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Fast & Easy ECGs – A Self-Paced Learning Program
The Electrocardiogram
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Electrocardiogram
• A tracing of the heart’s electrical activity
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Electrocardiograph • Detects heart’s
electrical activity through electrodes positioned on patient’s skin
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ECG Paper
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ECG Paper • Each small square =
0.04 sec in duration and 0.1 mV in amplitude
• Five small squares = One large box and 0.20 seconds in duration
• Horizontal measurements determine heart rate I
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Isoelectric Line
• Flat line that occurs: – When no electrical
activity is occurring – When impulses are
too weak to be detected
• Used as a baseline to identify changing electrical movement
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P Wave • Produced by:
– initiation of impulse in SA node
– depolarization of RA and LA
– Impulse passing through AV junction
• Waveform is upright and round
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PR Segment • Flat (isoelectric) line
seen as impulse travels through His-Purkinje system
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QRS Complex • Follows PR segment and
consists of: – Q wave
• First negative deflection following PR segment
– R wave • First positive deflection
following Q wave or PR segment
– S wave
• First negative deflection that extends below the baseline following the R wave
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ST Segment and T Wave • ST segment is flat line
that follows QRS complex
• T wave is larger, slightly asymmetrical waveform that follows ST segment
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QT Interval
• The distance from onset of QRS complex until end of T wave – Measures time of ventricular depolarization
and repolarization • Has normal duration of 0.36 to 0.44
seconds
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Typical ECG
• Upright, round P waves occurring at regular intervals at a rate of 60 to 100 beats per minute
• PR interval of normal duration (0.12 to 0.20 seconds) followed by a QRS complex of normal upright contour, duration (0.06 to 0.12 seconds) and configuration
• Flat ST segment followed by an upright, slightly asymmetrical T wave
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Calibration or Registration Mark
• Helps ensure ECG machine is properly calibrated
• Serves as reference point on ECG tracing
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Artifact • Markings on ECG
tracing that are not a product of heart’s electrical activity – Patient movement is
among its many causes
– Can mimic life-threatening dysrhythmias
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ECG Machines
• A variety of machines are available – Some monitor from one to five different leads – Others are capable of monitoring up to twelve
or more leads simultaneously
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ECG Leads • Each lead provides a different view of the
heart: – Electrodes are placed on chest, arms and
legs – Sites vary depending on which view of the
heart's electrical activity is being assessed
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ECG Leads • Direction an ECG
waveform takes depends on whether electrical currents are traveling toward or away from a positive electrode
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ECG Leads • Planes provide a
cross-sectional view of heart – Frontal plane – Horizontal plane
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Limb Leads • View the frontal plane • Include leads I, II, III,
aVR, aVL and aVF • Provide inferior,
superior, and lateral views of heart
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Precordial Leads • View horizontal plane
and include leads V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, and V6
• Provide inferior, superior, and lateral views of heart
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Unipolar Leads • Use one positive electrode and a reference point
which is calculated by the ECG machine
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Uses for Different Leads
• A given lead may be used to highlight: – A specific part of ECG complex – Electrical events of a specific cardiac cycle – Conditions such as an enlargement of heart
muscle or presence of ischemia, injury and infarction
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Bipolar Leads • Record difference in
electrical potential between a positive and negative electrode
• Uses a third electrode called a ground
• Include leads I, II and III
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Limb Leads - Lead I
• Positive electrode - left arm (or under left clavicle) • Negative electrode - right arm (or below right clavicle) • Ground electrode - left leg (or left side of chest in
midclavicular line just beneath last rib) • Waveforms are positive
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Limb Leads - Lead II
• Positive electrode - left leg (or on left side of chest in midclavicular line just beneath last rib)
• Negative electrode - right arm (or below right clavicle) • Ground electrode - left arm (or below left clavicle) • Waveforms are positive
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Limb Leads - Lead III
• Positive electrode - left leg (or left side of the chest in midclavicular line just beneath last rib)
• Negative electrode - left arm (or below left clavicle) • Ground electrode - right arm (or below right clavicle) • Waveforms are positive or biphasic
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Limb Leads - Augmented Leads
• Includes aVR, aVL and aVF • Unipolar • Enhanced by ECG machine because
waveforms produced by these leads are normally small
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Limb Leads - Lead aVR
• Positive electrode placed on right arm • Waveforms have negative deflection
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Limb Leads - Lead aVL
• Positive electrode placed on left arm • Waveforms have positive deflection
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Limb Leads - Lead aVF
• Positive electrode located on left leg • Waveforms have a positive deflection
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Precordial Leads • Includes leads V1, V2,
V3, V4, V5 and V6 • Positioned in order
across the chest • Unipolar
– Opposing pole is center of heart as calculated by ECG
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Modified Chest Leads (MCL) • MCL1 and MCL6
provide continuous cardiac monitoring
• Place positive electrode in same position as precordial leads V1 or V6
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Summary • Electrodes placed on patient’s skin detect heart’s
electrical activity.
• Graphic record or tracing is called an electrocardiogram.
• Abnormalities in cardiac rate and/or rhythm are called dysrhythmias.
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Summary • ECG paper consists of horizontal and vertical lines that
form a grid.
• Horizontal measurements used to determine heart rate and duration of various waveforms, segments and intervals.
• Vertically on ECG paper, distance between lines, or boxes, represents amplitude in millimeters (mm) or electrical voltage in millivolts (mV).
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Summary • Conduction of electrical impulse through the heart can
be seen on ECG as P wave, PR interval, QRS complex, ST segment and T wave.
• Artifact is markings on ECG tracing that have no relationship to electrical activity of the heart.
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Summary • Each lead provides a different view of heart.
• Impulses traveling toward a positive electrode are recorded on ECG as upward deflections.
• Impulses traveling away from a positive electrode or toward a negative electrode are recorded as downward deflections.
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Summary • Limb leads are produced by placing electrodes on right
arm (RA), left arm (LA) and left leg (LL). – Include leads I, II, III, augmented vector right (aVR),
augmented vector left (aVL) and augmented vector foot (aVF).
• Precordial leads include leads V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, and V6.