EKG NATIONAL EXAM STUDY SET
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS!!
Angle of Louis? - ANSWER2nd Intercostal Space
Ground Electrode of Telemetry Monitor? - ANSWERGreen Electrode
The Holter Monitor has how many electodes? - ANSWER5
Ischemia is a condition present with ST-Segment what? - ANSWERElevation
Normal Pulse Oximetry Level is? - ANSWER97-100%
A SP02 level of 92% must be what? - ANSWERClosely monitored
A patient undergoing stress test who remains asymptomatic for 7-10 minutes means
that - ANSWERyou can continue the test.
Demand Pacemaker is noted when? - ANSWERA thin perfectly straight vertical line
occurs randomly on EKG tracing
For an infant EKG, you must do what? - ANSWERIncrease the speed of the EKG
machine and it will widen out the waveforms
Most accurate temperature check site? - ANSWERRectal
What is the reference lead on the Holter Monitor? - ANSWERBlack lead
Application of the Holter Monitor is based on? - ANSWERThe number of lead wires
and skin integrity of the patient
What leads show Inferior Wall MI? - ANSWERLead II, Lead III, AVF
What leads are known as the 3-lead EKG Monitor? - ANSWERLead I, Lead II, Lead
III
A prolonged constant PR interval of >.20 sec signifies what? - ANSWER1st degree
av block
EKG Speed is what? - ANSWER25 mm/sec
A ORS interval of < 0.03 means what? - ANSWERThe ventricle is firing at a quick
pace
How many QRS in a strip if pt's HR = 64 bpm when counting 1500 small boxes? -
ANSWER6
, A normal PR interval is what? - ANSWER.12-.20 seconds
A normal QRS complex? - ANSWER0.06-0.12
Each small square equals to what? - ANSWER0.04 seconds
A normal standardization mark should measure? - ANSWER5mm
A 12 lead EKG has __ electrodes - ANSWER10
Normal sensitive setting 1mv which measurement? - ANSWER10mm
Normal speed of EKG? - ANSWER25 mm/sec
CPR is what? - ANSWER30-2
The rate of the AV junction is? - ANSWER40-60 bpm
The bpm between r-r intervals on EKG 5 large squares? - ANSWER60 bpm
An example of hypotension? - ANSWER90/60
An ST segment is what? - ANSWERA pause between ventricular depolarization and
repolarization
Where does the exchange of CO2 and O2 happen? - ANSWERAlveoli
What does the P wave represent? - ANSWERAtrial depolarization
Correct lead center of the heart to the positive pole of the left leg? - ANSWERAVF
Center of heart to the positive pole of the right arm? - ANSWERAVR
Which vessel has both oxygenated and deoxygenated blood? - ANSWERCapillaries
Term used for pumping blood by the heart? - ANSWERCardiac Output
Physicians do stress tests for? - ANSWERCHF
A waveform in a segment is called? - ANSWERA complex
Which artery supplies blood to the heart muscle? - ANSWERCoronary Artery
What test requires an informed consent to be signed? - ANSWERExercise
Electocardiogram
The S wave is characterized by? - ANSWERFirst negative wave after the R
Another name for MI? - ANSWERHeart attack
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS!!
Angle of Louis? - ANSWER2nd Intercostal Space
Ground Electrode of Telemetry Monitor? - ANSWERGreen Electrode
The Holter Monitor has how many electodes? - ANSWER5
Ischemia is a condition present with ST-Segment what? - ANSWERElevation
Normal Pulse Oximetry Level is? - ANSWER97-100%
A SP02 level of 92% must be what? - ANSWERClosely monitored
A patient undergoing stress test who remains asymptomatic for 7-10 minutes means
that - ANSWERyou can continue the test.
Demand Pacemaker is noted when? - ANSWERA thin perfectly straight vertical line
occurs randomly on EKG tracing
For an infant EKG, you must do what? - ANSWERIncrease the speed of the EKG
machine and it will widen out the waveforms
Most accurate temperature check site? - ANSWERRectal
What is the reference lead on the Holter Monitor? - ANSWERBlack lead
Application of the Holter Monitor is based on? - ANSWERThe number of lead wires
and skin integrity of the patient
What leads show Inferior Wall MI? - ANSWERLead II, Lead III, AVF
What leads are known as the 3-lead EKG Monitor? - ANSWERLead I, Lead II, Lead
III
A prolonged constant PR interval of >.20 sec signifies what? - ANSWER1st degree
av block
EKG Speed is what? - ANSWER25 mm/sec
A ORS interval of < 0.03 means what? - ANSWERThe ventricle is firing at a quick
pace
How many QRS in a strip if pt's HR = 64 bpm when counting 1500 small boxes? -
ANSWER6
, A normal PR interval is what? - ANSWER.12-.20 seconds
A normal QRS complex? - ANSWER0.06-0.12
Each small square equals to what? - ANSWER0.04 seconds
A normal standardization mark should measure? - ANSWER5mm
A 12 lead EKG has __ electrodes - ANSWER10
Normal sensitive setting 1mv which measurement? - ANSWER10mm
Normal speed of EKG? - ANSWER25 mm/sec
CPR is what? - ANSWER30-2
The rate of the AV junction is? - ANSWER40-60 bpm
The bpm between r-r intervals on EKG 5 large squares? - ANSWER60 bpm
An example of hypotension? - ANSWER90/60
An ST segment is what? - ANSWERA pause between ventricular depolarization and
repolarization
Where does the exchange of CO2 and O2 happen? - ANSWERAlveoli
What does the P wave represent? - ANSWERAtrial depolarization
Correct lead center of the heart to the positive pole of the left leg? - ANSWERAVF
Center of heart to the positive pole of the right arm? - ANSWERAVR
Which vessel has both oxygenated and deoxygenated blood? - ANSWERCapillaries
Term used for pumping blood by the heart? - ANSWERCardiac Output
Physicians do stress tests for? - ANSWERCHF
A waveform in a segment is called? - ANSWERA complex
Which artery supplies blood to the heart muscle? - ANSWERCoronary Artery
What test requires an informed consent to be signed? - ANSWERExercise
Electocardiogram
The S wave is characterized by? - ANSWERFirst negative wave after the R
Another name for MI? - ANSWERHeart attack
