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WilliamWallace Adv DX chapt 10 ECG's

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What is an ECG   show
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What do ECG's not measure   show
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show chest pain, exert ional dyspnea, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, pedal edema, fainting, palpations, nausea and indigestion in high risk pts  
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show hx of heart disease, hx of cardiac surgery  
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physical exam suggestive of ECG   show
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show normally is pacemaker, has greatest automaticity, causes depolarization (60-100bpm)  
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show normally acts as back up pacemaker (40-60 bpm)  
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show SA node to the 3 internodal atrial conduction tracts leading to AV node and 1 intranodal conduction tract to left atrium (Bachman’s bundle)  
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show AV Node and bundle of His (.05 second delay)  
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electrical conduction of the ventricles   show
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Systole   show
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show ventrical relax  
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show contraction of the atria (at latter end of systole) just before ventrical contraction-aids in ventrical filling and accounts for 10-20% of CO in healthy person  
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AV Node delay   show
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show cells that have the ability to generate electrical activity spontaneously  
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pacemaker cells   show
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myocardial cells   show
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ectopic impulse   show
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SA Node is stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system, what kinds of things can increase SA Node rate   show
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what can slow the SA node rate (or stop it)   show
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show supply 02 and nutrients to heart, arise from descending aorta and branches to coronary vessels  
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show blockage of one or more coronary vessels leading to regionalized tissue ischemia and tissue death  
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show dysrrhythmias and <CO  
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Hypoxia and ischemia of myocardium causes   show
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show >workload w/o concurrent blood flow (blocked coronary arteries)  
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show potassium, magnesium and calcium are most common  
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poor cardiac output and HR   show
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show hypoxia, ischemia, sympathetic stimulation, drugs, electrolyte imbalance  
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acetycholine   show
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norepinephrine   show
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alpha and beta adrenergic receptor sites   show
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show alpha constrict-beta dilate  
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heart receptor   show
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show B2  
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blood vessel receptor   show
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*4 major characteristics of cardiac cells   show
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action potential   show
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polarized   show
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show muscle contraction(loss of negative charge)  
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re-polarization   show
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show (.11 seconds) depolarization of the atria, impulse spreads across atria and triggers atrial contractions  
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*QRS complex   show
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show ventricals returning to resting state  
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show PR interval, .12-.20, measures time from onset of atrial contraction to onset of vent contraction, aka time for elec impulse to spread through and AV node (3-5 small squares)  
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show progression of elec impulse is outside normal path  
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show delay in conduction or AV block  
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show <.12  
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wide QRS indicates   show
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show normal, supraventricular  
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ST Segment   show
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show depressed ischemia, elevated MI  
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show follows Twave, may be seen or unseen, final phase of ventrical re-polarization  
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show from beginning of Q to end of T, should be ½ of R-R  
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long QT interval   show
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show a QRS complex that has a second positive deflection, the first is the R, the second is R-prime  
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S-prime   show
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show between 0 and 90 degrees  
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show right vent is enlarged  
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show left vent is enlarged  
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show chest pain, dyspnea, fine crackles, palpations, pale cool skin, dizziness/syncope, sense of impending doom, low BP-<90systolic, <LOC  
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interpreting dysrrhythmias can be accomplished in 3 levels   show
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show QRS complexes and pulse strength (to fast/slow, irritability, lethal, absent)  
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show atrial, junctional, ventricular  
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show ectopic beat/rhythm, escape beats/rhythms, AV block, bundle branch block  
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*bradycardia rate   show
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*tachycardia rate   show
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irregular rhythms   show
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show positive, round, <.10, <2.5 mm tall, all should look alike  
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show atrial enlargement  
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*more than one Pwave may indicative of   show
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show norm .12-.20 seconds, >.20 is possible heart block (delayed AV node)  
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*evaluating QRS   show
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*evaluating ST segment   show
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show left vent infarction, rt vent hypertrophy, COPD, pulm emboli, normal in infants,  
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show rt vent infarction, left vent hypertrophy, abdominal obesity, ascites, or ab tumor, pregnancy  
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*evaluating the Qwave   show
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*Right atrium enlargement is seen in pts   show
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show rt deviation of Pwave, tall Pwave or prominent or negative Pwave  
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show to the right  
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show <60 bpm w/no problems to pt (athlete)  
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*relative bradycardia   show
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transient bradycardia may be caused by   show
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show damage to SA node by MI  
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show hypothyroidism, hypothermia, hyperkalemia, meds  
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show 100-150 BPM with SA node as pacemaker, most often caused by fever, pain, hypoxemia, hypovelemia, hypotension, sepsis, heart failure and suctioning  
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*respiratory meds that cause sinus tachycardia   show
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show usually benign, everything is normal except rhythm, rhythm will be off (space between the R-R)  
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show 160-240 bpm, ectopic foci in the atrium takes over as pacemaker, sudden onset and ending, may cause hypotension, CHF, or ischemic episode, or recent/pre existing MI  
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danger of PAT (paroxysmal atrial tachycardia)   show
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show light headed, palpations, possible fainting  
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causes of PAT   show
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evaluating PAT   show
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show rapid firing of ectopic foci, sawtooth Pwave with normal QRS  
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show flutter waves, caused by rapid contractions of atria upon stimulation by re-entry or accelerated automaticity  
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atrial flutter reduces CO how   show
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mural thrombi   show
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show deteriorates to atrial Fib or spontaneously returns to normal  
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caused of atrial flutter   show
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evaluating atrial flutter   show
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Atrial Fibrillation   show
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show same as a-flutter plus hyperthyroidism, pulm diseases and congenital heart diseases  
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show rate can be as high as 400bpm, rhythm is irregular irregular, Pwave is chaotic and irregular, PRI is unmeasurable, QRS <.12  
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PVC   show
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common causes of PVC's   show
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show multiple PVC's in less than 1 minute (indicates irritable vent area), couplets (2in a row), salvos (3 in a row), or R on T phenomenon  
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Salvos   show
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show PVC's occur during Twave of preceding beat, can cause PVC's to turn into Vtach (when it happens Vtach QRS wave looks more rounded)  
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show rate is underlying, rhythm is regular, Pwave is not associated with PVC (others are normal), PRI not measurable (others are norm), QRS norm except with PVC>.12 abnormal look and premature, Twave is opposite direction of PVC (PVC up Twave down)  
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show compensatory pause (because they are premature)  
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Ventricular Tachycardia   show
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show hypoxic heart, as with severe myocardial ischemia  
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show rate 140-300 bpm, rhythm is regular, no Pwave with PVC, no PTI with PVC, wide QRS  
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Ventricular Fibrillation   show
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show cardiac standstill-flatline-no pulse, dead  
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PEA   show
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show any rhythm that does not produce a pulse except Vtach, Vfib and asystole  
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most common AV Heart block causes   show
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show (mildest) prolonged PRI >.20 second delay at AV node  
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1st degree AV heart block causes   show
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show rate normal, rhythm regular, Pwave normal, PRI prolonged (>.20), QRS norm at <.12  
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show (intermediate block) PRI gets long each beat until QRS is dropped, same causes as type 1  
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2nd degree AV Block type 2 aka Mobitz type 2   show
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evaluating 2nd degree mobitz 2   show
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causes of 2nd degree heart block type 2   show
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show most extreme and dangerous heart block. Conduction problem is in bundle of his (narrow QRS) or in bundled branches (wide QRS), complete block, no conduction atria and ventricals  
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causes of 3rd degree heart blocks   show
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evaluating 3rd degree heart block   show
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idoventricular rhythm   show
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accelerated idoventricular rhythm   show
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evaluating idioventricular rhythm   show
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Junctional rhythm   show
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show AV node damage, electrolyte disturbance, digitalis toxicity, heart failure, valve disease, rheumatic fever  
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show rate 40-60, accelerated 60-100, junctional tachycardia >100, rhythm is reg, Pwave is absent, inverted or short, can be befor or after QRS, PRI if present is short, QRS <.12  
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Pwave following QRS is what   show
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If Pwave appears befor QRS in junctional rythm   show
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deviation of the ST segment up or down suggests what   show
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COPD causes what kind of axis deviation   show
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show R axis deviation  
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show Tachycardia, Multifocal atrial tachycardia, ventricle ectopic beats are most common (from hypoxemia & meds) & worsen at night due to hypoxemia.  
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show Between R-R, add lg boxes at .20 each and sm boxes at .04 then divide into 60. 2lg + 3sm is 60/.2+.2+.04+.04+.04 equals 60/.52 is a HR of 115  
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Prolonged QRS .12-.10 causes   show
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show Complete RBBB or LBBB (3rd degree block), IVCD, or PVC’S (v-tach & pacemakers)  
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IVCD   show
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Sick sinus syndrome   show
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Atrial tachy   show
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Atrial flutter rate according to Karol’s handout   show
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show Uncoordinated atrial depolarization’s  
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Junctional escape Rhythms   show
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AV block   show
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1st degree block   show
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2nd degree AV block   show
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2nd degree Type 1 (wenkebach)   show
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3rd degree   show
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show reentry currents in atria or from vent to atria. Rate 140-250  
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show Wide QRS, caused by eptopic foci in ventricle.  
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show Caused by aberrant vent automatically or intra-ventricular reentry, can be sustained or paroxysmal (short run) wide QRS 100-200 bpm.  
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V Flutter   show
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V Fib   show
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The 3 types of heart cells are   show
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show SA node-thus the pacemaker  
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show AV junction  
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show ischemia and infarction leads to dysrrhythmias and <QT  
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what does the QRS reflect on ECG   show
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show K- moves out and NA+ and CA+ moves in  
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show K- moves back inside and NA+ and CA+ move to the outside  
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isoelectric   show
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show 12, 6 limb (vertical plane) and 6 chest (horizontal plane)  
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what are the 6 limb leads   show
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bipolar leads   show
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show leads aVR, aVL, aVF are augmented by the machine because they are unipolar  
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frontal plane   show
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show V1-V6  
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where are V1 and V2 located   show
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where is V6 located   show
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depressed ST   show
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elevated ST   show
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show ischemia (usually seen with depressed ST  
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show infarction  
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show impact of lung disease on heart, severity of infarction, heart rhythm, never pick pumping ability or QT  
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show orthopnea and syncope  
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what is the normal intrinsic rate of primary pacemaker   show
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show 60-80  
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show atrial depolarization  
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show ventrical depolarization  
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what does T wave represent   show
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show .20  
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normal QRS   show
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QRS is equally spaced with 3 large boxes between, whats the rate   show
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QRS is equally spaced with 4 large boxes between, whats the rate   show
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show AV block  
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show elevated ST segment  
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show flutter you can count and fibrillation is a quiver-chaotic, Ventrical fib and flutter originate low in the heart, so no QRS as with atrial fib and flutter (they have a QRS)  
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show brady, sinus tach, PVC, fine and course VFib, asystol, depressed ST and elevated ST  
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1 small box on strip   show
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1 large box on strip   show
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calculating bpm   show
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