Kaiser EKG Exam Questions And Accurate
Answers Graded A+
rate of SA node - Answer 60-100
Rate of AV node - Answer 40-60
rate of ventricles/ perkinje - Answer 20-40
each small box on strip represents - Answer 0.04 seconds
each larger box on strip represents - Answer 0.20 seconds
u wave can be caused by - Answer hypokalemia or digitalis toxicity
Long PR interval can mean - Answer heart block
V1 is placed - Answer on 4th inrercostal space to right of sternum
v2 is placed-Answer on 4th intercostal space to left of sternum
V3 is placed - Answer between v2 and v4
v4 is placed - Answer on the fifth intercostal space in the midclavicular line
v5 is placed - Answer between v4 and v6
v6 is placed in - Answer the fifth intercostal space in midaxillary line
, Sinus arrhythmia is - Answer normal rate but speeds and slows with respirations,
rhythm is irregular. p-p varies by more than 10%
regularly irregular rhythm - Answer sinus arrhythmia
txt for bradycardia - Answer is symptomatic, atropine 0.5mg. if unsuccessful,
pacemaker
sinus pause - Answer one or two beats arent formed
sinus arrest - Answer 3 or more beats are not formed
sinoatrial exit block- Ans SA node generates an impulse but its blocked before being
transmitted hence dropped beats. Underlying rhythm is maintained
sick sinus syndrome- Ans sinus bradycardia, sinus pauses, and sinus arrest.
sick sinus syndrome txt -Ans pacemaker, atropine and epinephrine
atrial ectopic beat - Answer PAC
PAC txt - Answer rarely treated, observe and document frequency and pt condition
What drug can control/ convert rhythm - Answer amiodarone
Atrial flutter txt - Answer beta blockers, diltiazem, verapimil, digoxin
amiodorone to control rhythym
Answers Graded A+
rate of SA node - Answer 60-100
Rate of AV node - Answer 40-60
rate of ventricles/ perkinje - Answer 20-40
each small box on strip represents - Answer 0.04 seconds
each larger box on strip represents - Answer 0.20 seconds
u wave can be caused by - Answer hypokalemia or digitalis toxicity
Long PR interval can mean - Answer heart block
V1 is placed - Answer on 4th inrercostal space to right of sternum
v2 is placed-Answer on 4th intercostal space to left of sternum
V3 is placed - Answer between v2 and v4
v4 is placed - Answer on the fifth intercostal space in the midclavicular line
v5 is placed - Answer between v4 and v6
v6 is placed in - Answer the fifth intercostal space in midaxillary line
, Sinus arrhythmia is - Answer normal rate but speeds and slows with respirations,
rhythm is irregular. p-p varies by more than 10%
regularly irregular rhythm - Answer sinus arrhythmia
txt for bradycardia - Answer is symptomatic, atropine 0.5mg. if unsuccessful,
pacemaker
sinus pause - Answer one or two beats arent formed
sinus arrest - Answer 3 or more beats are not formed
sinoatrial exit block- Ans SA node generates an impulse but its blocked before being
transmitted hence dropped beats. Underlying rhythm is maintained
sick sinus syndrome- Ans sinus bradycardia, sinus pauses, and sinus arrest.
sick sinus syndrome txt -Ans pacemaker, atropine and epinephrine
atrial ectopic beat - Answer PAC
PAC txt - Answer rarely treated, observe and document frequency and pt condition
What drug can control/ convert rhythm - Answer amiodarone
Atrial flutter txt - Answer beta blockers, diltiazem, verapimil, digoxin
amiodorone to control rhythym
