BSMH ADVANCED ARRHYTHMIA EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
Big Box seconds - Answers 0.20 Seconds
QRS - Answers <20 Seconds
QT - Answers 0.36-0.44 Seconds
How many small boxes make 1 big box - Answers 5 Small Boxes
How to count beats on regular rhythm ( Equation) - Answers 1500/ How rows between R's
QRS respresents - Answers ventricular depolarization
Repolarization mean what happening to the heart - Answers Relaxation
Depolarization means what happening to the heart - Answers Contraction
A normal PR interval means - Answers 0.12-20 seconds
A normal QT interval measurement is - Answers 0.36-0.44 seconds
PR interval - Answers The first hump in the complex
Elevation or Depression of the ST segment could mean your patient is experiencing ischemia injury
True or False - Answers True
Last hump in the complex is called what - Answers T wave
EKG measures numbers - Answers PR 0.19
QRS 0.05
RR 0.78
QT 0.31
QTC 0.33
What is considered a critical alarm - Answers Ventricular Tachycardia
Ventricular Fibrillation
Extreme Tachycardia
Extreme Bradycardia
Leads off
Asystole
Dead battery
what is minimum timeframe that you should interpret and document a 6 second EKG - Answers Every
12 hours
A normal QRS interval - Answers <0.12
You are caring for a new patient with a new order for telemetry. what should you do (Select all) -
Answers 1)Once the patient is placed on telemonitoring. Call the MT station to verify that MT is
retrieving a signal.
2)Place the patient in a cardiac monitor or remote telemetry box.
3)Notify MT or CMU of patient and ordered parameters
Patient is going for an Xray off the unit and does not need escort by the nurse. What should you do?
Select all - Answers 1) Notify the Monitor Tech room Before the patientss leaves the floor.
2) RN/LPN is responsible for returning leads to patient upon arrival back to the unit and notify MT
immediately
T wave represents - Answers Ventricular Repolarization
MT calls you to tell you that the leads are off what should you do? (Select All) - Answers 1)Replace
Battery
2)Prioritize checking
On assessment your patient who has sinus bradycardia on the monitor c/o Dizziness and has a bp of
80/50. Its recommended to treat with - Answers Atropine 1 mg iv push
Name the EKG - Answers Sinus Brady
Name the EKG - Answers Sinus Brady with ST Depression
Name the EKG - Answers Normal Sinus Rhythm
What is often the treatment for stable SVT when vagal maneuvers are unsuccessful. - Answers
Adenosine
what what should you do for a fib ekg - Answers assess the patient, follow policy for reporting new
onset rhythm if the patient is unstable call rapid repones.
Name the EkG - Answers A-fib
Name the EKG - Answers A-fib
In junctional Rhythm, the inverted P wave can be found in which of the following places - Answers All
of the above
Big Box seconds - Answers 0.20 Seconds
QRS - Answers <20 Seconds
QT - Answers 0.36-0.44 Seconds
How many small boxes make 1 big box - Answers 5 Small Boxes
How to count beats on regular rhythm ( Equation) - Answers 1500/ How rows between R's
QRS respresents - Answers ventricular depolarization
Repolarization mean what happening to the heart - Answers Relaxation
Depolarization means what happening to the heart - Answers Contraction
A normal PR interval means - Answers 0.12-20 seconds
A normal QT interval measurement is - Answers 0.36-0.44 seconds
PR interval - Answers The first hump in the complex
Elevation or Depression of the ST segment could mean your patient is experiencing ischemia injury
True or False - Answers True
Last hump in the complex is called what - Answers T wave
EKG measures numbers - Answers PR 0.19
QRS 0.05
RR 0.78
QT 0.31
QTC 0.33
What is considered a critical alarm - Answers Ventricular Tachycardia
Ventricular Fibrillation
Extreme Tachycardia
Extreme Bradycardia
Leads off
Asystole
Dead battery
what is minimum timeframe that you should interpret and document a 6 second EKG - Answers Every
12 hours
A normal QRS interval - Answers <0.12
You are caring for a new patient with a new order for telemetry. what should you do (Select all) -
Answers 1)Once the patient is placed on telemonitoring. Call the MT station to verify that MT is
retrieving a signal.
2)Place the patient in a cardiac monitor or remote telemetry box.
3)Notify MT or CMU of patient and ordered parameters
Patient is going for an Xray off the unit and does not need escort by the nurse. What should you do?
Select all - Answers 1) Notify the Monitor Tech room Before the patientss leaves the floor.
2) RN/LPN is responsible for returning leads to patient upon arrival back to the unit and notify MT
immediately
T wave represents - Answers Ventricular Repolarization
MT calls you to tell you that the leads are off what should you do? (Select All) - Answers 1)Replace
Battery
2)Prioritize checking
On assessment your patient who has sinus bradycardia on the monitor c/o Dizziness and has a bp of
80/50. Its recommended to treat with - Answers Atropine 1 mg iv push
Name the EKG - Answers Sinus Brady
Name the EKG - Answers Sinus Brady with ST Depression
Name the EKG - Answers Normal Sinus Rhythm
What is often the treatment for stable SVT when vagal maneuvers are unsuccessful. - Answers
Adenosine
what what should you do for a fib ekg - Answers assess the patient, follow policy for reporting new
onset rhythm if the patient is unstable call rapid repones.
Name the EkG - Answers A-fib
Name the EKG - Answers A-fib
In junctional Rhythm, the inverted P wave can be found in which of the following places - Answers All
of the above
