Different Heart Rates &Conditions

Question 1

Hypokalemia

Answer 1

Low blood potassium levels. Potassium levels lowers than 3 mEq/L.
Symptoms: heart palpitations, muscle twitching, cramping, hypotension, arrhythmias, fainting, UWAVES

Question 2

Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib)

Answer 2

Heart rate: 350-600 bpm
P waves: absent
PR interval & T-wave indiscernible:
(Only thing normal about this is the QRS complex)

Question 3

Atrial Flutter

Answer 3

Rhythm: regular
P wave: saw tooth, none
PR interval: NA
QRS complex: usually within normal limits
Rate: 75-100bpm

Question 4

Ventricular Tachycardia

Answer 4

Rhythm:usually normal
Ventricular rate: 100-250bpm
QRS complex: bizarre appearance, increased aptitude
T wave: opposite of QRS complex
P wave/PR interval: NA
(Deadly-defibrillate)

Question 5

Ventricular Fibrillation

Answer 5

Rhythm:no pattern
EKG is unmeasurable
Rate:?
P wave: NA
PR interval: NA
QRS interval: NA
(Most deadly rhythm, defibrillate)

Question 6

Supra ventricular Tachycardia

Answer 6

Rate: 150-250bpm
Rhythm: regular
P wave: combine with T wave
PR interval- unmeasurable
QRS-normal
(Very deadly)

Question 7

Normal Sinus Rhythm

Answer 7

60-100 bpm
Rhythm: regular
Everything within normal limits

Question 8

Sinus Bradycardia

Answer 8

Less than 60 bpm
Everything else is within normal limits.

Question 9

Sinus Tachycardia

Answer 9

Greater than 100 (100-160) bpm
Everything else is within normal limits.

Question 10

Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

Answer 10

Heart Rate: over 100 bpm
Atrial heart rhythm:NA (no Pwaves)
Ventricular heart rhythm: regular (QRS complex present)
(Lethal)

Question 11

Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia/Torsade’s de Pointes-

Answer 11

Heart Rate: over 100 bpm
Atrial heart rhythm: NA (no Pwaves)
Ventricular heart rate: NA (unreadable QRS complex)
PR interval: N/A
(Lethal)

Question 12

Asystole

Answer 12

Rhythm: none present
P wave: NA
Absent pulse/hr/bp/heart sounds