KAISER EKG TEST STUDY 4 COMPLETE
REVISION GUIDE WITH ARRHYTHMIAS AND
CARDIAC MONITORING CONCEPTS
◉ An EKG technician is preparing a patient for an exercise stress
test. What statement should the technician make before this test?
Answer: "This procedure requires informed consent."
◉ What is the final step when applying a Holter monitor?
Answer: Document the procedure in the patient's health record
◉ An EKG technician prior to an exercise stress test. What statement
by the patient indicates an understanding of the preparation?
Answer: "I can smoke the night before the exam."
◉ A patient has a prescription to wear a Holter monitor for 24 hrs.
What statement made by the patient indicates an understanding of
home care instructions?
Answer: "I should record spontaneous symptoms unrelated to an
activity."
,◉ After turning on the AED and attaching the AED to the patient,
what should be done next?
Answer: Stand clear from the patient and allow the AED to analyze
◉ In a healthy adult patient, what is the expected shape and
direction of the P wave in lead II?
Answer: rounded and upright
◉ What statement should an EKG technician include when
preparing a patient for an upcoming exercise stress test?
Answer: "Refrain from caffeine, smoking, or alcohol for at least 3
hours prior to the test."
◉ What lead is created between the left arm and left leg?
Answer: Lead III
◉ What speed setting should the technician use for a standard 12-
lead EKG for a patient experiencing an accelerated junctional
rhythm?
Answer: 25mm/second
(a patient experiencing accelerated junctional rhythm has a heart
rate of 60-100 min)
,◉ An EKG technician is called to the emergency department to
perform a standard 12-Lead EKG on a patient. When the technician
arrives, the patient is attached to a 5-lead monitor. What action
should the technician take?
Answer: Remove the electrodes for the 5-lead monitor before
attaching the electrodes for the 12-lead EKG
◉ The sinus arrest is considered a medical emergency when the
arrest reaches what duration?
Answer: 6 seconds
◉ What is the best method for an EKG technician to use when
removing hair from electrode placement?
Answer: Clippers
◉ What electrode is placed to the right of the patients sternum at
the fourth intercostal space?
Answer: Lead V1
◉ What three leads are placed at the same horizontal level?
Answer: Leads V4, V5, and V6
◉ An interrupted baseline is most likely cased by______
Answer: Lead corrosion
, ◉ How should electrodes be explained to a pediatric patient?
Answer: Stickers
◉ How should a patient be prepared for a scheduled 12- lead EKG?
Answer: Use an alcohol pad to cleanse the electrode placement sites
◉ Why should a patient wear loose-fitting clothes while waring a
Holter monitor?
Answer: To reduce artifacts on the tracing
◉ What action should be taken when performing an EKG for a
patient that doesn't speak the same language as the technician?
Answer: Having a bilingual staff member translate
◉ What wave represents atrial depolarization?
Answer: P wave
◉ What wave represents ventricular repolarization?
Answer: T wave
◉ What complex is the result of ventricular depolarization?
REVISION GUIDE WITH ARRHYTHMIAS AND
CARDIAC MONITORING CONCEPTS
◉ An EKG technician is preparing a patient for an exercise stress
test. What statement should the technician make before this test?
Answer: "This procedure requires informed consent."
◉ What is the final step when applying a Holter monitor?
Answer: Document the procedure in the patient's health record
◉ An EKG technician prior to an exercise stress test. What statement
by the patient indicates an understanding of the preparation?
Answer: "I can smoke the night before the exam."
◉ A patient has a prescription to wear a Holter monitor for 24 hrs.
What statement made by the patient indicates an understanding of
home care instructions?
Answer: "I should record spontaneous symptoms unrelated to an
activity."
,◉ After turning on the AED and attaching the AED to the patient,
what should be done next?
Answer: Stand clear from the patient and allow the AED to analyze
◉ In a healthy adult patient, what is the expected shape and
direction of the P wave in lead II?
Answer: rounded and upright
◉ What statement should an EKG technician include when
preparing a patient for an upcoming exercise stress test?
Answer: "Refrain from caffeine, smoking, or alcohol for at least 3
hours prior to the test."
◉ What lead is created between the left arm and left leg?
Answer: Lead III
◉ What speed setting should the technician use for a standard 12-
lead EKG for a patient experiencing an accelerated junctional
rhythm?
Answer: 25mm/second
(a patient experiencing accelerated junctional rhythm has a heart
rate of 60-100 min)
,◉ An EKG technician is called to the emergency department to
perform a standard 12-Lead EKG on a patient. When the technician
arrives, the patient is attached to a 5-lead monitor. What action
should the technician take?
Answer: Remove the electrodes for the 5-lead monitor before
attaching the electrodes for the 12-lead EKG
◉ The sinus arrest is considered a medical emergency when the
arrest reaches what duration?
Answer: 6 seconds
◉ What is the best method for an EKG technician to use when
removing hair from electrode placement?
Answer: Clippers
◉ What electrode is placed to the right of the patients sternum at
the fourth intercostal space?
Answer: Lead V1
◉ What three leads are placed at the same horizontal level?
Answer: Leads V4, V5, and V6
◉ An interrupted baseline is most likely cased by______
Answer: Lead corrosion
, ◉ How should electrodes be explained to a pediatric patient?
Answer: Stickers
◉ How should a patient be prepared for a scheduled 12- lead EKG?
Answer: Use an alcohol pad to cleanse the electrode placement sites
◉ Why should a patient wear loose-fitting clothes while waring a
Holter monitor?
Answer: To reduce artifacts on the tracing
◉ What action should be taken when performing an EKG for a
patient that doesn't speak the same language as the technician?
Answer: Having a bilingual staff member translate
◉ What wave represents atrial depolarization?
Answer: P wave
◉ What wave represents ventricular repolarization?
Answer: T wave
◉ What complex is the result of ventricular depolarization?
