AMCA EKG - Practice Questions- WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

what is the most accurate method for acquiring heart rate? Correct Answer: 1500 method As an impulse moves toward a positive electrode it produces what type of deflection? Correct Answer: upward on ECG papers horizontal measurements are used to determine what? Correct Answer: heart rate the initiation of the impulse in the SA Node and its movement through the atria produce? Correct Answer: P-wave repolarization of the ventricles is represented by the? Correct Answer: T-wave artifact is? Correct Answer: problematic because it can mimic life-threatening dysrhythmias two PVC's in a row are called a: Correct Answer: couplet the heart valve that is situated between the right atrium and the right ventricle is called? Correct Answer: the tricuspid valve automaticity means: Correct Answer: the ability of certain cells to produce an electrical impulse without the need for outside nerve stimulation each small square running horizontally represents: Correct Answer: 0.04 seconds how many electrosdes are used as part of a 12-lead ECG? Correct Answer: 10 the third step of analyzing an ECG rhythm is? Correct Answer: evaluate the P-wave the PR-intervals get progressively longer in: Correct Answer: 2nd degree AV heart block, Type I a heart rate below 60 bpm is called: Correct Answer: bradycardia atrial fibrillation has: Correct Answer: no P-waves which patient education process lets you know that the teaching plan is working? Correct Answer: evaluation