Cardiac Review 10/2008 - For Medical Professionals
... delivery. However, removing the facemask just 1 cm from the face reduced the inspired dose by approximately 50 percent, and a 2cm distance results in an 80 percent reduction. When a facemask is used, it should be placed snugly over the face. The nose is an efficient filter for particles in aerosol; ...
... delivery. However, removing the facemask just 1 cm from the face reduced the inspired dose by approximately 50 percent, and a 2cm distance results in an 80 percent reduction. When a facemask is used, it should be placed snugly over the face. The nose is an efficient filter for particles in aerosol; ...
LWW PPT Slide Template Master
... (sweating) or has recently been repositioned • Electrodes that have dried out • Electrodes that have been placed over an excessively hairy area • Defective monitor or lead wires ...
... (sweating) or has recently been repositioned • Electrodes that have dried out • Electrodes that have been placed over an excessively hairy area • Defective monitor or lead wires ...
ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING FINAL
... electrocardiogram (ECG) as positive and negative deflections. When a vector is traveling toward an ECG lead it will make a positive deflection, when traveling away from a lead it will make negative deflection. The longer the length or size of the vector the greater the deflection will be. If a vecto ...
... electrocardiogram (ECG) as positive and negative deflections. When a vector is traveling toward an ECG lead it will make a positive deflection, when traveling away from a lead it will make negative deflection. The longer the length or size of the vector the greater the deflection will be. If a vecto ...
Congenital Cardiac Abnormalities - Nicole Stevens
... Presence allows flow from high pressure left atrium to low pressure right atrium; increase risk of pulmonary congestion. Symptoms: failure to thrive, fatigue, shortness of breath ASD that don’t close and require intervention may be managed with the placement of a patch via a cardiac catheterisation ...
... Presence allows flow from high pressure left atrium to low pressure right atrium; increase risk of pulmonary congestion. Symptoms: failure to thrive, fatigue, shortness of breath ASD that don’t close and require intervention may be managed with the placement of a patch via a cardiac catheterisation ...
What is AFib?
... the AV node and, that will govern how fast the lower chambers (the ventricles), will contract, or how fast your heart beat will be. ...
... the AV node and, that will govern how fast the lower chambers (the ventricles), will contract, or how fast your heart beat will be. ...
Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)
... • High LDH1 isoenzyme more specific • Ratio of LDH1:LDH2 above 1 is helpful in making diagnosis • Rises late after 24 hours and stays elevated 4-5 days • Should be replaced by troponin T ...
... • High LDH1 isoenzyme more specific • Ratio of LDH1:LDH2 above 1 is helpful in making diagnosis • Rises late after 24 hours and stays elevated 4-5 days • Should be replaced by troponin T ...
Words of Wellness - Presbyterian Village North
... department. Circle each daily activity that you complete during the week. The goal is to complete at least 30 minutes of activity 5 days per week. Participants will be eligible for a healthy luncheon at the end of the month! ...
... department. Circle each daily activity that you complete during the week. The goal is to complete at least 30 minutes of activity 5 days per week. Participants will be eligible for a healthy luncheon at the end of the month! ...
Interpreting AV (Heart) Blocks: Breaking Down the Mystery
... The ECG is a recording of the electrical impulses produced by the heart. The ECG strip is standardized, with time measured in seconds along the horizontal axis. Each small square is 1 mm in length and represents 0.04 seconds. Each larger square is 5 mm in length and therefore represents 0.20 seconds ...
... The ECG is a recording of the electrical impulses produced by the heart. The ECG strip is standardized, with time measured in seconds along the horizontal axis. Each small square is 1 mm in length and represents 0.04 seconds. Each larger square is 5 mm in length and therefore represents 0.20 seconds ...
Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes
... If the primary healthcare provider or school physician has concerns, a referral to a child heart specialist, a pediatric cardiologist, is recommended. This specialist will perform a more thorough evaluation, including an electrocardiogram (ECG), which is a graph of the electrical activity of the hea ...
... If the primary healthcare provider or school physician has concerns, a referral to a child heart specialist, a pediatric cardiologist, is recommended. This specialist will perform a more thorough evaluation, including an electrocardiogram (ECG), which is a graph of the electrical activity of the hea ...
Basics of EKG Interpretation
... and you are on the second rib with the 2nd intercostal space just below it. Count down to the correct interspace from there. Bipolar leads look from a positive pole toward a negative pole. The positive electrode "looks" directly at the heart from the site where it is placed. Ground electrodes do not ...
... and you are on the second rib with the 2nd intercostal space just below it. Count down to the correct interspace from there. Bipolar leads look from a positive pole toward a negative pole. The positive electrode "looks" directly at the heart from the site where it is placed. Ground electrodes do not ...
Pulmonary Hypertension
... underlying lung disease that may be contributing Overnight oximetry to assess nocturnal oxyhemoglobin desaturation Sleep study for eval of OSA V/Q scan for chronic thromboemboli ...
... underlying lung disease that may be contributing Overnight oximetry to assess nocturnal oxyhemoglobin desaturation Sleep study for eval of OSA V/Q scan for chronic thromboemboli ...
The Electrical System of the Heart
... at apex, causing the QRS complex. Atrial repolarization occurs. Figure 18.17, step 3 ...
... at apex, causing the QRS complex. Atrial repolarization occurs. Figure 18.17, step 3 ...
IRB Guidance Exercise Testing: VO2 Max
... range of subjects, from children to the elderly, both fit and unfit, including cardiac patients. It is often used in studies to determine the effects of exercise training on fitness, both from short-term training, e.g., several weeks to longitudinal studies of a year or longer. For older subjects (i ...
... range of subjects, from children to the elderly, both fit and unfit, including cardiac patients. It is often used in studies to determine the effects of exercise training on fitness, both from short-term training, e.g., several weeks to longitudinal studies of a year or longer. For older subjects (i ...
Heart Attack - Town of Stratford
... Ways to Prevent an Attack Live a Healthy Lifestyle Eat a balanced diet – Be sure to eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. Maintain a healthy weight - Being overweight or obese increases your risk of heart disease. Exercise regularly – Staying fit can lower your weigh and maintain your cho ...
... Ways to Prevent an Attack Live a Healthy Lifestyle Eat a balanced diet – Be sure to eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. Maintain a healthy weight - Being overweight or obese increases your risk of heart disease. Exercise regularly – Staying fit can lower your weigh and maintain your cho ...
Duchene Muscular Dystrophy and Sudden Cardiac Death : Does it
... • The ability to induce a life threatening rhythm in the catheterization laboratory predicted those at highest risk • Over time it was found that cardiac catheterizations were not necessary and that the best predictor of sudden cardiac death was poor cardiac function • Furthermore, the best treat ...
... • The ability to induce a life threatening rhythm in the catheterization laboratory predicted those at highest risk • Over time it was found that cardiac catheterizations were not necessary and that the best predictor of sudden cardiac death was poor cardiac function • Furthermore, the best treat ...
Circulatory Failure
... relatively common disease in adult cattle caused by the ingestion and migration of a foreign body in the reticulum. • Cattle are more likely to ingest foreign bodies than small ruminants since they do not use their lips for prehension and are more likely to eat a chopped feed. ...
... relatively common disease in adult cattle caused by the ingestion and migration of a foreign body in the reticulum. • Cattle are more likely to ingest foreign bodies than small ruminants since they do not use their lips for prehension and are more likely to eat a chopped feed. ...
11-Heart_Tube_&_Peri..
... the primordial heart bends, the atrium and sinus venosus come to lie dorsal to the truncus arteriosus, bulbus cordis, and ventricle ...
... the primordial heart bends, the atrium and sinus venosus come to lie dorsal to the truncus arteriosus, bulbus cordis, and ventricle ...
Interpreting blood tests and the ECG: practical
... • JBS 2: Joint British Societies' guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular disease in clinical practice, Heart, 2005. • Prepared by: British Cardiac Society, British Hypertension Society, Diabetes UK, HEART UK, Primary Care Cardiovascular Society, The Stroke Association. • The specific objective t ...
... • JBS 2: Joint British Societies' guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular disease in clinical practice, Heart, 2005. • Prepared by: British Cardiac Society, British Hypertension Society, Diabetes UK, HEART UK, Primary Care Cardiovascular Society, The Stroke Association. • The specific objective t ...
MTG Digest - Arrhythmia Alliance
... Researchers from the Kansas Medical Centre reviewed the data of over 650,000 people discharged from a US hospital and found a 38 per cent increased risk of death or subsequent stroke among combined procedure patients, compared to those who only had a coronary bypass. Some surgeons carry out a caroti ...
... Researchers from the Kansas Medical Centre reviewed the data of over 650,000 people discharged from a US hospital and found a 38 per cent increased risk of death or subsequent stroke among combined procedure patients, compared to those who only had a coronary bypass. Some surgeons carry out a caroti ...
Rhythm disorders in neonates
... tachycardia, it is important to locate the P wave on the electrocardiogram during the tachycardia. In atrioventricular reentry tachycardia there is a retrograde P wave which is inscribed after the QRS complex. For these arrhythmias atrial and ventricular tissue is required to maintain the reentry ci ...
... tachycardia, it is important to locate the P wave on the electrocardiogram during the tachycardia. In atrioventricular reentry tachycardia there is a retrograde P wave which is inscribed after the QRS complex. For these arrhythmias atrial and ventricular tissue is required to maintain the reentry ci ...
Phys Chapter 13 [4-20
... When the P-R interval increases to more than 0.2 seconds, the P-R interval is said to be prolonged, and the patient is said to have a first-degree incomplete heart block Page 144 bottom pic – prolonged P-R interval First degree block – delay of conduction from the atria to the ventricles, but no ...
... When the P-R interval increases to more than 0.2 seconds, the P-R interval is said to be prolonged, and the patient is said to have a first-degree incomplete heart block Page 144 bottom pic – prolonged P-R interval First degree block – delay of conduction from the atria to the ventricles, but no ...
the effects of exercise
... What do you think happens to the cardiac output? Blood pressure increases so the blood flows faster Increase in the amount of oxygen delivered to the working ...
... What do you think happens to the cardiac output? Blood pressure increases so the blood flows faster Increase in the amount of oxygen delivered to the working ...
Basics of EKG Interpretation:
... and you are on the second rib with the 2nd intercostal space just below it. Count down to the correct interspace from there. Bipolar leads look from a positive pole toward a negative pole. The positive electrode "looks" directly at the heart from the site where it is placed. Ground electrodes do not ...
... and you are on the second rib with the 2nd intercostal space just below it. Count down to the correct interspace from there. Bipolar leads look from a positive pole toward a negative pole. The positive electrode "looks" directly at the heart from the site where it is placed. Ground electrodes do not ...
Prospective study of fetal heart rate and
... 16 of the 26 neonates with premature beats on the screening ECG showed that 2 also had episodes of supraventricular tachycardia and 3 had episodes of ventricular tachycardia.2-3 Arrhythmias other than premature beats-for example, supraventricular tachycardia5 12-13 or atrioventricular block8 14-15 h ...
... 16 of the 26 neonates with premature beats on the screening ECG showed that 2 also had episodes of supraventricular tachycardia and 3 had episodes of ventricular tachycardia.2-3 Arrhythmias other than premature beats-for example, supraventricular tachycardia5 12-13 or atrioventricular block8 14-15 h ...
Electrocardiography
Electrocardiography (ECG or EKG*) is the process of recording the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time using electrodes placed on a patient's body. These electrodes detect the tiny electrical changes on the skin that arise from the heart muscle depolarizing during each heartbeat.In a conventional 12 lead ECG, ten electrodes are placed on the patient's limbs and on the surface of the chest. The overall magnitude of the heart's electrical potential is then measured from twelve different angles (""leads"") and is recorded over a period of time (usually 10 seconds). In this way, the overall magnitude and direction of the heart's electrical depolarization is captured at each moment throughout the cardiac cycle. The graph of voltage versus time produced by this noninvasive medical procedure is referred to as an electrocardiogram (abbreviated ECG or EKG).During each heartbeat, a healthy heart will have an orderly progression of depolarization that starts with pacemaker cells in the sinoatrial node, spreads out through the atrium, passes through the atrioventricular node down into the bundle of His and into the Purkinje fibers spreading down and to the left throughout the ventricles. This orderly pattern of depolarization gives rise to the characteristic ECG tracing. To the trained clinician, an ECG conveys a large amount of information about the structure of the heart and the function of its electrical conduction system. Among other things, an ECG can be used to measure the rate and rhythm of heartbeats, the size and position of the heart chambers, the presence of any damage to the heart's muscle cells or conduction system, the effects of cardiac drugs, and the function of implanted pacemakers.