Advent Health EKG Basics – Cardiac Rhythms, Heart
Conduction, and Lead Placement (Practice Questions
with Answers)
Description:
This document provides exam questions and verified answers for AdventHealth EKG
training, focusing on the fundamentals of cardiac rhythms, heart conduction, and
lead placement. It explains P waves, QRS complexes, and the interpretation of
atrial and ventricular activity. Designed for healthcare students and professionals,
it serves as a reliable study aid for rhythm interpretation exams and practical
clinical assessments.
What is the most lethal type of dysrhtmias? - answer✔✔ventricular dysrhytmias
What is a single ectopic beat that comes from the ventricles? - answer✔✔PVC On
a PVC what are the characteristics of that one QRS?? - answer✔✔1. its
distoreted/bizarre/jagged 2. the QRS is greater than 0.12 secs 3. different from the
underlying rhythm 4. there is no P wave associated 5. the T wave is opposite of the
QRS deflection T or F: PVS are not uncommon to healthy hearts - answer✔✔True
What are some symptoms of PVCs? - answer✔✔1. discomfor in chest or neck 2.
, palpitations 3. skipped heart beats What are the different types of treatment for
PVCs? - answer✔✔1. identify the underlying cause -administer ozygen -need for
electrolyte replacement -medication What does multifocal PVCs mean? -
answer✔✔-the PVCs arise from different part of the ventricle -the PVCs looks
different from each other What is much worse multifocal PVCs or unifocal PVCs? -
answer✔✔multifocal PVCs How many abnormal PVCs for it to be considered
ventricular tachycardia? - answer✔✔3 in a row or more What do you call PVCs
that occurs every other beat? - answer✔✔Bigeminal PVCs What do you call PVCs
that occurs every 3rd beat? - answer✔✔trigeminal PVCs What do you call PVCs
that occurs every 4th beat? - answer✔✔quadrigeminy Describe a couplet PVCs. -
answer✔✔when two PVC occurs back to back What is a R on T PVC? -
answer✔✔thats when the PVC starts at the end of the T beat, this should be
considered as an emergency because they could be sent into a ventricular fibrillation
T or F: in a ventricular tachycardia P waves will never be present -
answer✔✔False, it can be present but they are random and will not correlate with
the QRS What are the ECG characteristics of V-tach? - answer✔✔1. rhythm is
regular 2. ventricular rate is 100 bpm, Atrial is not discernable 3. if P waves are
present they do not correlate with the QRS 4. PRI is non measurable 5. QRS are wider
than normal What is the first thing to do if patient with V tach? - answer✔✔check
the pulse What is the treatment for patient with Vtach but has a pulse and stable -
answer✔✔1. oxygen 2. 12 lead ecg 3. IV access 4. antiarrhytmics 5. elective
Conduction, and Lead Placement (Practice Questions
with Answers)
Description:
This document provides exam questions and verified answers for AdventHealth EKG
training, focusing on the fundamentals of cardiac rhythms, heart conduction, and
lead placement. It explains P waves, QRS complexes, and the interpretation of
atrial and ventricular activity. Designed for healthcare students and professionals,
it serves as a reliable study aid for rhythm interpretation exams and practical
clinical assessments.
What is the most lethal type of dysrhtmias? - answer✔✔ventricular dysrhytmias
What is a single ectopic beat that comes from the ventricles? - answer✔✔PVC On
a PVC what are the characteristics of that one QRS?? - answer✔✔1. its
distoreted/bizarre/jagged 2. the QRS is greater than 0.12 secs 3. different from the
underlying rhythm 4. there is no P wave associated 5. the T wave is opposite of the
QRS deflection T or F: PVS are not uncommon to healthy hearts - answer✔✔True
What are some symptoms of PVCs? - answer✔✔1. discomfor in chest or neck 2.
, palpitations 3. skipped heart beats What are the different types of treatment for
PVCs? - answer✔✔1. identify the underlying cause -administer ozygen -need for
electrolyte replacement -medication What does multifocal PVCs mean? -
answer✔✔-the PVCs arise from different part of the ventricle -the PVCs looks
different from each other What is much worse multifocal PVCs or unifocal PVCs? -
answer✔✔multifocal PVCs How many abnormal PVCs for it to be considered
ventricular tachycardia? - answer✔✔3 in a row or more What do you call PVCs
that occurs every other beat? - answer✔✔Bigeminal PVCs What do you call PVCs
that occurs every 3rd beat? - answer✔✔trigeminal PVCs What do you call PVCs
that occurs every 4th beat? - answer✔✔quadrigeminy Describe a couplet PVCs. -
answer✔✔when two PVC occurs back to back What is a R on T PVC? -
answer✔✔thats when the PVC starts at the end of the T beat, this should be
considered as an emergency because they could be sent into a ventricular fibrillation
T or F: in a ventricular tachycardia P waves will never be present -
answer✔✔False, it can be present but they are random and will not correlate with
the QRS What are the ECG characteristics of V-tach? - answer✔✔1. rhythm is
regular 2. ventricular rate is 100 bpm, Atrial is not discernable 3. if P waves are
present they do not correlate with the QRS 4. PRI is non measurable 5. QRS are wider
than normal What is the first thing to do if patient with V tach? - answer✔✔check
the pulse What is the treatment for patient with Vtach but has a pulse and stable -
answer✔✔1. oxygen 2. 12 lead ecg 3. IV access 4. antiarrhytmics 5. elective
