EKG Strips Questions and Answers |
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What does a normal sinus rhythm EKG strip typically show?
✔✔ A consistent P wave before each QRS complex with a regular rhythm and rate between 60-
100 bpm.
What does it mean if an EKG strip shows an absent P wave with an irregular rhythm?
✔✔ It suggests atrial fibrillation.
What does a widened QRS complex indicate on an EKG strip?
✔✔ Possible ventricular conduction delay or bundle branch block.
What might a peaked T wave suggest on an EKG strip?
✔✔ Hyperkalemia.
What condition is suspected if an EKG strip shows ST-segment elevation?
✔✔ Myocardial infarction.
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,What does a prolonged PR interval indicate?
✔✔ First-degree heart block.
What does a sawtooth pattern on an EKG strip typically indicate?
✔✔ Atrial flutter.
What does a complete absence of electrical activity on an EKG strip indicate?
✔✔ Asystole.
What rhythm is present if the EKG strip shows three or more PVCs in a row at a rapid rate?
✔✔ Ventricular tachycardia.
What does a short PR interval with a delta wave suggest?
✔✔ Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
What does a regularly irregular rhythm with grouped beating indicate?
✔✔ Second-degree heart block, type I (Wenckebach).
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, What does an EKG strip with no identifiable P waves, a wide QRS, and a rate above 150 bpm
suggest?
✔✔ Ventricular tachycardia.
What does a progressively lengthening PR interval before a dropped QRS complex indicate?
✔✔ Second-degree heart block, type I (Mobitz I).
What does a rapid, chaotic rhythm with no identifiable P waves, QRS complexes, or T waves
indicate?
✔✔ Ventricular fibrillation.
What does an EKG strip with a PR interval greater than 0.20 seconds indicate?
✔✔ First-degree AV block.
What rhythm might show a rate slower than 60 bpm with a normal P wave, QRS complex, and T
wave?
✔✔ Sinus bradycardia.
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Latest Version | 2024/2025 | Correct &
Verified
What does a normal sinus rhythm EKG strip typically show?
✔✔ A consistent P wave before each QRS complex with a regular rhythm and rate between 60-
100 bpm.
What does it mean if an EKG strip shows an absent P wave with an irregular rhythm?
✔✔ It suggests atrial fibrillation.
What does a widened QRS complex indicate on an EKG strip?
✔✔ Possible ventricular conduction delay or bundle branch block.
What might a peaked T wave suggest on an EKG strip?
✔✔ Hyperkalemia.
What condition is suspected if an EKG strip shows ST-segment elevation?
✔✔ Myocardial infarction.
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,What does a prolonged PR interval indicate?
✔✔ First-degree heart block.
What does a sawtooth pattern on an EKG strip typically indicate?
✔✔ Atrial flutter.
What does a complete absence of electrical activity on an EKG strip indicate?
✔✔ Asystole.
What rhythm is present if the EKG strip shows three or more PVCs in a row at a rapid rate?
✔✔ Ventricular tachycardia.
What does a short PR interval with a delta wave suggest?
✔✔ Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
What does a regularly irregular rhythm with grouped beating indicate?
✔✔ Second-degree heart block, type I (Wenckebach).
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, What does an EKG strip with no identifiable P waves, a wide QRS, and a rate above 150 bpm
suggest?
✔✔ Ventricular tachycardia.
What does a progressively lengthening PR interval before a dropped QRS complex indicate?
✔✔ Second-degree heart block, type I (Mobitz I).
What does a rapid, chaotic rhythm with no identifiable P waves, QRS complexes, or T waves
indicate?
✔✔ Ventricular fibrillation.
What does an EKG strip with a PR interval greater than 0.20 seconds indicate?
✔✔ First-degree AV block.
What rhythm might show a rate slower than 60 bpm with a normal P wave, QRS complex, and T
wave?
✔✔ Sinus bradycardia.
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