The Normal ECG

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  • Created by: liv
  • Created on: 19-10-21 15:36
What is lead I?
From right arm to left arm.
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What is lead II?
From right arm to left leg
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What is lead III?
From left arm to left leg
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What is aVR?
From right arm to between lead III
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What is aVL?
From left arm to between lead II
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What is aVF?
From left leg to middle of lead I
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What is the normal cardiac axis?
90 to -30
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What is the view of lead I?
Lateral
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What is the view of lead II?
Inferior
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What is the view of lead III?
Inferior
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What is the view of aVR
Posterior
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What is the view of aVL
Lateral
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What is the view of aVF?
Inferior
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What is the view of V1?
Anterior / Septal
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What is the view of V2?
Anterior / septal
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What is the view of V3?
Anterior
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What is the view of V4?
Anterior
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What is the view of V5?
Lateral
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What is the view of V6?
Lateral
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What does a P wave represent?
Atrial depolarisation
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What does the QRS complex represent?
Ventricular depolarisation
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What does the Q wave represent?
Impulse going through bundle of His
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What does the R wave represent?
Impulse spreading through bundle branches
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What does the S wave represent?
Impulse spreading through Purkinje fibres
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What does the T wave represent
Ventricular repolarisation
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Why can we not see atrial repolarisation on an ECG?
It is hidden by the QRS complex
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What is the normal duration of the PR interval?
0.12 - 0.20 seconds
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What is the normal duration of the QRS complex?
0.10 - 0.12 seconds
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What is the normal duration of the QT interval?
Male <440ms Female <460ms
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What is the normal duration of TP interval?
0.12 - 0.20 seconds
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What is the normal duration of the RR interval?
0.60 - 1.2 seconds
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What is RRPWQST
Rate, Rhythm, P wave, Width, Q wave, ST segment, T wave
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How do you calculate the rate?
How many R waves in a period of 6 large squares and times by 10.
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How do you work out the rhythm?
Is there the same number of squares between each R wave or a variable number
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What do P waves mean for the rhythm
It is sinus rhythm
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What should the width of the QRS complex be and what does it mean if it is wider?
3 small squares; wider means impulse is slow through ventricles
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What might a deep Q wave mean?
Could be due to an old MI
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What might an elevated or depressed ST segment mean?
An MI or pericarditis
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What leads is the T wave usually inverted?
aVR and V1
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What is right axis deviation and what might be the cause?
90 and 180; right ventricular hypertrophy
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What is left axis deviation and what might cause it?
-30 and -90; left ventricular hypertrophy
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What is lead II?

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From right arm to left leg

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What is lead III?

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Front

What is aVR?

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What is aVL?

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