Exam 5: Errors of Conduction: Tachycardia

____________________ occurs when the early or premature activation of the ventricles, through the use of a congenital accessory tract that goes around the AV node, allows a circus movement to occur.

A re-entry circuit can depolarize the entire myocardium rapidly and repeatedly, establishing a re-entry tachycardia, or it can depolarize small segments of myocardium, creating either an atrial or ventricular fibrillation.

Atrial flutter is a common rhythm that may be found in patients with ischemic heart disease or valvular disorders.

The formula for cardiac output is ____.

Atrial flutter has a slightly smaller circuit, or microcircuit, compared to atrial fibrillation.

A regular wide QRS tachycardia is most likely ____.

To administer procainamide, the Paramedic must first calculate the total dose at ____ mg per kilogram.

The preferred method of vagal stimulation in the field is called the ____.

Like all tachycardia, monomorphic tachycardia can be tolerated for a short period of time before the patient becomes symptomatic.

If the adenosine is not effective in terminating a regular narrow complex tachycardia, the Paramedic should consider using a(n) ____.

____, a subset of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, occurs with patients who either have congenital prolonged QT syndromes, or who have a drug-induced QT interval prolongation.

____ is often grouped together with ventricular tachycardia, and may be considered a form of extreme ventricular tachycardia.

The crux issue with errors of ____ is the heart rate that is either too fast or too slow.

____ is a fast rhythm initiated above the level of the ventricles.

____________________ maneuvers are methods used to evaluate and treat cardiac arrhythmias and conduction abnormalities.