ADVENT HEALTH EKG CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
●● which blood vessel leaves the heart and carries to all parts of the
body?
Answer: Aorta
●● when measuring the height of peaks in an EKG what number does
each large square represent?
Answer: 5 millimeters by 5 millimeters
●● each small square in an EKG is?
Answer: 0.04 seconds
●● how can you calculate each heart rate of an EKG rate?
Answer: count the number of complete complexes in a 3 or 6 interval
and multiply by 20 or 10
●● if the ventricles are in the systole phase what is happening?
Answer: they are pumping the blood out of the chamber by contraction
,●● what is the membrane inclosing the heart?
Answer: it is the pericardial sac
●● what are the pericardial leads?
Answer: they are chest leads
●● normal standard is?
Answer: 10 millimeters
●● what are leads?
Answer: they are the colored wires that are put on a patients limbs
●● what is AVL ?
Answer: AVL is the difference in the hearts voltage
●● what is AVF?
Answer: AVF is the difference in the hearts voltage between the left leg
and midpoint between left leg and right arm
●● what does V1 through V6 record?
Answer: V1 through V6 records hearts voltage from the front to the back
of the heart, recorded from the central point of the heart
, ●● What is a sinus arrhythmia?
Answer: it is changes in breathing
●● what does the term systole mean?
Answer: flatline (death)
●● what is a heart murmur?
Answer: a heart murmur is the sound of a faulty action when the valves
close
●● what is ischemia
Answer: it is death to an area of the heart
●● when someone feels pain in the heart its because?
Answer: when someone feels pain in the heart it is because inadequate
blood flow to the heart muscle
●● what does MI stand for?
Answer: MI stands for a myocardial infarction
●● what is one of the major causes of heart failure?
Answer: one of the major causes of heart failure is untreated blood
pressure
EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
●● which blood vessel leaves the heart and carries to all parts of the
body?
Answer: Aorta
●● when measuring the height of peaks in an EKG what number does
each large square represent?
Answer: 5 millimeters by 5 millimeters
●● each small square in an EKG is?
Answer: 0.04 seconds
●● how can you calculate each heart rate of an EKG rate?
Answer: count the number of complete complexes in a 3 or 6 interval
and multiply by 20 or 10
●● if the ventricles are in the systole phase what is happening?
Answer: they are pumping the blood out of the chamber by contraction
,●● what is the membrane inclosing the heart?
Answer: it is the pericardial sac
●● what are the pericardial leads?
Answer: they are chest leads
●● normal standard is?
Answer: 10 millimeters
●● what are leads?
Answer: they are the colored wires that are put on a patients limbs
●● what is AVL ?
Answer: AVL is the difference in the hearts voltage
●● what is AVF?
Answer: AVF is the difference in the hearts voltage between the left leg
and midpoint between left leg and right arm
●● what does V1 through V6 record?
Answer: V1 through V6 records hearts voltage from the front to the back
of the heart, recorded from the central point of the heart
, ●● What is a sinus arrhythmia?
Answer: it is changes in breathing
●● what does the term systole mean?
Answer: flatline (death)
●● what is a heart murmur?
Answer: a heart murmur is the sound of a faulty action when the valves
close
●● what is ischemia
Answer: it is death to an area of the heart
●● when someone feels pain in the heart its because?
Answer: when someone feels pain in the heart it is because inadequate
blood flow to the heart muscle
●● what does MI stand for?
Answer: MI stands for a myocardial infarction
●● what is one of the major causes of heart failure?
Answer: one of the major causes of heart failure is untreated blood
pressure
