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1. VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA. CODE BLUE. THINK PRAYING NUNS. Q R S WIDE & BIZARRE GREATER THAN .12 |
2. COARSE VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. CODE BLUE. THINK SQUIGGLY BASE LINE. CHAOTIC, IRREGULAR, ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY. |
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3. FINE VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. CODE BLUE. THINK LOW AMPLITUDE SQUIGGLY BASE LINE. |
THINK ROLLING BASE LINE. |
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5. TORSADES DE POINTES. CODE BLUE THINK TALL-SHORT-TALL TWISTED BASELINE. RHYTHM REGULAR / IRREGULAR. RATE: 150-300 |
CODE BLUE. ANY ORGANIZED E K G RHYTHM WITH NO PULSE |
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7. CARDIAC ARREST RHYTHM. 20-40. IDEOVENTRICULAR (AGONAL). Q R S NOTCH, WIDE & FLATTEN. |
RATE 60 -100. NORMAL P P R I .12 - .20 Q R S .06 - .10 |
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9. SINUS BRADY LIKE NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM. EXCEPT RATE LESS THAN 60 |
10. PREMATURE ATRIAL CONTRACTION (PAC). P WAVES ARE PREMATURE, NOTCHED, PEAKED ABNORMAL. P R I MAY BE NORMAL .12 - .20, SHORTEN OR SLIGHTLY LONGER |
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11. SINUS ARRHYTHMIA. THINK PATTERN "SLOWER-FASTER-SLOWER", OR LONG P 2 P MINUS SHORT P 2 P IS LESS THEN .12. PATTERN IRREGULARLY REGULAR |
12. PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTIONS (P V Cs) NO P WAVE BEFORE THE P V C. Q R S is wide & bizarre. T wave in opposite direction of the Q R S |
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13. PREMATURE JUNCTIONAL CONTRACTION ( P J C) P WAVE IS INVERTED OR ABSENT. P R I MAY BE LESS THAN .12 Narrow Q.R.S. |
RATE 40-60 P WAVE INVERTED. P R I LESS THAN .12 REGULAR RHYTHM. |
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15. ACCELERATED JUNCTIONAL RHYTHM. P WAVES INVERTED OR ABSENT. RATE 60-100 |
P WAVES INVERTED OR ABSENT. RATE 100-150 |
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17. SUPREVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (SVT). Atrial Tachycardia (Paroxsymal) THINK SMALL PRAYING NUNS OR NIPPLES. RATE 160-250 NO P R I LINE Narrow Q.R.S. |
18. IDIOVENTRICULAR NO P WAVE. RATE 20-40. Q R S WIDE & BIZARRE GREATER .12. |
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19. ACCELERATED IDIOVENTRICULAR. RATE 40 -100. Q R S WIDE & BIZARRE |
20. ATRIAL FLUTTER. RATE 250 - 400 SAW TOOTH WAVES 2:1, 3:1, 4:1 |
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21. ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. RATE 350 - 600. CAN'T COUNT THE F WAVES. Q R S NORMAL |
22. 1ST DEGREE A V BLOCK. PROLONGED P R I GREATER THEN .20 NO DROPPED BEATS |
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23. 2ND DEGREE A V BLOCK WENKENBACH MOBITZ TYPE 1 P R I LENGHTENS RESULTING IN A DROPPED BEAT. LOOK FOR MORE Ps THAN Q R S |
24. 2nd DEGREE HEARTBLOCK. TYPE 2, Mobitz TYPE 2. P R INTERVALS DO NOT LENGTHEN, BUT A Q R S IS DROPPED |
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25. 3RD DEGREE HEART BLOCK. P R I VARIES. ATRIALES & VENTRICLES ACT INDEPENDENT |
26. ATRIAL PACING PACER SPIKE PRIOR TO EACH P WAVE |
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27. VENTRICULAR PACING. PACER SPIKE PRIOR TO A Q R S |
SPIKE FOLLOWED BY A P WAVE. SPIKE FOLLOWED BY A Q R S |
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29. ATRIAL OR VENTRICLE PACE MAKER FAILURE TO FIRE. ABSENCE OF PACE MAKER SPIKES AT APPROPRIATE INTERVALS |
30. WONDERING PACE MAKER. AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT SHAPED P WAVES OR ABSENT OR INVERTED. RATE 60-100 |
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31. PACE MAKER FAILURE TO SENSE. SPIKES ALL OVER THE PLACE. PACE MAKER GENERATING UNNECESSARRY SPIKES |
SPIKES ARE CONSISTENT, BUT THER IS A SPIKE NOT FOLLOWED BY A Q R S |
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33. SINUS ARREST. PAUSE IS NOT EQUAL TO MULTIPLE P TO Ps |
34. SINOATRIAL EXIT BLOCK. PAUSE EQUALS A MULTIPLE OF P to Ps |
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35. SINUS TACHYCARDIA. HEART RATE GREATER THAN 100. THINK 2 HUMP CAMELS. |
36. ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA. HEART RATE 150 - 250. THINK 1 HUMP CAMEL SHORT LINE |
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37. WOLF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME. THE INITIAL PART OF THE Q R S HAS A DELTA WAVE. |
38. INTERPOLATED P V C. OCCURS BETWEEN TWO COMPLEXES. LOOKS LIKE A SAIL BOAT. |
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39. P V C ON T PHENOMENON.
P V C OCCURS SO EARLY IT FALLS ON THE T BEFORE THE NEXT BEAT. |
40. IDIOJUNCTIONAL 40 - 60 ABSENT OR INVERTED P WAVES |
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41. VENTRICULAR STANDSTILL. P WAVES ONLY |
UNIFOCAL-ALL LOOK ALIKE.MULTIFOCAL-DO NOT LOOK ALIKE.BIGEMENY-EVERY OTHER BEAT.TRI-EVERY 3RD BEAT.QUAD EVERY 4TH BEAT.COUPLET-2 P V Cs in a row.3 or more P V Cs= a run of V Tach
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