BAMC TELEMETRY STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS

BAMC TELEMETRY STUDY GUIDE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Pace rate: SA Node - Answer-60-100

Pace rate: AV node - Answer-40-60

Pace rate: ventricles - Answer-20-40

Electrical Conduction - Answer-SA node, AV node, Bundle of His, Purkinje fibers

Normal PR interval - Answer-0.12-0.20 seconds

Normal QRS duration - Answer-0.04-0.12 seconds

Tele strip: large box - Answer-.2 seconds

Tele strip: small box - Answer-.04 seconds

P wave represents - Answer-atrial depolarization (contraction)

QRS complex - Answer-ventricular depolarization

QRS complex - Answer-atrial repolarization

T wave represents - Answer-ventricular repolarization

QT interval - Answer-starts at the beginning of the Q wave and ends at the end of the T
wave

QT interval prolongation - Answer-Ventricular tachycardia

ST interval - Answer-Elevation/depression 2 mm above/below baseline

ST elevation - Answer-injury (permanent)

ST depression - Answer-myocardial ischemia

A Fib - Answer-Quivering of atrium
Irregularly irregular rhythm
No definitive P waves