KAISER EKG TEST STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED!! [UPDATED 2026|2027]
What drug is used to treat sinus bradycardia? ✔️Atropine 0.5mg
Do you pace sinus bradycardia? ✔️Yes, with external or transvenous pacemakers
What drugs should you HOLD with sinus bradycardia? ✔️Digoxin and beta blockers
How do you treat sinus tachycardia? ✔️treat the underlying cause
What drugs are used to treat sinus pause/block? ✔️Atropine 0.5mg or epinephrine
What type of pacemaker is used to treat sinus node disease (sinus pause/block)? ✔️Atrial pacemaker
What drugs treat atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation? ✔️beta blockers, diltiazem, verapamil, digoxin, amiodarone, coumadin,
lovenox
What is a treatment option for symptomatic (unstable) atrial flutter? ✔️Synchronized cardioversion at 50-100J
What is a treatment option for symptomatic (unstable) atrial fibrillation? ✔️Synchronized cardioversion at 120-200J
What is the treatment for stable SVT? ✔️Vagal maneuvers and adenosine
what is the treatment for unstable SVT? ✔️Synchronized cardioversion
What is the treatment for symptomatic junctional escape? ✔️atropine 0.5mg
What is the treatment for symptomatic first degree block? ✔️atropine 0.5mg
what is the drugs and treatment for symptomatic second degree block type 1? ✔️atropine 0.5mg, epinephrine or a temporary
pacemaker?
What is the drugs and treatment for symptomatic second degree block type 2? ✔️Atropine 0.5mg, epinephrine or dopamine
transcutaneous pacing as a bridge to a permanent pacemaker.
What is the drugs and treatment for third degree block? ✔️Atropine, epinephrine, or dopamine
transcutaneous pacing as a bridge to a permanent pacemaker.
Treatment for PVCs ✔️Correct hypoxemia, low K+, low Mg++
Drugs used to treat PVCs ✔️Amiodarone, Lidocaine,Pronestyl
Treatment for Monomorphic VT with pulse (stable) ✔️Amiodarone, lidocaine, procainimide and synchronized cardioversion
treatment for Monomorphic VT with pulse (unstable) ✔️Amiodarone, synchronized cardioversion
Treatment for monomorphic and polymorphic pulseless VT (unstable) ✔️Defibrillation, CPR, Epinephrine
Treatment for polymorphic VT with pulse (stable and unstable) ✔️Magnesium and defibrillation
treatment for ventricular fibrillation ✔️Defibrillation, CPR, and Epinephrine
Treatment for idioventricular rhythm/ventricular escape rhythm ✔️Atropine, Epinephrine, Isoproterenol
transcutaneous pacing as a bridge to permanent pacemaker.
Treatment for asystole ✔️CPR and Epinephrine
What drug is used to treat sinus bradycardia? ✔️Atropine 0.5mg
Do you pace sinus bradycardia? ✔️Yes, with external or transvenous pacemakers
What drugs should you HOLD with sinus bradycardia? ✔️Digoxin and beta blockers
How do you treat sinus tachycardia? ✔️treat the underlying cause
What drugs are used to treat sinus pause/block? ✔️Atropine 0.5mg or epinephrine
What type of pacemaker is used to treat sinus node disease (sinus pause/block)? ✔️Atrial pacemaker
What drugs treat atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation? ✔️beta blockers, diltiazem, verapamil, digoxin, amiodarone, coumadin,
lovenox
What is a treatment option for symptomatic (unstable) atrial flutter? ✔️Synchronized cardioversion at 50-100J
What is a treatment option for symptomatic (unstable) atrial fibrillation? ✔️Synchronized cardioversion at 120-200J
What is the treatment for stable SVT? ✔️Vagal maneuvers and adenosine
what is the treatment for unstable SVT? ✔️Synchronized cardioversion
What is the treatment for symptomatic junctional escape? ✔️atropine 0.5mg
What is the treatment for symptomatic first degree block? ✔️atropine 0.5mg
what is the drugs and treatment for symptomatic second degree block type 1? ✔️atropine 0.5mg, epinephrine or a temporary
pacemaker?
What is the drugs and treatment for symptomatic second degree block type 2? ✔️Atropine 0.5mg, epinephrine or dopamine
transcutaneous pacing as a bridge to a permanent pacemaker.
What is the drugs and treatment for third degree block? ✔️Atropine, epinephrine, or dopamine
transcutaneous pacing as a bridge to a permanent pacemaker.
Treatment for PVCs ✔️Correct hypoxemia, low K+, low Mg++
Drugs used to treat PVCs ✔️Amiodarone, Lidocaine,Pronestyl
Treatment for Monomorphic VT with pulse (stable) ✔️Amiodarone, lidocaine, procainimide and synchronized cardioversion
treatment for Monomorphic VT with pulse (unstable) ✔️Amiodarone, synchronized cardioversion
Treatment for monomorphic and polymorphic pulseless VT (unstable) ✔️Defibrillation, CPR, Epinephrine
Treatment for polymorphic VT with pulse (stable and unstable) ✔️Magnesium and defibrillation
treatment for ventricular fibrillation ✔️Defibrillation, CPR, and Epinephrine
Treatment for idioventricular rhythm/ventricular escape rhythm ✔️Atropine, Epinephrine, Isoproterenol
transcutaneous pacing as a bridge to permanent pacemaker.
Treatment for asystole ✔️CPR and Epinephrine
