EKG Practice Exam (A+ Graded)

An EKG technician is Instructing the patient about the use of a transtelephonic monitor with the loop memory. Which of the following instructions should the technician include? correct answers "Press the record button on the device when you begin to feel dizzy or have chest pain" An EKG technician has a prescription to perform an EKG tracing on an older adult patient who is unconscious upon arrival at the emergency department. Which of the following actions should the technician take? correct answers Assume implied consent because the patient's condition is considered critical Which of the following methods should an EKG technician use to calculate a patient's heart rate from the EKG tracing? correct answers Divide 300 by the number of large boxes between two R waves. An EKG technician is caring for a patient who is admitted to an inpatient facility for chest pain. Which of the following actions should the technician take when performing a series of EKG readings for this patient? correct answers Apply silver electrodes that can be checked daily. An EKG technician has performed an EKG on a patient. What action by the technician would protect the patient's health information in accordance with HIPPA regulations? correct answers Hand-delivering the EKG to the patient's provider. After completing a standard 12-lead EKG on a patient, what action should an EKG technician take next? correct answers Check that the tracing is free from artifacts and disconnect the patient from the machine. What is the most effective technique for an EKG technician to use to verify that a patient understands the Holter monitor instructions? correct answers Have the patient repeat the instructions back What section of the EKG tracing should an EKG technician use to measure the QRS complex? correct answers Beginning of the Q wave to the end of the S wave. What lead group forms Einthoven's triangle? correct answers Leads I, II, and III What lead groups are bipolar leads? correct answers Leads I, II, and III What describes a complete cardiac cycle in a healthy heart? correct answers P wave, QRS complex, and T wave A serial EKG tracing shows a rhythm that does not match the last tracing that the EKG technician performed. What action should the technician take first? correct answers Verify proper lead placement What is the result of atrial depolarization? correct answers P wave