arrhythmia - Correct Answers:Appearance is ALMOST NORMAL: Respiratory - Circulatory interaction Rate INCREASES with INSPIRATION (IN=IN) Sinus Bradycardia - Correct Answers:<60 normal sinus rhythm Sinus Tachycardia - Correct Answers:>100 (100-150) normal sinus rhythm Premature Atrial Contraction (PAC) - Correct Answers:Heart Rate: Depends on underlying rhythm Regularity: Interrupts the regularity of underlying rhythm P-Wave: can be flattened, notched, or unusual. May be hidden within the T wave PRI: measures between .12-.20 seconds and can be prolonged; can be different from other complexes QRS: <.12 seconds Sinus Arrest/Pause - Correct Answers:- SA node doesn't fire - notice absence of P-wave for a complete cycle (a missed cycle) length of pause ≠ multiple of normal rate (block) Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) - Correct Answers:an irregular and often very fast heart rate originating from abnormal conduction in the atria Atrial Flutter - Correct Answers:irregular beating of the atria; often described as "a-flutter with 2 to 1 block or 3 to 1 block" Junctional Rhythm - Correct Answers:40-60 Regular! -impulse from AV node w/ retro/antegrade transmission - P wave often inverted/buried/follow QRS - slow rate - narrow QRS (not wide like ventricular) Junctional Tachycardia - Correct Answers:>60 bpm (ms. K; 150-250) - KEY: will be regular (consistent) - AV junction produces a rapid sequence of QRS-T cycles - p-wave often inverted/buried/follow QRS Premature Junctional Contraction - Correct Answers:Inverted p wave or hidden p wave PRI<0.12 or none Normal QRS Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) - Correct Answers:an abnormal heart rhythm arising from aberrant electrical activity in the heart; originates at or above the AV node First degree heart block - Correct Answers:atrioventricular (AV) block in which the atrial electrical impulses are delayed by a fraction of a second before being conducted to the ventricles 2nd degree heart block type 1 (Wenkebach) - Correct Answers:Progressively longer PR interval until the P wave is not followed by a QPR 2nd Degree Heart Block (Mobitz II) - Correct Answers:Rare, but more serious Sudden appearance of a nonconducted P-wave P-waves are nl, but some aren't followed by a QRS complex PR & RR intervals are constant 3rd degree heart block - Correct Answers:no obvious correlation between p and qrs, need pace maker premature ventricular contraction (PVC) - Correct Answers:a ventricular contraction preceding the normal impulse initiated by the SA node (pacemaker) Bigeminy PVC - Correct Answers:every other beat is a PVC PVC couplets - Correct Answers:PVC occurring in pairs, no adequate C.O. when this occurs monomorphic ventricular tachycardia - Correct Answers:presents with wide QRS complexes of a common shape. Torsades de pointes - Correct Answers:Rate: 120 - 200 usually P wave: Obscured by ventricular waves QRS: Wide QRS - "Twisting of the Points" Conduction: Ventricular only Rhythm: Slightly irregular Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib) - Correct Answers:abnormal heart rhythm which results in quivering of ventricles Idioventricular Rhythm - Correct Answers:<40 *looks like vtach but slow* - no P waves (from vent foci) - Wide QRS (serious, death like rhythm) - called "dying heart" rhythm...occasional ventric beat b4 death (asystole) Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm - Correct Answers:Rate: 50 - 100 usually (usually slow) P wave: Obscured by ventricular waves (occur during ventricular contraction) - SA node slower than faster ventricular pacing than should be QRS: Wide QRS Conduction: Ventricular only Rhythm: Regular - benign rhythm that is sometimes seen during acute MI or early after reperfusion. - Rarely sustained, does not progress to vfib, rarely requires treatment asystole - Correct Answers:absence of contractions of the heart Failure to capture (pacemaker) - Correct Answers: failure to sense (pacemaker) - Correct Answers: Atrial paced rhythm - Correct Answers:spike before P wave Ventricular paced rhythm - Correct Answers:ventricular contractions which occur in cases of complete heart block.