EKGs Flashcards
1
Q
Sinus Rhythm
A
- Rate
- Regularity
- P waves
- QRS
- Cause
- Treatments
2
Q
Sinus Bradycardia
A
- PQRST
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Treatments
3
Q
Sinus Tachycardia
A
- HR
- PQRST
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Treatments
+ Stable v Unstable
4
Q
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib)
A
Glitch in heart’s electrical system => Atria beat so fast they quiver/fibrillate => Ventricles beat out of sync
- PQRST
- Manifestations
+ Stable v Unstable - Causes
- Treatments
+ Stable v Unstable
5
Q
Atrial Flutter
A
- Characteristics
- Causes
- Treatment
+ Stable
+ Unstable
6
Q
Ventricular Fibrillation
A
- PQRST
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Treatment
7
Q
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
A
- Characteristics
- Reentrant phenomenon
- Manifestations
- Treatments
+ Therapy of choice if all else fails
8
Q
Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs)
A
- A contraction coming from an ectopic focus in ventricles => Premature occurrence of a QRS complex
- Characteristics
- Types
+ Multifocal
+ Unifocal
+ Bigeminy
+ Trigeminy
+ Couplet
+ Run of V-tach - R-on-T phenomenon
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Treatments
9
Q
Premature Atrial Contractions (PACs)
A
- Atria contracts too early (P wave)
- Characteristics
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Interventions
10
Q
Ventricular Tachycardia (V-Tach)
A
- A run of ≥3 PVCs
- Lethal dysrhythmia
- Characteristics
+ Think of “large mountains” - 1st intervention
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Treatments
+ Present pulse
+ Absent pulse - VT Monomorphic
+ Characteristics
+ Treatments - VT Polymorphic (“Torsades de pointes”)
+ Characteristics
+ Risk factor
+ Treatments
11
Q
1st Degree AV Block
A
- Characteristics
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Treatments
- Nursing interventions
12
Q
2nd Degree AV Block Type 1
A
- Characteristics
+ “Longer longer drop, now you have a Wenckebach” - Causes
- Manifestations
- Treatments (Stable v. Unstable)
13
Q
2nd Degree AV Block Type 2
A
- Characteristics
- Priority interventions
14
Q
3rd Degree AV Block
A
- Dissociation of atria from ventricles w/ no impulses conducted through heart
+ NOT a shockable rhythm - Characteristics
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Nursing actions & treatments
15
Q
Asystole
A
- Characteristics
- Causes
- Manifestations
- Treatments