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Cardiac
Normal cardiac output- Normal cardiac output is 60-100 beats per minute. If below 60 is brady
cardia and the patient is at risk for poor perfusion. Cardiac output is defined as the amount of
blood pumped from the left ventricle each minute.
Remember that arrhythmia is a deviation from a normal rhythm and a dysrhythmia is a
disturbance in the normal rhythm.
Medications for:
contractility, maintaining normal blood pressure, various tachycardias, bradycardias,
different degrees of AV blocks, and arrhythmias
PHARM
Class 1- Sodium channel blockers- electrical pulses will become slow. Used for
TACHYARHYTHMIAS
Class II- Beta Blockers. Beta receptors are blocked. Used for tach arrhythmias
Class III- potassium channel blockers. Amiodarone. Used for V tach and V fib
Class for- calcium channel blockers- diltiazem, arabamil? Given to slow ventricular rate in a fib
and supra ventricular tachycardia.
Adenosine/ Digoxin- Adenosine has very short half life and is given IV push and primarily used
to stop supra ventricular tach
Digoxin- will slow conduction through the AV node. A fib and A flutter
Heparin is given for A fib- will cause pooling that will lead to clotting and can cause PE or
stroke.
Cardiac rhythm interpretations
P wave: represents atrial contraction depolarization; small, rounded and
upright (in Lead II). Are they present before every QRS and do they look
the same?
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PR Interval (PRI): time it takes the impulse to travel from the SA node to the
bundle branches. It should measure 0.12-0.20 seconds. Starts at P wave
and ends at the beginning of the ventricular contraction. QRS Interval:
represents ventricular depolarization (contraction); it should measure 0.04-
0.10 seconds. T wave: represents ventricular repolarization (relax). Monitor
for changes in amplitude or configuration. QT Interval: represents the
amount of time it takes for ventricular depolarization and repolarization.
Measurement will depend on heart rate but it is usually 0.40 to 0.44 seconds.
U wave: Rare/ uncommon. Resting of perkinje fibers.
ST segment: Starting with the ventricular contraction to before the T wave.
THIS IS WHERE MI CAN BE DETECTED.
Depolarization is contraction. Results in
action potential. Repolarization is relaxation
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If AV conduction is not normal will see
cardiac block. Steps for Dysrhythmia
Interpretation:
• Step 1: Determine rate
• Step 2: Determine regularity
• Step 3: Determine P waves
• Step 4: Determine PR interval (measurement)
• Step 5: Determine QRS interval (measurement)
• Step 6: Determine QT interval (measurement)
PLEASE SEE NOTES… TRIED TO EXPLAIN BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT.
6 Seconds = 30 small squares. Count for atrial or ventricular rate is to count 30 large squares (P
Wave for Atrium contraction) (R wave for ventricular waves).
Example:
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Cardiac
Normal cardiac output- Normal cardiac output is 60-100 beats per minute. If below 60 is brady
cardia and the patient is at risk for poor perfusion. Cardiac output is defined as the amount of
blood pumped from the left ventricle each minute.
Remember that arrhythmia is a deviation from a normal rhythm and a dysrhythmia is a
disturbance in the normal rhythm.
Medications for:
contractility, maintaining normal blood pressure, various tachycardias, bradycardias,
different degrees of AV blocks, and arrhythmias
PHARM
Class 1- Sodium channel blockers- electrical pulses will become slow. Used for
TACHYARHYTHMIAS
Class II- Beta Blockers. Beta receptors are blocked. Used for tach arrhythmias
Class III- potassium channel blockers. Amiodarone. Used for V tach and V fib
Class for- calcium channel blockers- diltiazem, arabamil? Given to slow ventricular rate in a fib
and supra ventricular tachycardia.
Adenosine/ Digoxin- Adenosine has very short half life and is given IV push and primarily used
to stop supra ventricular tach
Digoxin- will slow conduction through the AV node. A fib and A flutter
Heparin is given for A fib- will cause pooling that will lead to clotting and can cause PE or
stroke.
Cardiac rhythm interpretations
P wave: represents atrial contraction depolarization; small, rounded and
upright (in Lead II). Are they present before every QRS and do they look
the same?
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PR Interval (PRI): time it takes the impulse to travel from the SA node to the
bundle branches. It should measure 0.12-0.20 seconds. Starts at P wave
and ends at the beginning of the ventricular contraction. QRS Interval:
represents ventricular depolarization (contraction); it should measure 0.04-
0.10 seconds. T wave: represents ventricular repolarization (relax). Monitor
for changes in amplitude or configuration. QT Interval: represents the
amount of time it takes for ventricular depolarization and repolarization.
Measurement will depend on heart rate but it is usually 0.40 to 0.44 seconds.
U wave: Rare/ uncommon. Resting of perkinje fibers.
ST segment: Starting with the ventricular contraction to before the T wave.
THIS IS WHERE MI CAN BE DETECTED.
Depolarization is contraction. Results in
action potential. Repolarization is relaxation
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If AV conduction is not normal will see
cardiac block. Steps for Dysrhythmia
Interpretation:
• Step 1: Determine rate
• Step 2: Determine regularity
• Step 3: Determine P waves
• Step 4: Determine PR interval (measurement)
• Step 5: Determine QRS interval (measurement)
• Step 6: Determine QT interval (measurement)
PLEASE SEE NOTES… TRIED TO EXPLAIN BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT.
6 Seconds = 30 small squares. Count for atrial or ventricular rate is to count 30 large squares (P
Wave for Atrium contraction) (R wave for ventricular waves).
Example:
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