STUVIA 2024/2025
EKG NHA
Congestive heart fallure - ✔✔An EKG technician is preparing to perform an exercise stress test on a
patient. Which of the following findings in a patient's medical history would prevent the patient from
participating in an exercise stress test?
Loose electrodes - ✔✔An EKG technician should recognize that which of the following situations
could result in wandering baseline artifact on an EKG tracing?
"I can smoke the night before the exam." - ✔✔An EKG technician has just provided patient
education prior to an exercise stress test. Which of the following statements made by the patient
indicates an understanding of the preparation?
Lead V9 - ✔✔An EKG technician is performing a posterior 12-lead EKG for a patient. Which of the
following leads should the technician place along the paraspinous border?
Loss of capture - ✔✔An EKG technician is reviewing the EKG tracing for a patient who has a
pacemaker. The technician should recognize that which of the following alterations is being recorded
on the patient's rhythm strip?
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R-R wave interval - ✔✔Which of the following intervals should be used to determine the regularity of
ventricular depolarization?
P wave - ✔✔Which of the following waves should an EKG technician measure to evaluate for atrial
depolarization?
Lead RL - ✔✔An EKG technician is preparing a patient for an exercise stress test. Which of the
following leads should the technician place on the right lowe side of the anterior torso?
30 to 49/min - ✔✔An EKG technician should recognize that which of the following is the expected
reference range for the respiratory rate of a newborn patient?
Change the gain control to 5 mm/mv - ✔✔An EKG technician notes that the QRS complex is too tall
to fit on the EKG paper. Which of the following actions should the technician take?
Signs of acute myocardial injury - ✔✔While performing an exercise stress test on a patient, a
technician observes elevated ST segments. The technician should identify these findings as which of
the following?
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Place the lower left extremity lead on the left groin - ✔✔An EKG technician is performing a standard
12-lead EKG for a patient who has a below-the-knee amputation of the left leg. The technician should
modify and document the lead placement for this patient in which of the following ways?
"Your provider wants to study your heart over a longer period of time." - ✔✔A patient tells the EKG
technician that she does not understand why she needs an ambulatory monitor after having a
standard 12-lead EKG 2 days ago. Which of the following responses should the technician make?
Leeds v1 and v2 - ✔✔An EKG technician is evaluating a standard 12-lead EKG tracing during a
recording. The technician should recognize that electrical activity of the septal wall is recorded by
which of the following leads?
Mvocardial ischemia - ✔✔An EKG technician observes ST segment depression and T wave
inversion in multiple leads on a patient's EKG tracing. Which of the following should the technician
suspect?
supine - ✔✔Into which of the following positions should the EKG technician assist a patient to
undergo a standard 12-lead EKG?
Atrial fibrillation - ✔✔What is the name of the arrhythmia in the EKG tracing below?
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Right arm negative pole, left arm positive pole, and left leg positive pole - ✔✔Which of the following
is the electrode charge combination for the limb leads for a standard 12-lead EKG?
The fifth intercostal space at the middlavicularine - ✔✔An EKG technician is preparing a patient for a
standard 12-lead EKG. Which of the following is the correct placement for lead V4?
"This procedure requires informed consent. - ✔✔An EKG technician is preparing a patient for an
exercise stress test. Which of the following statements should the technician make before the test?
Brachial artery
~ CORRECT - ✔✔Which of the following sites is the most appropriate for an EKG technician to use
when taking the pulse of an infant?
Place the lower left extremity lead on the left groin - ✔✔An EKG technician is performing a standard
12-lead EKG for a patient who has a below-the-knee amputation of the left leg. The technician should
modify and document the lead placement for this patient in which of the following ways?
Anterior axiliary line, fifth intercostal space - ✔✔Which of the following describes the correct
electrode placement for lead V5?
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EKG NHA
Congestive heart fallure - ✔✔An EKG technician is preparing to perform an exercise stress test on a
patient. Which of the following findings in a patient's medical history would prevent the patient from
participating in an exercise stress test?
Loose electrodes - ✔✔An EKG technician should recognize that which of the following situations
could result in wandering baseline artifact on an EKG tracing?
"I can smoke the night before the exam." - ✔✔An EKG technician has just provided patient
education prior to an exercise stress test. Which of the following statements made by the patient
indicates an understanding of the preparation?
Lead V9 - ✔✔An EKG technician is performing a posterior 12-lead EKG for a patient. Which of the
following leads should the technician place along the paraspinous border?
Loss of capture - ✔✔An EKG technician is reviewing the EKG tracing for a patient who has a
pacemaker. The technician should recognize that which of the following alterations is being recorded
on the patient's rhythm strip?
%
R-R wave interval - ✔✔Which of the following intervals should be used to determine the regularity of
ventricular depolarization?
P wave - ✔✔Which of the following waves should an EKG technician measure to evaluate for atrial
depolarization?
Lead RL - ✔✔An EKG technician is preparing a patient for an exercise stress test. Which of the
following leads should the technician place on the right lowe side of the anterior torso?
30 to 49/min - ✔✔An EKG technician should recognize that which of the following is the expected
reference range for the respiratory rate of a newborn patient?
Change the gain control to 5 mm/mv - ✔✔An EKG technician notes that the QRS complex is too tall
to fit on the EKG paper. Which of the following actions should the technician take?
Signs of acute myocardial injury - ✔✔While performing an exercise stress test on a patient, a
technician observes elevated ST segments. The technician should identify these findings as which of
the following?
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Place the lower left extremity lead on the left groin - ✔✔An EKG technician is performing a standard
12-lead EKG for a patient who has a below-the-knee amputation of the left leg. The technician should
modify and document the lead placement for this patient in which of the following ways?
"Your provider wants to study your heart over a longer period of time." - ✔✔A patient tells the EKG
technician that she does not understand why she needs an ambulatory monitor after having a
standard 12-lead EKG 2 days ago. Which of the following responses should the technician make?
Leeds v1 and v2 - ✔✔An EKG technician is evaluating a standard 12-lead EKG tracing during a
recording. The technician should recognize that electrical activity of the septal wall is recorded by
which of the following leads?
Mvocardial ischemia - ✔✔An EKG technician observes ST segment depression and T wave
inversion in multiple leads on a patient's EKG tracing. Which of the following should the technician
suspect?
supine - ✔✔Into which of the following positions should the EKG technician assist a patient to
undergo a standard 12-lead EKG?
Atrial fibrillation - ✔✔What is the name of the arrhythmia in the EKG tracing below?
%
Right arm negative pole, left arm positive pole, and left leg positive pole - ✔✔Which of the following
is the electrode charge combination for the limb leads for a standard 12-lead EKG?
The fifth intercostal space at the middlavicularine - ✔✔An EKG technician is preparing a patient for a
standard 12-lead EKG. Which of the following is the correct placement for lead V4?
"This procedure requires informed consent. - ✔✔An EKG technician is preparing a patient for an
exercise stress test. Which of the following statements should the technician make before the test?
Brachial artery
~ CORRECT - ✔✔Which of the following sites is the most appropriate for an EKG technician to use
when taking the pulse of an infant?
Place the lower left extremity lead on the left groin - ✔✔An EKG technician is performing a standard
12-lead EKG for a patient who has a below-the-knee amputation of the left leg. The technician should
modify and document the lead placement for this patient in which of the following ways?
Anterior axiliary line, fifth intercostal space - ✔✔Which of the following describes the correct
electrode placement for lead V5?
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