ASPT EKG CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION STUDY GUIDE 2024

ASPT EKG CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION STUDY GUIDE 2024 Pulmonary vein T Wave What is the only vein that carries high oxygenated blood? What shows the relaxation of the ventricles on the EKG? Congestive Heart Failure body? endocardium What is a condition when the heart cannot meet the demands of the Where are the 4 heart valves located (the innermost layer of the heart)? U wave What usually occurs when a patient has a very low potassium (K+)? QRS complex Standardization What shows up on the EKG paper when the ventricles contract? What checks the voltage that the EKG machine instrument is using? the pulmonic valves and aortic valves (semilunar valves) go out of the heart? right atrium Which valves does blood go through to As blood returns to the heart from the body it enters into which chamber? head, neck and upper extremities tricuspid and mitral valve Where does the Superior Vena Cava get its blood from? What are the two entrance valves of the heart, where blood goes through after it enters the heart? Semilunar valves Pericardium What are the pulmonic and aortic valves? What is the fibrous outer fluid filled layer that covers the heart and separates it from the contents in the chest cavity? EKG P Wave What records the electrical impulses of the cardiac cycle? What shows the contraction of the atrium on the EKG? QRS Complex U Wave What shows the contraction of the ventricles on the EKG? What is a wave that is not always seen but represents possible low potassium? receiving chambers bicuspid (mitral) valve What are the right and left atria known as? What is the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle? through the alveoli and capillaries in the lungs septum What is the only way to oxygenate the blood? What separates the right and left side of the heart? 25mm/sec green What is the normal speed for an EKG to run? What is the color of the ground lead? 1/8 inch mitral valve What is the approximate diameter of the coronary arteries? What is another name for the bicuspid valve? it conducts electricity coronary arteries What is the purpose of the gel on the electrode? What nourishes the myocardium? that area of the myocardium dies What happens if the blood supply to the myocardium stops? Myocardium What is the thickest layer of the heart? the size of your fist How big is the heart? a pump that pumps blood to the body Superior and inferior vena cava What does the heart function as? What vein returns blood to the heart? Inferior vena cava tachycardia What is the vein that brings blood from below the diaphragm to the heart? What is a term for "a rapid heart beat"? Coronary insufficiency What is it called when the right and left coronary arteries c