You are using the 300, 150, 100, 75, 60, 50 method to determine the heart rate. You locate an R wave that falls on a bold line on the ECG paper. The next consecutive R wave after your starting points falls directly on the 3rd bold line. This patient's heart rate is ______ beats per minute.

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The 300, 150, 100, 75, 60, 50 method is a quick way to estimate heart rate on an ECG by counting the number of large squares between two R waves and dividing into 300. If the next R wave falls on the 3rd bold line, it corresponds to 100 beats per minute (300 divided by 3).

You Are Using the 300, 150, 100, 75, 60, 50