basic 12-lead Flashcards
Electrical conduction

Electrical Pathway

EKG paper

EKG waves

Cardiac cycle

P wave

PR interval


ST segment

T wave

When is atrial repolarization?

Inherent pacemakers

Sinus rhythm

Sinus bradycardia

Sinus tachycardia

Junctional rhythm: shorter or absent PR interval and narrow QRS tells you that it didn’t start in the SA node started in the AV node

Junctional tachycardia: sick sinus; no P no PR good QRS; junctional but faster than normal nodal rate >40-60


Supraventricular tachycardia: paroxysmal/ above the ventricle

Sinus rhythm

Sinus bradycardia

Sinus tachycardia

Junctional rhythm: shorter or absent PR interval and narrow QRS tells you that it didn’t start in the SA node started in the AV node
Premature atrial contraction: early; still has P normal PR and QRS so it came from atria SA or other

Atrial fibrillation: Rate is ok; no normal P no PR interval; QRS ok



























