Patient was educated on the characteristics of heart beat as follows: Rate This is the number of beats per minute. Usually, this number is at 60 – 100 beats per minute. Rhythm This is the property of normal heartbeat, that shows successive heartbeats are evenly spaced out. If the beats are unevenly spaced, this indicates an underlying rhythm problem, where the beats are being initiated from structures other than the natural pacemaker of the heart. [...]

Patient was educated on ectopic heart beat as follows: Ectopic beat is a disturbance in the conduction system of the heart. This is a cardiac rhythm in which the heart beat will arise from structures other than the natural pacemaker of the heart, which is the SA node. There are 2 major types of ectopic heart beats Premature Atrial Contractions (PAC) Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVC) These ectopic beats often result in some extra or skipped [...]

Patient was educated on systole as follows: When the ventricles are full with blood from the atria, the pressure in the ventricles increases. The electrical signal that was initiated will spread from the atrial musculature to AV node, located at the junction of right atrium and ventricle. From the AV node, the impulse will spread across the ventricular muscle, causing contraction of both the ventricles. The AV valves are still closed and so, will prevent [...]

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Patient was educated on heart beat and rhythm as follows: Each heartbeat is a two-part pumping action that usually takes a little less than a second. The first part is called diastole, when ventricles are filled with blood and the later part is called systole, when ventricles contract to pump the blood into pulmonary and aortic circulation.