- Rapid HR
- 240-350 bpm w/ a saw tooth pattern
* Type I 240-350
* Type II >350 - Answer Atrial Flutter
*Bizarre QRS.
-Sometimes looks like an upside down QRS - Answer Premature Ventricular Complexes
(PVC)
- HR >100bpm
- Large, wide, undulating waves
- P waves are not associated w/ the QRS complex - Answer Ventricular Tachycardia
- Quivering and lack of effective contraction
- ECG is rapid and erratic w/ no identifiable QRS complex - Answer Ventricular
Fibrillation
- P - wave is normal
- *** PR interval prolonged (>0.20 sec)
- QRS will be normal (0.06-0.10 sec) - Answer 1st Degree Heart Block
- P wave is normal
- PR interval is progressively longer (>0.20 sec)
- ***QRS complex will usually be normal (0.06-0.10 sec) UNTIL IT IS MISSED, then the
cycle repeated - Answer 2nd Degree Heart Block (Type 1)
- P wave is normal *** can and often does outnumber QRS complex
- PR interval is normal or prolonged (>0.20 sec)
- QRS complex will be normal or wide - Answer 2nd Degree Heart Block (Type II)
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