EKG NHA STUDY GUIDE TEST LATEST UPDATE.

EKG NHA STUDY GUIDE TEST LATEST UPDATE. 1. An EKG technician is performing posterior 12-lead EKG for a patient. Which of the following leads should the technician place along the paraspinous border? Lead V9 2. An EKG technician is preparing to perform an exercise Congestive heart failure stress test on a patient. Which of the following find- ings in a patient's medical history would prevent the patient from participating in an exercise stress test? 3. An EKG technician should recognize that which of the Loose electrodes following situations would result in wandering base- line artifact on an EKG tracing? 4. An EKG technician is performing an exercise stress test for a patient. For which of the following findings should the technician expect the provider to stop the test. 5. An EKG technician should recognize that a rhythm strip should be at least how many seconds long to accurately identify rate and rhythm? Dizziness 6 seconds 6. An EKG technician in an outpatient facility is obtaining Place a hand on the mid- a patient's vital signs and is having trouble visualizing dle of the patient's back to the patient's chest movement. Which of the following count the respirations actions should the technician take to obtain an accu- rate respiratory rate for the patient? 7. An EKG technician has just provided patient education "I can smoke before the prior to an exercise stress test. Which of the following exam" statements made by the patient indicates an under- standing of the preparation? 8. Loss of Capture Loss of capture occurs when pacemaker spikes appear on the patient's EKG tracing but are not followed by the appropri- ate waveforms. 9. An EKG technician notices an accelerated idioventricu- Call for help and stay with lar rhythm on a tracing. Which of the following actions the patient should the technician take next? 10. Which of the following intervals should be used to de- R-R wave interval termine the regularity of ventricular depolarization? 11. Which of the following actions should the EKG tech- nician take to resolve a wandering baseline on a pa- tient's EKG tracing? 12. Which of the following waves should an EKG techni- cian measure to evaluate for atrial depolarization? 13. An EKG technician is preparing a patient for an exer- cise stress test. Which of the following leads should the technician place on the right lower side of the anterior torso? Relieve tension from the lead wires P wave Lead RL 14. An EKG technician should recognize that which of the 30 to 49/min following is the expected reference range for the res- piratory rate for a newborn? 15. An EKG technician notes that the QRS complex is too tall to fit on an EKG paper. Which of the following actions should the technician take? Change the gain control to 5 mm/mV 16. While performing an exercise stress test on a patient, Signs of acute myocardial