August 3, 2013

Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Category: Fundamentals 
During atrial fibrillation, no single impulse completely depolarizes both atria, so there are no P waves, just a rapid series of tiny, erratic spikes on an EKG. Only the occasional atrial impulse gets through the AV node to initiate a QRS complex.

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