Bsmh Advanced Arrhythmia Course Exam Script With Verified Questions And Answers

BSMH ADVANCED ARRHYTHMIA COURSE
EXAM SCRIPT WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

●● What is the SA node inherent rate?
Answer: 60-100


●● What is the junctional tissues inherent rate?
Answer: 40 - 60


●● What is the ventricles/Purkinje Fibers inherent rate?
Answer: 20-40


●● What is AV node?
Answer: no pacemaker cells
--receives impulse from atria and passes to ventricles
--delays impulse from atria so ventricle can fill


●● What is isoelectric line?
Answer: represents zero or no electrical activity

,●● What is ECG deflection?
Answer: represents electrical activity causing a deviation from zero


●● What is positive ECG deflection?
Answer: above baseline


●● What is negative ECG deflection?
Answer: below baseline


●● What is biphasic ECG deflection?
Answer: both above and below baseline


●● What is P wave?
Answer: first wave of ECG


●● What does P wave represent?
Answer: spread of impulse through atria (atrial depolarization)


●● What is PR interval?
Answer: measured from beginning of P wave to beginning of QRS


●● What does PR interval represent?

, Answer: time taken for impulse to travel from SA node to ventricular
muscles


●● What is a typical PR measure?
Answer: 0.12 - 0.20 seconds


●● What is QRS complex?
Answer: measured from first deflection following P wave to return to
isoelectric or J point (junction)
"means atria relaxed"


●● What is Q?
Answer: first negative deflection following P and preceding R


●● What is R?
Answer: first positive deflection following P


●● What is S?
Answer: next negative deflection following R


●● What does QRS complex represent?
Answer: spread of impulse through ventricular muscles (ventricular
depolarization)