ekg vocab #3

Irregular heart action caused by physiological or pathological disorders. AKA dysrhythmia.

• Arrhythmia

• Atrial Fibrillation

• Atrial Flutter

• Atrial Tachycardia

Which best describes this rhythm?

• Asystole

• PEA

• Ventricular Tachycardia

• Ventricular fibrillation

Interpret this Rhythm:

• Normal sinus rhythm

• Ventricular fibrillation

• Sinus Brady with PAC's

• Sinus Bradycardia

Damage or interference in the electrical pathway through the septum altering the contraction of the ventricles is known as:

• bundle branch block

• atrial fibrillation

• ventricular tachycardia

• atrial flutter

Transfers distance on an electrocardiogram; in conjunction with the appropriate scale, the heart rate can be determined. An instrument that is useful in measuring distances on an EKG tracing.

• Dutration

• Amplitude

• Large Boxes

• Calipers

Cardiac arrest is caused when the ____ electrical system malfunctions:

• Heart's
• Lung's
• Brain's
• Gall Bladder's

The QRS Complex on an ECG represents ______ and is the result of opening sodium and potassium channels on the surface of cardiac cells.

• Atrial Depolarization

• Atrial Repolarization

• Ventricular Depolarization

• Ventricular Repolarization

Which best describes this rhythm which looks like quivering without organized contraction

• Atrial Fibrillation

• Atrial Flutter

• Asystole

• PEA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Identify the tracing

• Atrial Flutter

• AV block: 1st degree

• Atrial Fibrilattion

• Sinus Tachycardia

7. Myocardial Infarction is ?

• A. Heart muscle get enough oxygen in the blood

• B. Permanent damage to the heart muscle / death of tissue due to lack of blood

• C. Heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen in the blood

• D. Discomfort at chest feel like burning