whats the name of the heart rate rhythm ?

northernneil

does this have a name ? doing a google search it comes up with rythm, rates, pulse etc but does this wave (?) have a medical name ?

Anonymous

ECG Curve

northernneil

cheers nap

Monty Dog

electrocardiogram or electrocardiograph?

mzm70

Isn't it Sinus Rhythm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinus_rhythm

fungus_the_muffin_man

You can't tell sinus rhythm based off 2 wave forms. Plus If mine looked like that or someone that I was doing a 12 lead ecg on i'd be a bit upset.

That is just an ecg waveform you have there.

Weejie54

That is just an ecg waveform you have there.

Looks more like a logo to me.

fungus_the_muffin_man

Weejie54 wrote:

That is just an ecg waveform you have there.

Looks more like a logo to me.

well yeah of course but that wasn't his question.

motdoc

Most medical people would call it a "trace" as it only shows one lead.

I there are P waves it is generally sinus rhythm, there don't seem to be. There also seems to be a nasty looking gap after the second complex which may well correspond with being dead.

fungus_the_muffin_man

There are what look like a couple of dodgy P waves.

Yep definitely dead the 0 is a bit of a giveaway

so it's not sinus rhythm its turned into asystole or hopefully just a bit of a pause

northernneil

this is all confusing .... so if a doctor said to some other doctor "whats does this paitents ______ look like ?" what would be the word missing ?

LangerDan

northernneil wrote:

this is all confusing .... so if a doctor said to some other doctor "whats does this paitents ______ look like ?" what would be the word missing ?

"Widow"?

WisePranker

northernneil wrote:

this is all confusing .... so if a doctor said to some other doctor "whats does this paitents ______ look like ?" what would be the word missing ?

ECG.

I wouldn't like to be the patient with the rhythm at the top of the page!

MarcBC

LangerDan wrote:

northernneil wrote:

this is all confusing .... so if a doctor said to some other doctor "whats does this paitents ______ look like ?" what would be the word missing ?

"Widow"?

motdoc

Most doctors would only say ECG for a 12 lead set up. This is only one line so most would call it a "trace" or more correctly a "rhythm strip" or "strip".


What's pink and hard on an orthopaedic ward?

An ecg

:oops: Sorry

martinwitnam

The thing is that because there is actually a trace on the screen means that the heart rate being zero would not be true. Even if the patient is dead and this trace were on the screen then the monitor would still show a rate. This is known as pulseless electrical activity or PEA. The monitor shows activity but the heart is no longer actually contracting.
But I must say that in fifteen years as a cardiac nurse I've never seen anything like that trace!

BBH

northernneil wrote:

this is all confusing .... so if a doctor said to some other doctor "whats does this paitents ______ look like ?" what would be the word missing ?

Depends on the context of the question. It is likely to be ecg, but could be trace, complexes, rhythm, rate, etc.....

Re: flat line, likely to be a lead disconnection, line is far too flat for asystolic arrest!! (and as said above, complexes with no output = PEA!!)

fungus_the_muffin_man

martinwitnam wrote:

But I must say that in fifteen years as a cardiac nurse I've never seen anything like that trace!

Phew it's just not me then. I'm an ICU nurse and was thinking that I need to go on another ECG course

graeme_s-2

My wife's a physio, and it always drives her nuts on TV when they show a flatline. Especially if they then use a defibrillator. She always says you'd only get a flatline if the leads were disconnected.

fungus_the_muffin_man

It's quite difficult sometimes when your trying to tell a family that their loved one is dead especially when they can still see them breathing 'cos they are on a ventilator an the occasional twitch on the heart rhythm bit of the monitor. Especially when you don't have chance to explain to the family what will happen when they die ( in the case of it being sudden)

EKE_38BPM

How 'dead' does the deceased have to be to show a flatline?
Or in other words, how long until electrical activity stops in the heart?

Anonymous

LangerDan wrote:

northernneil wrote:

this is all confusing .... so if a doctor said to some other doctor "whats does this paitents ______ look like ?" what would be the word missing ?

"Widow"?

I genuinely LOLd

EKE_38BPM

NapoleonD wrote:

LangerDan wrote:

northernneil wrote:

this is all confusing .... so if a doctor said to some other doctor "whats does this paitents ______ look like ?" what would be the word missing ?

"Widow"?

I genuinely LOLd

Snap.