Arrhythmia
Across
- 3. Rate, The number of liters of oxygen per minute that come out of an oxygen delivery system.
- 4. The flat horizontal line that seperates the various waves of the ECG cycle.
- 5. , MUSCULAR FIBERS
- 6. A device that delivers an electric shock to the heart
- 9. HIS, CARDIAC MUSCLE FIBER
- 12. cholesterol on the inner walls of the artery
- 14. An irregular heart rate or rhythm; also termed arrhythmia.
- 16. covered wires that conduct the electrical activity
- 18. Needed when SA node fails to maintain a normal heart rate
- 19. rapid heart rate
- 21. irregular heartbeat
- 24. The portion of ECG between two waves.
- 25. record electrical activity between 2 electrodes, one negative and one positive.
Down
- 1. A combination of various things sequence
- 2. blue, patient is in cardiopulmonary arrest, requiring a team of providers (sometimes called a 'code team')
- 7. a graphic record produced by an electrocardiograph
- 8. less than 60 bpm
- 10. monitor, Ambulatory EKG machine with 24 hour reading.
- 11. Cycle, complete heart beat
- 13. Measurement of an individual's breathing capacity by means of a spirometer.
- 15. An instrument for measuring air taken into and expelled from the lungs.
- 17. infarction, Commonly known as a heart attack
- 20. electrodes on patient's skin direct impulses to the ECG instrument -electrodes provide
- 22. A reduction in the oxygen supply to the tissues of the body.
- 23. Deficiency of blood in a body part.