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QUICK REVIEW OF
HEART
Purpose
• Pumps blood
Basic Anatomy
• 4 chambers
• 2 sides
• 4 valves
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THE CONDUCTINGY
SYSTEM
• SA Node
• Inter-nodal
pathway
• AV Node
• Bundle of HIS
• Bundle Branches
• Purkinje Fibers
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RELATIONSHIP
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CARDIAC CYCLES
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12 LEAD ECG
Learning objectives:
• Electrocardiograph – is the
instrument that records the
electrical activity of the heart
• Electrocardiogram (ECG) is the
record of that activity
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HOOKING UP THE
12-LEAD ECG
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SKIN PREPARATION
• 5 STEP METHOD
• 2 STEP METHOD
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ELECTRODE
PLACEMENT
• LIMB LEADS
• CHEST LEAD
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LIMB LEADS
• Bipolar leads
I II III
• Augment leads
Avr Avl Avf
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CHEST LEADS
• 6 UNIPOLAR
LEADS
• V1
• V2
• V3
• V4
• V5
• V6
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LETS REVIEW
• What is an ECG
• What are the limb leads?
• What are the chest leads?
• Why do skin prep?
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12-LEAD ECG LAYOUT
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INFORMATION ON THE
ECG
• Patients demographics
• Heart rate and measurements
• Speed ECG is recorded at
• Voltage ECG is recorded at
• What the filter is set on
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INFORMATION ON THE
12-LEAD ECG
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WHAT YOU NEED TO
LOOK FOR
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RULING OUT LIMB LEAD
REVERSAL
COLUMN IV
• R wave progression
• Tall to Small
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LIMB LEADS
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CHEST LEADS
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OTHER PROBLEMS
WITH THE ECG
• Artifact
• Electrical interference
• Somatic tremor
• Wandering baseline
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EINTHOVENS TRIANGLE
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ARTIFACT ON THE ECG
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FIND THE ARTEFACT
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WANDERIN BASELINE
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SOMATIC TREMOR
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ELECTRICAL
INTERFERANCE
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BASIC CRITICAL
VALUES
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LOOKING AT THE
RHYTHM
• Evaluate the • Is the rhythm
rhythm strip at regular or
the bottom of irregular?
the 12-lead for • Is there a P
the following wave before
every QRS
complex
• Are they any
abnormal beats.
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FINDING THE HEART
RATE
• 3 METHODS
• RATE RULER
• COUNTING
• BOX METHOD
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BOX METHOD
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ECTOPIC BEATS
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ECTOPIC BEATS
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LETS SUMMARIZE
How do we produce an excellent
12-lead ECG?
Proper skin prep
Correct electrode placement
Recognize and know how to
correct problems
Recognize basic critical values
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