Third Degree/Complete AV (Heart) Block

Описание: This video discusses the details of third degree (atrioventricular)/heart block aka complete heart block, its characteristics, causes, signs & symptoms as well as interventions.
Please refer to the “EKG Interpretation - Heart Blocks" Playlist for more videos about second-degree heart blocks Type I & II and third-degree heart blocks.

THIRD DEGREE HEART BLOCK:
(**indicates deviation from normal**)
1. Rate:
**Less than 60 bpm
2. Rhythm:
**Irregular ventricular response
3. P-wave:
Upright
**No relation to QRS complex
4. Intervals:
**PRI: not measurable
QRS:
Less than 0.12 (Junctional response)
**Greater than 012 (Ventricular response)

For more videos about this important topic please refer to the other EKG Interpretation playlists of my channel Nursing School Explained. The videos in this playlist are intended to be watched in succession for best results: Basic Electrophysiology, EKG Interpretation - The Basics: EKG paper and Determination of Heart Rate, EKG Interpretation - The Basics - Normal Intervals and RULE to Memorize, Sinus rhythms, Atrial rhythms, AV blocks, and Ventricular rhythms.

Heart Blocks Playlist:
   • EKG Interpretation - Heart Blocks  

First-degree Heart Blocks Type I and II:
   • First Degree AV (Heart) Block  

Second-degree Heart Blocks Type I & II:
   • Second Degree AV (Heart) Block Type I & II