KAISER TELE RHYTHMS FINAL PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following drugs may cause sinus bradycardia?
Atropine
Digoxin
Dopamine
Ephinephrine - ✔✔Digoxin
✔✔Any ectopy should be cause for concern in healthy people.
True
False - ✔✔False
✔✔The criteria for identifying a rhythm problem as being a supraventricular tachycardia
(SVT) include which of the following?
QRS complex within normal limits
PRI within normal limits; wide QRS
Very rapid ventricular rate; wide QRS
Very rapid ventricular rate; QRS complex within normal limits - ✔✔Very rapid ventricular
rate; QRS complex within normal limits
✔✔The sudden onset or cessation of a dysrhythmia is called?
Atrial flutter
Multiformed atrial rhythm
Paroxysmal
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome - ✔✔Paroxysmal
✔✔Which of the following conditions/situations may cause bradycardia?
Anxiety
Hypoxia
Hyperthermia
Hyperthyroidism - ✔✔Hypoxia
✔✔When atropine is ineffective for symptomatic sinus bradycardia, what would be your
next intervention?
Adenosine
Procainamide
Transcutaneous pacing
Synchronized cardioversion - ✔✔Transcutaneous pacing
✔✔What rhythm shows a normal rate, normal QRS and PRI durations, and an absent
beat or beats?
Ectopic beat
Junctional
, Sinus pause
Sinus arrhythmia - ✔✔Sinus pause
✔✔_____, _____, and _____ are examples of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)?
Accelerated junctional
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Junctional tachycardia - ✔✔Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Junctional tachycardia
not sure
✔✔The purpose of cardioversion is to shock the heart and get it back to a stable
rhythm.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔A dysrhythmia is defined as a(n)
Abnormal cardiac rhythm
Abnormal electrical rhythm
Cardiac recovery phase
Cardiac ready state - ✔✔Abnormal cardiac rhythm
✔✔Atrial flutter is caused by rapidly firing circuits in the atria that are depolarizing at a
rate greater than _____.
100 beats per minute
150 beats per minute
200 beats per minute
250 beats per minute - ✔✔250 beats per minute
✔✔Sinus tachycardia is defined as a sinus rhythm at a rate of _____.
40-65 beats per minute
60-100 beats per minute
80-100 beats per minute
100-150 beats per minute - ✔✔100-150 beats per minute
✔✔Dysrhythmias do not follow the normal path of conduction and can be caused by
drugs, electrolyte disturbances, or medical procedures.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔What is the appropriate treatment for a stable patient with atrial fibrillation and a
controlled ventricular response?
Administer anticoagulants and antiarrhythmics
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following drugs may cause sinus bradycardia?
Atropine
Digoxin
Dopamine
Ephinephrine - ✔✔Digoxin
✔✔Any ectopy should be cause for concern in healthy people.
True
False - ✔✔False
✔✔The criteria for identifying a rhythm problem as being a supraventricular tachycardia
(SVT) include which of the following?
QRS complex within normal limits
PRI within normal limits; wide QRS
Very rapid ventricular rate; wide QRS
Very rapid ventricular rate; QRS complex within normal limits - ✔✔Very rapid ventricular
rate; QRS complex within normal limits
✔✔The sudden onset or cessation of a dysrhythmia is called?
Atrial flutter
Multiformed atrial rhythm
Paroxysmal
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome - ✔✔Paroxysmal
✔✔Which of the following conditions/situations may cause bradycardia?
Anxiety
Hypoxia
Hyperthermia
Hyperthyroidism - ✔✔Hypoxia
✔✔When atropine is ineffective for symptomatic sinus bradycardia, what would be your
next intervention?
Adenosine
Procainamide
Transcutaneous pacing
Synchronized cardioversion - ✔✔Transcutaneous pacing
✔✔What rhythm shows a normal rate, normal QRS and PRI durations, and an absent
beat or beats?
Ectopic beat
Junctional
, Sinus pause
Sinus arrhythmia - ✔✔Sinus pause
✔✔_____, _____, and _____ are examples of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)?
Accelerated junctional
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Junctional tachycardia - ✔✔Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Junctional tachycardia
not sure
✔✔The purpose of cardioversion is to shock the heart and get it back to a stable
rhythm.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔A dysrhythmia is defined as a(n)
Abnormal cardiac rhythm
Abnormal electrical rhythm
Cardiac recovery phase
Cardiac ready state - ✔✔Abnormal cardiac rhythm
✔✔Atrial flutter is caused by rapidly firing circuits in the atria that are depolarizing at a
rate greater than _____.
100 beats per minute
150 beats per minute
200 beats per minute
250 beats per minute - ✔✔250 beats per minute
✔✔Sinus tachycardia is defined as a sinus rhythm at a rate of _____.
40-65 beats per minute
60-100 beats per minute
80-100 beats per minute
100-150 beats per minute - ✔✔100-150 beats per minute
✔✔Dysrhythmias do not follow the normal path of conduction and can be caused by
drugs, electrolyte disturbances, or medical procedures.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔What is the appropriate treatment for a stable patient with atrial fibrillation and a
controlled ventricular response?
Administer anticoagulants and antiarrhythmics
