Cardiac Rhythms

Pair Up! Cardiac Rhythms is an easy-to-use, flexible teaching tool based on the “memory game”. It makes learning how to recognise cardiac rhythms and understand their features fun, engaging and inclusive.

Pair Up Cardiac Rhythms has 3 card decks: cardiac rhythm names, cardiac rhythm features and pictures of ECG signals.

Choose 2 of the decks and match pictures, names or features to play. A cheat sheet is included to help develop understanding.

The game can be played in different ways to suit everyone from new starters to students in the latter stages of training in relevant clinical areas.

Pair Up Cardiac Rhythms is also a great opportunity to discuss the associated changes in cardiac output, effects on the cardiac cycle and physiological responses in the patient and disease processes and treatments in clinical practice.

Example Match

Example standard learning conversation:

Sinus Rhythm is our 'normal' heart rhythm. A p wave is a feature of sinus rhythm. Every QRS complex will be preceded by a p wave. The rate of SR is between 60-100bpm.

Example expanding knowledge learning conversation:

A p wave signifies atrial contraction, this contraction is timed within the cardiac cycle and contributes around 25% of stroke volume.

Example complex learning conversation:

Discuss the cardiac cycle and the effects of rising heart rate on cardiac output. P wave morphology and ways it can be affected by disease, p mitrale as a result of enlarged left atrium and p pulmonalae as a result of enlarged right atrium.

Looking to see which cards match?

Search for a cardiac rhythm below to see what other cards it matches with:

• Sinus Bradycardia (PU-CR-P-01)
• Sinus Rhythm (PU-CR-P-02)
• Sinus Tachycardia (PU-CR-P-03)
• Atrial Fibrillation (PU-CR-P-04)
• Ventricular Fibrillation (PU-CR-P-05)
• Ventricular Tachycardia (PU-CR-P-06)
• P wave asystole (PU-CR-P-07)
• Asystole (PU-CR-P-08)
• Supraventricular Tachycardia (PU-CR-P-09)
• Atrial Flutter (PU-CR-P-10)
• Bigeminy (PU-CR-P-11)
• Trigeminy (PU-CR-P-12)
• Multifocal Ventricular Ectopics (PU-CR-P-13)
• Unifocal Ventricular Ectopics (PU-CR-P-14)
• Junctional Rhythm (PU-CR-P-15)
• Atrial Ectopic (PU-CR-P-16)
• First Degree Heart Block (PU-CR-P-17)
• Wenckebach Mobitz Type I (PU-CR-P-18)
• Mobitz Type II (PU-CR-P-19)
• Atrio Ventricular Dissociation (PU-CR-P-20)
• Atrial Pacing (PU-CR-P-21)
• Ventricular Pacing (PU-CR-P-22)
• Dual Chamber Pacing (PU-CR-P-23)
• Torsades de Pointes (PU-CR-P-24)
• PEA (PU-CR-P-25)
• Atrial Fibrillation with Aberrant Conduction (PU-CR-P-26)
• Sinus Rhythm with Bundle Branch Pattern (PU-CR-P-27)