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show pt is standing, xray beam from back to chest, shot back to front  
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Ap film (portable)   show
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Lateral film?   show
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show Pt lies w/ film against affected side, used to assess pleural effusion, check for fluid movement  
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Apical Lordotic film description?   show
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show Air, Fluid, Fat, Bone  
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show black areas on xray, low density, air (pneumothorax, bullae, pneumatoceles, parenchyma)  
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What is Radiopaque?   show
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show light gray on xray, blood vessels, fissure fluid, pleural fluid(white)  
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show white on xray, heart, breast, adipose, ribs  
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show pneumothorax  
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show away from problems outs of the lungs  
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show PA engorgement = Cor Pulmonale, Adenopathy = Lymph Node changes  
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show Heart ratio should be< 50% size of chest area, Right diaphragm 2cm higher than Left, C/P Angles (Sulcus) will be lost with pleural effusion  
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Clavicle position used for:   show
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show asses lung volume  
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show lungs fields black without vascularity, vertebrae easily seen through cardiac shadow  
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An under exposed film?   show
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show Between the 9th - 11th posterior ribs, between the 4th - 6th anterior ribs,  
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Lower lung volume shows:   show
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Atelectasis xray description   show
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show Black hemithorax, lung mass toward Hilum, tracheal shift away from affected area  
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If there is white where there should be black on an xray, this is called?   show
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show Narrow tear/pear shaped heart, prominent PAs, low & flat diaphragms, wide posterior rib spaces, horizontal posterior ribs, radiolucent lung fields, small or narrow heart shadow  
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show Tuberculosis  
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Interstitial Disease xray description   show
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show ARDS  
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Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (CHF) xray desription?   show
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show Aleolar opacification (white areas), patent air-filled bronchi contrasted against opaque lung tissue  
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show thick bronchial wall from sputum  
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Blunting of the costophrenic angles and a menicus sign are noted with?   show
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An ECG is measuring electrical impluses within the heart, and echo measures?   show
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show horizontal, voltage(amplitude) is vertical  
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show 25mm/sec or s5 small squares  
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Small square is?   show
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Large square is?   show
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1 milivolt is equal to?   show
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show Divide 300 by the number are large squares between two r segments  
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show the isoelectric line  
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show an elevated or depressed ST segment. ST elevated MI, not getting enough O2 to the heart causing ischemia  
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What is a bipolar lead?   show
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show a positive lead on a limb  
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show down and to the left, if the signal is heading towards a lead it will chart above the isoelectric line. if traveling away, it will be below.  
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show An upward spike, current flow is toward the + electrode  
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What is Negative Deflection?   show
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What is lead axis?   show
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Mean cardiac vector?   show
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Bipolar Lead I   show
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Bipolar Lead II   show
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QRS is prominent when   show
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Bipolar Leads III   show
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show Augmented Leads, must be amplified  
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show + R arm  
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Unipolar aVl located   show
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show + L foot  
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show Located at 4th intercostal space next to sternum, view the R ventricle  
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Precordial Leads V3 V6 -   show
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show View the heart in a horizontal plane, known as the Chest Leads  
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Precordial Leads V3 & V4 view   show
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Precordial Leads V5 & V6 view -   show
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show Lead I & aVf  
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What are the 3 Bipolar Leads called?   show
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show aVr, aVl, aVf (a = augmented due to amplication, v = voltage, r = right arm, l = left arm, f = left foot (leg))  
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What are the 6 Chest or Precordial Leads called?   show
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show Six limb leads examining the heart in the vertical plane and six chest leads examining the heart in the horizontal plane  
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show 0.12 - 0.20 secs or 3 - 5 small blocks/1 large square, >.20 secs = 1deg heart block  
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Normal duration of the QRS complex   show
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show 0.36 - 0.44 sec or 9 - 11 small blocks  
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Axis Deviation occurs   show
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show Muscle mass changes (hypertrophy), polarity shift (bundle branch block), tissue dies (infarction), position changes (obesity)  
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show Cor Pulmonale, L ventricular Infarction, Acute pulmonary embolism  
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show R ventricular infarction, L ventricular hypertrophy, obesity  
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What is the Isoelectric Baseline?   show
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What is an ECG segment?   show
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show A wave plus the time to the next wave  
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show End of the QRS complex, isoelectric = no electric activity  
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show MI, L bundle branch block, pericarditis  
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show P wave present, RR interval regular, rate > 100/min, will look normal but condensed  
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show Hypoxemia, Xanthines (caffeine), Beta 1 adrenergics  
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show No P waves, wide/bizarre QRS complexes >0.12 secs, RR interval is regular, rate 150-250/min  
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show Lidocaine, synchronized cardioversion, untreated goes to V-Fib  
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show Ventricles showing minimal activity - QRS wave rarely over 1 mV, looks like crazy squiggly lines  
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Ventricular Fibrillation tx   show
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Atrial Flutter   show
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Atrial Fibrillation   show
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Atrial Fibrillation tx   show
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Premature Ventricular Complex   show
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Premature Ventricular Complex   show
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Couplet   show
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show Three or more PVC's in a row, more than 30secs = V.Tach,  
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show Lidocaine, synchronized cardioversion  
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show Pattern of two heart beats, commonly involves PVC  
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show Pattern of three heart beats, commonly involves PVC, every 3rd beat is a PVC followed by 2 normal heart beats  
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show An impulse transmission problem between the atria & ventricles, caused by damage to the nodal pathway from ischemia or infarction, degree increases as damage progresses  
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First Degree Heart Block   show
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First Degree Heart Block tx   show
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show P-R interval increases until P wave does not send signal to the ventricles, missing qrs, RR interval normal  
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Second Degree Heart Block (Mobitz Type II)   show
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Second Degree Heart Block (Mobitz Type II) tx   show
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show Complete A-V dissociation, P unrelated to QRS, QRS wide/bizarre, regular RR interval, ventricular rate < 60/min  
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Third Degree Heart Block tx   show
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show precordial leads  
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PEA stands for?   show
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During the P wave the atria are firing, the QRS?   show
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