EKG NHA SET ALL ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET
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✔✔V4 - ✔✔Which lead should be placed just below the nipple, in the 5th intercostal
space on the midclavicular line (MCL)?
✔✔Sinus Arrest - ✔✔What arrhythmia is associated with the skipping of heartbeats on
an EKG tracing? (2 words)
✔✔Right - ✔✔Which side of the sternum would you place V2 if the patient had
dextrocardia?
✔✔V2 and V4 - ✔✔V3 should be placed halfway between which two leads?
✔✔Midaxillary - ✔✔V6 is placed along the same horizontal plane as V4 and on the
_____ line.
(Hint: MAL)
✔✔Junctional Rhythm - ✔✔The presence of an inverted or absent P wave indicates
what type of arrhythmia?
(Hint: 2 words)
✔✔1500 mm - ✔✔1 minute of an EKG strip is equivalent to how many millimeters in
length?
✔✔QT Interval - ✔✔A full cycle of Ventricles in action is shown as what on the EKG
tracing
✔✔Angina - ✔✔What is a more medically correct term for chest pain?
✔✔True - ✔✔True or False?
Systemic circulation refers to the part of the circulatory system in which the blood leaves
the heart, services the body's cells, and then re-enters the heart.
, ✔✔ST Segment - ✔✔When the Ventricles remain depolarized (or contracted), what is
shown on the EKG tracing?
✔✔60 and 100 - ✔✔The normal human heart rate is between ___ and ___ bpm.
✔✔Ischemia - ✔✔An Inverted T Wave is an indicator for what type of arrhythmia?
✔✔Ventricular Rate - ✔✔The distance between R wave to R wave can be used to
calculate what kind of rate? (2 words)
Equation = 1500 / (distance b/w R waves)(# of boxes b/w R waves)
*OR*
300 / # of big boxes b/w R waves
✔✔Sinus Tachycardia - ✔✔What arrhythmia is associate with having a heart rate of
over 100/min? (2 words)
✔✔Alveoli - ✔✔Oxygen/Carbon Dioxide exchange takes place in the _____ of the
lungs.
✔✔Baseline - ✔✔When 4 chambers of the heart are at rest, what is shown on the EKG
tracing?
✔✔Myocardial Infarction - ✔✔An Elevated ST Segment is an indicator for what type of
arrhythmia?
✔✔T Wave - ✔✔When the Ventricles repolarize (or are at rest), what is shown on the
EKG tracing?
✔✔Sinus Bradycardia - ✔✔What arrhythmia is associated with having a heart rate of
under 60/min? (2 words)
✔✔Augmented Voltage - ✔✔What does the aV in such leads as aVR, aVL and aVF
stand for?
✔✔12 - ✔✔What is the standard number of leads in EKG tracing?
✔✔SA Node - ✔✔When the heart is in a Diastolic State, what pacemaker releases an
electrical impulse?
✔✔Arteries - ✔✔What blood vessels contain a pulse?
✔✔PR Interval - ✔✔A full cycle of Atria in action is shown as what on the EKG tracing?
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✔✔V4 - ✔✔Which lead should be placed just below the nipple, in the 5th intercostal
space on the midclavicular line (MCL)?
✔✔Sinus Arrest - ✔✔What arrhythmia is associated with the skipping of heartbeats on
an EKG tracing? (2 words)
✔✔Right - ✔✔Which side of the sternum would you place V2 if the patient had
dextrocardia?
✔✔V2 and V4 - ✔✔V3 should be placed halfway between which two leads?
✔✔Midaxillary - ✔✔V6 is placed along the same horizontal plane as V4 and on the
_____ line.
(Hint: MAL)
✔✔Junctional Rhythm - ✔✔The presence of an inverted or absent P wave indicates
what type of arrhythmia?
(Hint: 2 words)
✔✔1500 mm - ✔✔1 minute of an EKG strip is equivalent to how many millimeters in
length?
✔✔QT Interval - ✔✔A full cycle of Ventricles in action is shown as what on the EKG
tracing
✔✔Angina - ✔✔What is a more medically correct term for chest pain?
✔✔True - ✔✔True or False?
Systemic circulation refers to the part of the circulatory system in which the blood leaves
the heart, services the body's cells, and then re-enters the heart.
, ✔✔ST Segment - ✔✔When the Ventricles remain depolarized (or contracted), what is
shown on the EKG tracing?
✔✔60 and 100 - ✔✔The normal human heart rate is between ___ and ___ bpm.
✔✔Ischemia - ✔✔An Inverted T Wave is an indicator for what type of arrhythmia?
✔✔Ventricular Rate - ✔✔The distance between R wave to R wave can be used to
calculate what kind of rate? (2 words)
Equation = 1500 / (distance b/w R waves)(# of boxes b/w R waves)
*OR*
300 / # of big boxes b/w R waves
✔✔Sinus Tachycardia - ✔✔What arrhythmia is associate with having a heart rate of
over 100/min? (2 words)
✔✔Alveoli - ✔✔Oxygen/Carbon Dioxide exchange takes place in the _____ of the
lungs.
✔✔Baseline - ✔✔When 4 chambers of the heart are at rest, what is shown on the EKG
tracing?
✔✔Myocardial Infarction - ✔✔An Elevated ST Segment is an indicator for what type of
arrhythmia?
✔✔T Wave - ✔✔When the Ventricles repolarize (or are at rest), what is shown on the
EKG tracing?
✔✔Sinus Bradycardia - ✔✔What arrhythmia is associated with having a heart rate of
under 60/min? (2 words)
✔✔Augmented Voltage - ✔✔What does the aV in such leads as aVR, aVL and aVF
stand for?
✔✔12 - ✔✔What is the standard number of leads in EKG tracing?
✔✔SA Node - ✔✔When the heart is in a Diastolic State, what pacemaker releases an
electrical impulse?
✔✔Arteries - ✔✔What blood vessels contain a pulse?
✔✔PR Interval - ✔✔A full cycle of Atria in action is shown as what on the EKG tracing?
