ALL ABOUT THE HEART BY: JACQUELYN PARGO DATE: 6/21/2017

1. ALL ABOUT THE
HEART
BY: JACQUELYN PARGO
DATE: 6/21/2017

2. THERE ARE SO MANY TEST AVAILABLE TO DETECT A
HEART CONDITION. I WILL BE DISCUSSING THE
FOLLOWING:
• Doppler Ultrasound
• Holter Monitor
• ECG

3. DOPPLER ULTRASOUND
• Used to estimate the blood flow through your blood vessels by bouncing the
high frequency sound waves, known as an ultrasound.
• During a Doppler Ultrasound, a technician presses a small hand held device,
about the size of a bar of soup, against the skin over the area of the body being
examined.

4. IMAGE SHOWING A ULTRASOUND OF THE BLOOD
VESSEL AND CIRCULATION

5. A TRANSDUCER IS A SMALL HAND HELD DEVICE
THAT IS USED TO EXAMINE THE NEEDED AREA

6. THIS PROCEDURE IS PAINLESS AND ONLY TAKES A
FEW MOMENTS TO COMPLETE

7. HOLTER MONITOR
• A battery operated portable device that measures and records the hearts activity.
• The recording takes up to but not limited to 24 hours to 48 hours.
• This device is small and comes with silver dollar size electrodes that are attached
to wire, that stick to your skin.
• This device is portable and pocket size

8. SIZE OF 21ST CENTURY CELL PHONES..LOL

9. PROPER POSITIONING OF ELECTORDES

10. THIS DEVICE IS PAINLESS AND NOT HEAVY TO
WEAR.

11. ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
• Electrocardiography is also known as a ECG or EKG
• Used to measure the electrical activity and collect data of the heart.
• 6 electrodes are place on the chest.
• 2 electrodes on arm (one on each arm)
• 2 electrodes on legs (one on each leg)

12. ELECTRODE ABBREVIATIONS
• ECG Electrodes use abbreviation to help position placements
• RA = Right Arm; LR = Left Arm
• RL = Right Leg; LL = Left Leg
• V1, V2, V3, V4,V5,V6

13. ECG/ EKG ORDERING
• Most providers with order a ECG/ EKG for the following reasons:
• Fast or slow heart palpations
• Stress
• Fatigue
• SOB (Shortness of Breath)

14. ECG PLACEMENTS

15. DIFFERENT TYPES OF ECG DETECTION

16. ECG/EKG REPORT

17. OUR HEART PUMPS THE BLOOD THROUGH OUR BODY.
MAIN FUNCTION OF THE BODY