EKG NCCT UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔left ventricle and aorta - ✔✔Aortic Valve Stenosis (AVS) is the narrowing of the heart
valve between the
✔✔an electrocardiogram on an exercising patient - ✔✔the most common cardiac stress
test consists of?
✔✔blood - ✔✔the word element HEMA means
✔✔embolism - ✔✔the blocking of a blood vessel by a clot or other substance in the
blood stream is called
✔✔dyspnea - ✔✔the medical term for painful or difficult breathing is
✔✔bradycardia - ✔✔a sinus rhythm with a resting heart rate of 40 bpm or less is known
as
✔✔in the mid-axillary horizontal to lead 4 - ✔✔in hooking up the electrodes to the
patient's chest V6 goes
✔✔pain level - ✔✔which of these is not considered part of the typical recording of vital
signs
✔✔ballistocardiogram - ✔✔a procedure that the physician with a graphic representation
of the recording of the movement of the body generated with each heart beat is called
✔✔R - ✔✔to calculate the rate, look first at the ____ wave
✔✔2 - ✔✔there are _____ ventricles in the heart
✔✔broken sensors or loose leads - ✔✔baseline interruption seen on an ECG tracing is
most likely the result of what
✔✔PVD - ✔✔what is a condition that can result when arteries outside the heart (e.g
legs) become narrowed with plaque?
✔✔action potential - ✔✔when human muscles are excited, an electrical signal called an
_____ is produced and spreads to the rest of the muscle cell, eventually resulting in a
mechanical contraction
✔✔QRS complex - ✔✔in electrocardiograpghy , measurements of leads 1, 2, and 3
provide the duration and magnitude of the ________
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔left ventricle and aorta - ✔✔Aortic Valve Stenosis (AVS) is the narrowing of the heart
valve between the
✔✔an electrocardiogram on an exercising patient - ✔✔the most common cardiac stress
test consists of?
✔✔blood - ✔✔the word element HEMA means
✔✔embolism - ✔✔the blocking of a blood vessel by a clot or other substance in the
blood stream is called
✔✔dyspnea - ✔✔the medical term for painful or difficult breathing is
✔✔bradycardia - ✔✔a sinus rhythm with a resting heart rate of 40 bpm or less is known
as
✔✔in the mid-axillary horizontal to lead 4 - ✔✔in hooking up the electrodes to the
patient's chest V6 goes
✔✔pain level - ✔✔which of these is not considered part of the typical recording of vital
signs
✔✔ballistocardiogram - ✔✔a procedure that the physician with a graphic representation
of the recording of the movement of the body generated with each heart beat is called
✔✔R - ✔✔to calculate the rate, look first at the ____ wave
✔✔2 - ✔✔there are _____ ventricles in the heart
✔✔broken sensors or loose leads - ✔✔baseline interruption seen on an ECG tracing is
most likely the result of what
✔✔PVD - ✔✔what is a condition that can result when arteries outside the heart (e.g
legs) become narrowed with plaque?
✔✔action potential - ✔✔when human muscles are excited, an electrical signal called an
_____ is produced and spreads to the rest of the muscle cell, eventually resulting in a
mechanical contraction
✔✔QRS complex - ✔✔in electrocardiograpghy , measurements of leads 1, 2, and 3
provide the duration and magnitude of the ________
