Rhythms

• Normal sinus rhythm 


  Heartbeat 60-100bpm

  
• Sinus Bradycardia


  Heartbeat slower than 60 bpm

  
• Sinus Tachycardia 


  Heartbeat faster than 100 bpm

  
• Sinus arrest


  A prolonged pause without a P wave on an ECG

  
• Sinus dysrhythmia 


  Abnormal heartbeat rhythm

  
• Atrial flutter (saw tooth)


  A condition in which the heart’s upper chambers (atrias) beat too quickly

  
• Atrial fibrillation (AF)


  An irregular, often rapid heart rate that commonly causes poor blood flow. The heart’s upper chambers (atrias) beat out of coordination with the lower chambers (ventricles)

  
• Ventricular tachycardia


  A condition in which the lower chambers of the heart (ventricles) beat very quickly

  
• Asystole 


  Flatline

  
• Agonal 


  Agonal heart rhythm is a severe arrhythmia that occurs when the heart's lower chambers, or ventricles, produce an abnormally slow and erratic rhythm

  
• Atrial pacemaker

  Atrial paced rhythm (A paced) is identified on an electrocardiogram (ECG) by a vertical mark, known as a spike, that appears before the P wave

  
• Atrial ventricular pacemaker 


  If it is atrial paced (A paced), there is a pacer spike before the P wave. If it is ventricular paced (V paced), there is a pacer spike before the QRS complex

  
• Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)


  Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a type of arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm, that causes an irregularly fast or erratic heartbeat

  
• Ventricular pacemaker


  Ventricular pacemaker rhythm is easily identified by the conspicuous presence of a pacing spike immediately preceding the QRS complexes.