What am I?-a Rhythm Quiz

Scenario: An 83 year old woman with ischemic cardiomyopathy goes into her PCP for a routine checkup. She is receiving appropriate medical management with pharmacological agents and has no acute symptoms.

So evaluate her rhythm:

Rate- normal,brady or tachy?

Rhythm-regular,irregular, irregularly regular?

P waves-one for each QRS, less than one for each QRS, more than one for each QRS, unable to determine ?

PR interval-normal, short, prolonged, can't determine?

QRS duration-normal or wide?

ST segment-negative and less than 0.12, negative and greater than 0.12, positive and greater than 0.12?

T wave-normal or inverted?

QTc-normal or lengthened(greater than 0.47)?

Please print and return to me for competency credit for June. I will post answers after I receive everyone's answers.

Also please copy your certificate from attending Bob Pages EKG interpretation workshop and place it with your items in the competency 3 ring binders on each unit. Thanks!