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NHA EKG Practice Exam Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
If ventricular tachycardia occurs, what should you do? —ANS: notify the provider
(this is an emergency)
For a stress test, where do you take the patients heart rate? —ANS: radial site
When would you stop a stress test? —ANS: when patients states they are dizzy
What extremity records activity in leads II & III? —ANS: left leg
What extremities record activity in lead I? —ANS: right arm and left arm
When a patient has low oxygen levels, what are they experiencing? —ANS:
Hypoxemia
What part deals with atria polarization on an EKG? —ANS: p wave
What part deals with ventricular depolarization (and atria repolarization) on an EKG?
—ANS: QRS complex
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What part deals with ventricular repolarization and is known as the relaxation period?
—ANS: t wave
Where do you check the apical heart rate? —ANS: between the 5th and 6th ribs
on/below the heart
When tachycardia is apparent on an EKG what would the speed be? —ANS:
50mm/second
What does R-R calculate? —ANS: ventricular rate
What does P-P calculate? —ANS: atria rate
Before an EKG, what should you cleanse the skin with? —ANS: alcohol pad
what is the grounding leg? —ANS: right leg
With a transtelephonic device what must you tell patients to do when experiencing
symptoms? —ANS: Push record when symptoms begin
Where is tenementary monitoring used? —ANS: hospitals
What type of situation is accelerated idioventricular rate? —ANS: emergency situation
When a patient is completing a stress test, what would be an issue to report to the
provider? —ANS: patients presents a decreased heart rate
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NHA EKG Practice Exam Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
If ventricular tachycardia occurs, what should you do? —ANS: notify the provider
(this is an emergency)
For a stress test, where do you take the patients heart rate? —ANS: radial site
When would you stop a stress test? —ANS: when patients states they are dizzy
What extremity records activity in leads II & III? —ANS: left leg
What extremities record activity in lead I? —ANS: right arm and left arm
When a patient has low oxygen levels, what are they experiencing? —ANS:
Hypoxemia
What part deals with atria polarization on an EKG? —ANS: p wave
What part deals with ventricular depolarization (and atria repolarization) on an EKG?
—ANS: QRS complex
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What part deals with ventricular repolarization and is known as the relaxation period?
—ANS: t wave
Where do you check the apical heart rate? —ANS: between the 5th and 6th ribs
on/below the heart
When tachycardia is apparent on an EKG what would the speed be? —ANS:
50mm/second
What does R-R calculate? —ANS: ventricular rate
What does P-P calculate? —ANS: atria rate
Before an EKG, what should you cleanse the skin with? —ANS: alcohol pad
what is the grounding leg? —ANS: right leg
With a transtelephonic device what must you tell patients to do when experiencing
symptoms? —ANS: Push record when symptoms begin
Where is tenementary monitoring used? —ANS: hospitals
What type of situation is accelerated idioventricular rate? —ANS: emergency situation
When a patient is completing a stress test, what would be an issue to report to the
provider? —ANS: patients presents a decreased heart rate
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