Afib, Aflutter, Junctional Arrhythmias | ECG EKG Interpretation (Part 4)

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For our 4th lesson, we continue our look at atrial and junctional arrhythmias.
We start off talking about one of the most common arrhythmias that you will come across in your patients, which is atrial fibrillation or afib. We give you some of the basic info that should help to identify this common but potentially serious arrhythmia.
From there we move on to talk about atrial flutter or aflutter. We explain and show how this differs from afib and give you some pointers and criteria that should help in its identification and differentiation from afib.
Lastly, we talk about our various junctional rhythms that you will see. We explain about where a junction rhythm comes from, as well as what are its unique and defining characteristics. We also talk about the different variations of junctional rhythms, including accelerated junctional and junctional tachycardia.
Hopefully by the end of this lesson you will be able to easily identify these 3 arrhythmias and be able to know the key characteristics to be able to tell each of them apart from one another.
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Stay tuned for the next lesson in our series on ECG/EKG Interpretation, in which we continue our discussion on arrhythmias and talk about ventricular arrhythmias! *COMING SOON*
Make sure and check out all the lessons in this series on EKG Interpretation here: • ECG/EKG Interpretation
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Eddie, thank you for making these! They're really well done refreshers, and I've been inviting coworkers over for post-work beverages... And turning these on. They say they hate it, but they keep coming back, and I've seen a difference in how we approach cardiac issues (surgical/trauma... We need all the help we can get)! Thanks so much.

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I literally cannot thank you enough for these. I'm 4 videos into this series now, and as a labor and delivery nurse who wants to specialize in our OBICU, I am currently in an arrythmia class. I've been in obstetrics as a post partum nurse and have my ACLS and PALS as well as my NRP, but this is so much better for a visual learner like me. The colors, the drawings, the sample EKGs, chefs kiss. Well done friend.As one nurse to another, I commend you and I hope I can help others with this info as well!

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Wow, so great to read this comment Gina! I actually used to work with a nurse who came from OBICU to our Trauma ICU and she was a fantastic resource. Really happy to hear my video style spoke to you and you found it helpful.

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Awesome. Congrats on the transition and happy to be able to help. Glad you enjoyed it!

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I finally found someone to teach EKG the way I understand. The way you explain what is electrically happening with the SA node for it to create the AFIB strip for example, makes us paint a picture of the situation and correlate this picture with the EKG line. Thanks you!

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Really glad to hear this video was what you needed!

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Glad it was helpful!

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Hi Eddie, Thank you so much for all your hard work and excellent presentation. You do not have an idea of how it has increased my understanding and confidence in my ICU practice.

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ECG strips made simple, thank you!

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This lesson has helped me understand how to diagnose Junctional rhythms.

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Hello, Thank you for a well-made educational serie about arrhythmias. Is your example of atrial flutter 2:1, indeed a 1:1 as only 1 P-wave is identifiable, and the ventricular responds corresponds to proposed atrial rate of flutter i.e. 250-300. Regards

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Thank You Sir!

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[@maelstromx6462]

How would one differentiate from an "atrial fibrillation with a slow ventricular response" and a "junctional escape rhythm" or "junctional bradycardia"? It is my understanding that you can still have a junctional escape rhythm with R-R irregularity (synonymous to a sinus arrhythmia).

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Good video ! Quick question , when you do a 12-lead on a patient, which view do you look for to see an arrhythmia? thanks !

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How do you know when it is A fib, with rvr ???

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Hi there, is there a video somewhere explaining AFIB RVR something that comes up a bit in ICU, thanks

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Not yet, but I'll put on the todo list!

[@ohsimply178]

Hi Eddie, I’m a teenager and I went to the doctor and took an EKG (for chest pains) he said my heart was normal, for the past few days my heart seems to skip a beat. Do you know if it’s a real problem or I’m just worried? Thank you!

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The beat skipping happened a few days after the ekg.

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Thanks for sharing. It's impossible for me to be able to know. I'd trust what your doctor is telling you. If you keep having an issue, certainly make sure and tell them.

[@himanshujoshi8402]

AF one looks like flutter only

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In the heart picture, I noticed that the mitral valve is not a bicuspid.

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Thank you! I appreciate that. 😊 As for the mitral valve, the drawing just has 2 flaps (leaflets) on it... ? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Are you sure you haven't confused the mitral valve for the semilunar valve in the pic?

[@Zizuthecreatorlamarwest]

they should rename atrial fibrillation to atrial chaos.

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Not wrong

[@Zizuthecreatorlamarwest]

​@@ICUAdvantage and they should rename V-fib to V-cha, ventricular chaos

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Kindly stop using colour red while explaining, you can use even yellow instead.

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Na, red is fine. Also, you're commenting on a 4 year old video, it's unlikely he'll see this.