ECHELON ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What is the most common cause for an alarm sounding? - ✔✔a loose lead wire
✔✔Which lead is the most useful for routine monitoring and monitoring the sinus node?
- ✔✔Lead II
✔✔Which lead is helpful in monitoring atrial rhythms and hemiblocks? - ✔✔Lead I
✔✔What is the normal measurement of a QRS complex? - ✔✔0.04-0.10
✔✔What are EKG artifacts? - ✔✔false cardiac waveforms
✔✔What is the first step in preparing a pt for an EKG? - ✔✔reassuring the pt and
maintaining privacy
✔✔What are the factors that impact afterload? - ✔✔arterial contractility, pressure, and
resistance
✔✔What is released when the parasympathetic nerve fibers are stimulated? -
✔✔acetylcholine
✔✔Which lead is helpful in assessing bundle branch defects and confirming pacemaker
wire placement? - ✔✔MCL1
✔✔Normal Sinus rhythm has a HR of - ✔✔60-100
✔✔Afib, Aflutter, and ____________ are examples of SVT - ✔✔junctional tachycardia
✔✔What rhythm shows a normal rate, normal QRS and PRI durations, and an absent
beat or beats? - ✔✔sinus pause
✔✔What is the most common cause for an alarm sounding? - ✔✔a loose lead wire
✔✔Which lead is the most useful for routine monitoring and monitoring the sinus node?
- ✔✔Lead II
✔✔Which lead is helpful in monitoring atrial rhythms and hemiblocks? - ✔✔Lead I
✔✔What is the normal measurement of a QRS complex? - ✔✔0.04-0.10
✔✔What are EKG artifacts? - ✔✔false cardiac waveforms
✔✔What is the first step in preparing a pt for an EKG? - ✔✔reassuring the pt and
maintaining privacy
✔✔What are the factors that impact afterload? - ✔✔arterial contractility, pressure, and
resistance
✔✔What is released when the parasympathetic nerve fibers are stimulated? -
✔✔acetylcholine
✔✔Which lead is helpful in assessing bundle branch defects and confirming pacemaker
wire placement? - ✔✔MCL1
✔✔Normal Sinus rhythm has a HR of - ✔✔60-100
✔✔Afib, Aflutter, and ____________ are examples of SVT - ✔✔junctional tachycardia
✔✔What rhythm shows a normal rate, normal QRS and PRI durations, and an absent
beat or beats? - ✔✔sinus pause