Questions and CORRECT Answers
Without possession of a release form, PHI may be shared with a patient's ______ without
violating HIPPA regulations
A. Children
B. Husband/Wife
C. Doctor
D. Verbally reported power of a attorney - CORRECT ANSWER C. Doctor
When an ECG is properly grounded it reduces the risk of?
A. Electrical shock
B. Paper malfunction
C. Faulty results
D. 60 cycle electrical interference - CORRECT ANSWER D. 60 cycle electrical interference
which ecg waveform represents ventricular repolarization?
A. R wave
B. F wave
C. Q wave
D. T wave - CORRECT ANSWER D. t wave
On standard ECG graph paper, one large box on the ventricle axis represents? - CORRECT
ANSWER .25
which selection accurately describes how to measure a qrs complex? - CORRECT
ANSWER measure from the beginning of q wave to the end of the s wave
, a p wave represents depolarization of the - CORRECT ANSWER atria
which chamber of the heart contains the most muscle mass and is known as the 'workhorse'? -
CORRECT ANSWER left ventricle
the preferred sequence of steps for ecg analysis is to determine: regularity, rate, p wave, pri and
qrs complex - CORRECT ANSWER true
while you are monitoring a patient you observe the presence of pacemaker spikes with no
associated p wave or qrs complex this is known as - CORRECT ANSWER loss of capture
which of the following is a characterestic of 3rd degree heart block - CORRECT
ANSWER atrial impulses failing to conduct to the ventricles
select the option which most accurately describes idioventricular rhythm - CORRECT
ANSWER rate 20-40, regular, no p waves before each wide qrs
a pvc that occurs during the relative refractory period or ventricular repolarization is referred to
as - CORRECT ANSWER R and to T phenomenon
at which rate could we identify ventricular tachy? - CORRECT ANSWER 130
atrial flutter is caused by the rapid depolarization of - CORRECT ANSWER a single reentry
focus
which selection most accurately describes SVT - CORRECT ANSWER regular rhtym greater
than 150 bpm with narrow qrs
what is atrial flutter with variable ventricular response - CORRECT ANSWER ??