A heart block of any degree is a disturbance in the electrical conduction & production of heart beats 🫀First Degree AV Block → A prolonged PR interval...

🫀 TYPES of HEART BLOCKS 🫀 1st degree= prolonged PR interval, that's all! 2nd degree type ONE (aka Wenckebach)= PR intervals progressively lengthen until the QRS is dropped completely- hence the poem "longer,longer, longer DROP" 2nd degree type TWO (aka Mobitz II)= PR intervals stay the same and a QRS is just randomly dropped, no progressive lengthening 3rd degree= P and QRS complexes are marching to the beat of their own drum

There are three basic parts to an EKG: P wave: this is the wave that shows what is going on in the atria of the heart aka atrial contraction QRS: think ventricles, if there’s an abnormal QRS …

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Heart Block rules. Nursing. Nursing student. Study guide

To help you grasp the core concepts of Cardiovascular Care Nursing (or Cardiac Care Nursing), here are our visual nursing mnemonics and tips!