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NHA EKG PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED 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
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
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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
When ST segment is depressed, what is indicated? Ans: myocardial
ischemia
When ST segment is elevated, what is indicated? Ans: myocardial
infarction
What is dextrocardia? Ans: heart is on the right side of the body (EKG is
reversed)
What leads record the activity of the septal wall? Ans: V1 and V2
What monitor is 24h monitoring? Ans: holter monitoring
What is referred to as looking like "Bunny Ears" Ans: Bundle branch
block
What is caused bye seizures, Parkinson's disease, or shivers? Ans:
somatic tremors
What is caused by loose electrodes? Ans: wandering baseline
What is caused by crossed lead wires, cellphones, watches, or other
medical equipment? Ans: ac interference
NHA EKG PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED 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
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
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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
When ST segment is depressed, what is indicated? Ans: myocardial
ischemia
When ST segment is elevated, what is indicated? Ans: myocardial
infarction
What is dextrocardia? Ans: heart is on the right side of the body (EKG is
reversed)
What leads record the activity of the septal wall? Ans: V1 and V2
What monitor is 24h monitoring? Ans: holter monitoring
What is referred to as looking like "Bunny Ears" Ans: Bundle branch
block
What is caused bye seizures, Parkinson's disease, or shivers? Ans:
somatic tremors
What is caused by loose electrodes? Ans: wandering baseline
What is caused by crossed lead wires, cellphones, watches, or other
medical equipment? Ans: ac interference
