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Home » Articles » Nursing » Nursing Guide » Nursing Study: First Degree Heart Block

Nursing Study: First Degree Heart Block

May 28, 2015 By Rana Waqar Leave a Comment

Nursing Study: First Degree AV Block

In first-degree heart block, the electrical signal is slowed as it moves through the heart. When this occurs between the atria and the ventricles, it appears as a slightly longer, flatter line between the P and the R waves on the EKG.

First-degree heart block rarely causes any symptoms. Well-trained athletes and young people are at higher risk for first-degree heart block caused by an overly active vagus nerve. Activity in this nerve slows the heart rate. Some medicines, such as digitalis, also may trigger first-degree heart block.

First-degree heart block usually doesn’t require treatment.
Nursing Study: First Degree Heart Block

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