KAISER EKG ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● Rate of AV node
Answer: 40-60
●● rate of ventricles/ perkinje
Answer: 20-40
●● each small box on strip represents
Answer: 0.04 seconds
●● each larger box on strip represents
Answer: 0.20 seconds
●● u wave can be caused by
Answer: hypokalemia or digitalis toxicity
●● Long PR interval can mean
Answer: heart block
●● V1 is placed
,Answer: on 4th inrercostal space to right of sternum
●● v2 is places
Answer: on 4th intercostal space to left of sternum
●● V3 is placed
Answer: between v2 and v4
●● v4 is placed
Answer: on the fifth intercostal space in the midclavicular line
●● v5 is placed
Answer: between v4 and v6
●● v6 is placed in
Answer: the fifth intercostal space in midaxillary line
●● Sinus arrhythmia is
Answer: normal rate but speeds and slows with respirations, rhythm is
irregular. p-p varies by more than 10%
●● regularly irregular rhythm
, Answer: sinus arrhythmia
●● txt for bradycardia
Answer: is symptomatic, atropine 0.5mg. if unsuccessful, pacemaker
●● sinus pause
Answer: one or two beats arent formed
●● sinus arrest
Answer: 3 or more beats are not formed
●● sinoatrial exit block
Answer: SA node gernerates an impulse but its blocked before being
transmitted hence dropped beats. underlying rhythm is maintained
●● sick sinus syndrome
Answer: sinus bradycardia (heart rate < 40 bpm), sinus pauses (sudden
pauses of the sinus node shorter than 2-3 seconds), and sinus arrest
(sudden pauses of the sinus node longer than 2-3 seconds).
●● sick sinus syndrome txt
Answer: pacemaker, atropine and epinephrine
WITH COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● Rate of AV node
Answer: 40-60
●● rate of ventricles/ perkinje
Answer: 20-40
●● each small box on strip represents
Answer: 0.04 seconds
●● each larger box on strip represents
Answer: 0.20 seconds
●● u wave can be caused by
Answer: hypokalemia or digitalis toxicity
●● Long PR interval can mean
Answer: heart block
●● V1 is placed
,Answer: on 4th inrercostal space to right of sternum
●● v2 is places
Answer: on 4th intercostal space to left of sternum
●● V3 is placed
Answer: between v2 and v4
●● v4 is placed
Answer: on the fifth intercostal space in the midclavicular line
●● v5 is placed
Answer: between v4 and v6
●● v6 is placed in
Answer: the fifth intercostal space in midaxillary line
●● Sinus arrhythmia is
Answer: normal rate but speeds and slows with respirations, rhythm is
irregular. p-p varies by more than 10%
●● regularly irregular rhythm
, Answer: sinus arrhythmia
●● txt for bradycardia
Answer: is symptomatic, atropine 0.5mg. if unsuccessful, pacemaker
●● sinus pause
Answer: one or two beats arent formed
●● sinus arrest
Answer: 3 or more beats are not formed
●● sinoatrial exit block
Answer: SA node gernerates an impulse but its blocked before being
transmitted hence dropped beats. underlying rhythm is maintained
●● sick sinus syndrome
Answer: sinus bradycardia (heart rate < 40 bpm), sinus pauses (sudden
pauses of the sinus node shorter than 2-3 seconds), and sinus arrest
(sudden pauses of the sinus node longer than 2-3 seconds).
●● sick sinus syndrome txt
Answer: pacemaker, atropine and epinephrine
