Heart Tones
Posted by admin on Dec 5, 2011 in Cardiology, Featured, Guides, Paramedic | 0 comments
MedicTests.com’s Quick and Dirty Guide to Heart Tones What are they, Where are they, and What are they for? Where to Listen The location for auscultation of each heart sound is in the diagram above. (M) Mitral (T) Tricuspid (A) Aortic (P) Pulmonic. The blue area is the pleura, pink is lung, red outline is heart. Why should I care about heart sounds? You can use heart tones in combination...
Read MoreCardiology I
Posted by admin on Nov 22, 2011 in Cardiology, EMT, Featured, Guides, Paramedic | 2 comments
Medictests.com’s Quick and Dirty guide to Cardiology Part 1 : The General Ideas Cardiology is the study of the heart. You want to be great at this, so I want you to study this a little at a time, and do not move on to the next part until you have an excellent grasp of this one. The way these guides will work, is that we will stack upon information learned in the last section. So, we will go...
Read MoreCongestive Heart Failure
Posted by admin on Jun 26, 2011 in Cardiology, Guides, Paramedic, Respiratory | 3 comments
MedicTests.com Quick and Dirty Guide to CHF and Pulmonary Edema HEART FAILURE means the heart is not pumping enough blood to keep the organs alive. Since its unable to pump the blood fast enough, the blood ON THE WAY TO THE HEART gets backed up in the veins. Reduced blood flow to the kidneys results in water retention. You end up with fluid in the lungs and edema on the body. This is a very...
Read MoreParamedic Cardiology and ECG – Summary Cheatsheet
Posted by admin on May 23, 2011 in Cardiology, Featured, Guides, Paramedic | 0 comments
MedicTests.com – Paramedic ECG Cheat Sheet An EKG is NOTHING MORE than a voltmeter with an oscilloscope (screen.) UNDERSTANDING A STRIP P Waves – Atrial Depolarization QRS Complex – Ventricular Depolarization T Wave – Re-polarization of Ventricles U Wave – Re-polarization of Purkinje Fibres PR Interval – Measurement from the beginning of P wave to beginning of QRS....
Read MoreHeart attack in 3D
Posted by admin on May 11, 2011 in Cardiology, EMT, Paramedic, Videos | 0 comments
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Read MorePremature Ventricular Contractions – PVCs
Posted by admin on Mar 29, 2011 in Cardiology | 0 comments
Premature Ventricular Contractions A relatively common event where the ventricle initiates its own contraction instead of the sinoatrial node. Determining PVCs on a cardiac monitor using the analytical approach: QRS Complex: WIDE ≥0.12 seconds P Waves: If present, they have no relation to the ventricular beat Rate: Dependent on underlying rhythm Rhythm: Generally this ectopic beat is an...
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