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ACLS EKG Review_All Correct 100%
Ventricular Tachycardia EKG .....ANSWER.....Rhythm-Regular
Rate- 180-190
QRS Duration - prolonged
P Wave- not seen
Ventricular Tachycardia Phys .....ANSWER.....Abnormal tissues in
ventricles generate a rapid and irregular heart rhythm.
Poor cardiac output
Shock rhythm if patient is unconscious and w/o pulse.
Ventricular Fibrillation EKG .....ANSWER.....Rhythm-Irregular
Rate 300+, irregular
QRS Duration - Not recognizable
P wave- not seen.
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Ventricular Fibrillation Phys .....ANSWER.....Disorganized signals
in ventricles cause it to quiver instead of contract.
Pt unconscious, blood unable to pump from brain.
Immediate defibrillation needed.
Condition can occur during or after MI
Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG .....ANSWER.....Rhythm-
Regular
Rate 140-220 bpm
QRS Duration- usually normal
P wave: often buried in preceding T wave
P-R interval: depends on site of supra ventricular pacemaker
Supraventricular Tachycardia Patho .....ANSWER.....Impulses
stimulating the heart are not being generated by the sinus node,
but instead are coming from a collection of tissue around and
involving the AV node.
ACLS EKG Review_All Correct 100%
Ventricular Tachycardia EKG .....ANSWER.....Rhythm-Regular
Rate- 180-190
QRS Duration - prolonged
P Wave- not seen
Ventricular Tachycardia Phys .....ANSWER.....Abnormal tissues in
ventricles generate a rapid and irregular heart rhythm.
Poor cardiac output
Shock rhythm if patient is unconscious and w/o pulse.
Ventricular Fibrillation EKG .....ANSWER.....Rhythm-Irregular
Rate 300+, irregular
QRS Duration - Not recognizable
P wave- not seen.
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Ventricular Fibrillation Phys .....ANSWER.....Disorganized signals
in ventricles cause it to quiver instead of contract.
Pt unconscious, blood unable to pump from brain.
Immediate defibrillation needed.
Condition can occur during or after MI
Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG .....ANSWER.....Rhythm-
Regular
Rate 140-220 bpm
QRS Duration- usually normal
P wave: often buried in preceding T wave
P-R interval: depends on site of supra ventricular pacemaker
Supraventricular Tachycardia Patho .....ANSWER.....Impulses
stimulating the heart are not being generated by the sinus node,
but instead are coming from a collection of tissue around and
involving the AV node.
