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Atrial fibrillation

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Rate:
Artia 100-175
What is the rhythm:
Irregular irregular
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
Normal waves are absent
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
Replaced by F wave (sawtooth)
What is the length of the PR interval:
No discernable
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Yes
The length of the QRS complex:
< .12 (3 small squares)

Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and often wrapping heart rate that occurs when two upper chambers of your heart experience chaotic electrical signals. The result is a fast and irregular heart rhythm. The heart rate in atrial fibrillation may range from 100 to 175 BPM

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Bigeminy

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Rate:
Irregular
What is the rhythm:
Irregular
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
Variable if PVC is present
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
Yes, when present
What is the length of the PR interval:
0.12-0.2
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Yes prior to PVC
The length of the QRS complex:
0.06-0.12

Refers to a heartbeat marked by two beats. Abnormal beat followed by a regular beat

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Atrial flutter

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Rate:
250-300
What is the rhythm:
Atrial:reg. vent:reg or irreg
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
Normal P wave absent
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
Replaced by F (saw tooth)
What is the length of the PR interval:
Not measurable
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Yes
The length of the QRS complex:
Usually <.12 (3 sm sq)

Israel flutter is a type of heart rhythm disorder in which the heart’s upper chambers beat too quickly. In atrial foot of your heart’s upper Chambers be too quickly as causes a hard to be too fast but usually regular rhythm.

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First degree AV block

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Rate:
Based on the rate of the under rhythm
What is the rhythm:
Usually, irregular
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
Yes
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
Yes
What is the length of the PR interval:
> 0.2 (5 sm sq)
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Yes
The length of the QRS complex:
< 0.12 (3 sm sq)

Air condition of abnormal slow conduction through the AV node. It is defined by ECG changes that include PR interval of greater than 0.20 without disruption of atrial or ventricular conduction. This conduction is generally asymptomatic and discovered only in a routine ECG.

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Junctional

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Rate:
40-60
What is the rhythm:
Inverted, absent or retrograde
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
No relationship to QRS complexes
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
Normal, short, or not applicable, may be inverted
What is the length of the PR interval:
Not measurable
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
They can be variable, frequently narrow
The length of the QRS complex:
>0.12

Occurs when the electrical activation of the heart originates near or within the AV node, rather than the SA node. Because the normal ventricular conduction system, his dash per junkie, is used. The prx complex is frequently narrow

Accelerated junctional rhythm is faster than junctional rhythm. Heart rate ranges from 60 to 100

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Normal sinus

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Rate:
60-100
What is the rhythm:
Atrial rhythm-regular, ventricular rhythm-regular
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
Yes
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
Yes
What is the length of the PR interval:
0.12-0.20 (3-5 sm sq)
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Yes
The length of the QRS complex:
Less than 0.12 (3 sm sq)

Defined as the rhythm of the healthy heart.

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Premature ventricle complex (PVC)

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Rate:
Dependent on the rate of underlying rhythm and mlnumber of PVC’s
What is the rhythm:
Occasionally irregular, reg if interpolated PVC
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
No P waves associated with PVC
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
P waves of underlying rhythm may be present
What is the length of the PR interval:
PRI not present
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
N/A
The length of the QRS complex:
>= 0.12 (3 sm sq), usually wide it bizarre

Extra heartbeats that begin in your hearts to lower pumping Chambers. These extra beats disrupt the regular heart rhythm, sometimes causing you to feel a fluttering or skipped beat in your chest.

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Pulseless electrical activity

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Rate:
Reg or irreg
What is the rhythm:
Reg or irreg
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
Yes
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
Yes, until the electrical activity leaves the body
What is the length of the PR interval:
Not concerning or not normal
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Yes, until electrical activity leaves the body
The length of the QRS complex:
Measurable for a short time

Cardiac rhythm that is life-threatening and unshockable

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Second degree block, type 1 (wenckebach/mobitz)

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Rate:
Aerial-unaffected, ventricular rate is usually slower then atrial
What is the rhythm:
Atrial-regular
Ventricle-irregular
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
Yes
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
Yes, for conducted beats
What is the length of the PR interval:
Progressively prolonged until a QRS is not conducted
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Yes
The length of the QRS complex:
< 0.12 (3 sm sq)

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Second degree block, type 2

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Rate:
Atrial-reg
Ventricular-variable
What is the rhythm:
Atrial-regular and is P-P
Ventricular-irregular and is R-R
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
Yes, but some P waves are not followed by a QRS
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
Yes, P waves are normal
What is the length of the PR interval:
Constant for conduction
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Yes
The length of the QRS complex:
<0.12 (3 sm sq)

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Sinus bradycardia

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Rate:
<60
What is the rhythm:
Reg reg
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
Yes
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
Yes
What is the length of the PR interval:
0.12-0.2 (3-5 sm sq)
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Yes
The length of the QRS complex:
< 0.12 (3 sm sq)

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STEMI

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Rate:
Junctional/Brady
What is the rhythm:
Junctional/abnormal
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
No
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
No
What is the length of the PR interval:
Not discernable
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
No
The length of the QRS complex:
Variable >0.12

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Sinus tachycardia

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Rate:
100-150
What is the rhythm:
Reg. Reg.
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
Yes
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
Yes
What is the length of the PR interval:
0.12-0.2 (3-5 sm sq)
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Yes
The length of the QRS complex:
<0.12 (3 sm sq)

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Supraventricular tachycardia

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Rate:
>150
What is the rhythm:
Tachycardia
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
Not discernable
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
Not discernable
What is the length of the PR interval:
Not discernable
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Yes, but the amplitude is extremely high
The length of the QRS complex:
0.06-0.12

Defined as an abnormally rapid heart rhythm having an electropathologic substrate emerging above the bundle of his, thus causing the heart to escalate to rates higher than 100 BPM

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Third degree (complete) heart block

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Rate:
Variable, usually Brady
What is the rhythm:
Irregular irregular
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
No relationship to QRS
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
Yes
What is the length of the PR interval:
Totally variable, no pattern
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Yes
The length of the QRS complex:
Based on the site of the escape pacemaker

The bundle of his stops working. There is no communication between the P wave and the r wave because the bundle of his stops working.

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Torsades de pointes

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Rate:
150-250
What is the rhythm:
Irregular
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
No
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
No
What is the length of the PR interval:
PR is not discernable
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
No
The length of the QRS complex:
>0.12

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Trigeminy

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Rate:
The Underlying rate
What is the rhythm:
Irregular
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
Absent, before PVC
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
When present, yes
What is the length of the PR interval:
Not measurable
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Wide (>0.10) bizarre appearance
The length of the QRS complex:
0.08-0.12

Type of abnormal heart rhythm that resembles a three-beat pattern. The medical term for an abnormal heart rhythm is arrhythmia. This condition can cause the heart to be too slowly, too quickly, or regularly. The electrical activity and heart determines how it beats.

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Asystole

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Rate:
Absent
What is the rhythm:
Absent
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
No
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
None
What is the length of the PR interval:
None
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
None
The length of the QRS complex:
None

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Ventricular fibrillation

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Rate:
N/A
What is the rhythm:
Rapid, unorganized
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
No
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
N/A
What is the length of the PR interval:
None
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
None
The length of the QRS complex:
None

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Ventricular tachycardia

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Rate:
100-250
What is the rhythm:
Irregular
Is there a P wave before each QRS:
None
Are the P waves upright and uniform:
N/A
What is the length of the PR interval:
Not measurable
Do all the QRS complexes look alike:
Can look alike, also can be variable
The length of the QRS complex:
Greater than 0.12 (3 sm sq)

21
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What are the 5 questions to ask to interpret the P wave part of the strip?

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Are p waves present.

Are p waves occuring regularly

Is there a p waves for each QRS complex

Are the p waves smooth, rounded, and upright in appearance or are they inverted.

Do all p waves look similar

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