12 Lead Intro Flashcards
What deflection do you get when you have energy going from a negative electrode to a positive electrode?
Positive deflection
What deflection do you get when you have energy going from a positive electrode to a negative electrode?
Negative deflection
Why would there be a flat like on an EKG?
There is no electrical movement
What does a p wave represent
What does the PRI represent?
Which bundle branch depolarizes interventricular septum?
Left?
What does the Q wave represent?
Septal depolarization
What does the R wave represent?
Ventricular depolarization
What does the S wave represent
Depolarization of the base
What does the ST segment represent?
Phase 2 where the ventricles are still depolarized
What does the T wave represent
Repolarization of the ventricle
Lead I looks at
Left lateral
Lead II looks at
Inferior view
Lead III looks at
Inferior view
AVR looks at
Upper right
AvF looks at
Inferior view
avL looks at
Left lateral viw
V1 and V2 look at
Septum and posterior
V2 and V3 look at
Anterior wall
V5 and V6 look at
Left lateral wall
V5 and V6 look at
Left lateral wall
