Ecg Vocab For Quiz 2

Front 1

Absolute Refractory

Back 1

Time during repolarization (resting state) that the heart CAN NOT be stimulated

Front 2

Antiarrhythmic Medication

Back 2

any medication given to prevent or stop cardiac arrhythmias

Front 3

Arrhythmia

Back 3

Any deviation from the normal rhythm of the heart

Front 4

Atrial Fibrillation

Back 4

Dysrrythmia noted by multiple rapid atrial stimuli and an irregular ventricle response

Front 5

Biphasic

Back 5

EKG complex that is located half above and half below the baseline of an EK

Front 6

BPM/bpm

Back 6

Beats per minute

Front 7

Code

Back 7

Signal used to summon a team of medical professionals trained to administer CPR and Advanced Life Support to patients in cardiac arrest

Front 8

Cardia(o)

Back 8

Prefix meaning pertaining to the heart

Front 9

Complexes

Back 9

Waveform on an ECK tracing representing electrical conduction through the heart; QRS complex (contraction of the ventricles)

Front 10

Coronary Arteries

Back 10

Arteries that supply blood to the heart

Front 11

CPR

Back 11

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ventilization combined w/ chest compressions provided to patients in cardiac arrest

Front 12

Depolarization

Back 12

Contraction; Cardiac cells become positively charged inside and negatively charged outside

Front 13

ECG/EKG

Back 13

electrocardiogram; electrical activity of the heart recorded on paper and displayed on a screen

Front 14

Einthoven

Back 14

Invented the EKG machine

Front 15

Fever

Back 15

temp. above 98.6 or 37C

Front 16

Hemodynamics

Back 16

force circulating blood throughout the body

Front 17

Intubate

Back 17

Inserting a tube into the trachea to secure an airway

Front 18

Isoelectric Line

Back 18

imaginary line on an EKG called the "baseline"; where complexes begin and end; P-R Interval rests on a normal EKG

Front 19

Myocardium

Back 19

muscle cells of the heart

Front 20

Septum

Back 20

cartilage tissue that divides the heart into right and left sides

Front 21

Symptomatic

Back 21

showing clinical indicators of a condition

Front 22

T-Wave

Back 22

waveform on an EKG that represents the repolarization of the ventricles

Front 23

Tachycardia

Back 23

fast heart rate typically above 100bpm

Front 24

Vagal Tone

Back 24

pertaining to innervation of the vagas nerve(10th cranial nerve) which is the chief mediator of the parasympathetic nervous system. Stimulation of this nerve slows the heart rate

Front 25

Ventricles

Back 25

2 lower chambers of the heart

Front 26

Ventricular Fibrillation

Back 26

weak, rapid and irregular ventricular electrical activity