ADVANCED ARRHYTHMIAS FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS CURRENTLY TESTING COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS /ALREADY GRADED A+

ADVANCED ARRHYTHMIAS FINAL EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS CURRENTLY TESTING
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS /ALREADY GRADED
A+



What are the characteristics of third-degree AV block? -
....ANSWER...-No impulses from atria are conducted to
ventricles
-ventricles are stimulated from secondary pacemaker
-Atria and ventricles function independently of each other


What is the treatment for third-degree AV block? -
....ANSWER...-Temporary trancutaneous pacemaker
-Drug therapy to support heart rate and blood pressure
(atropine, epinephrine, dopamine)
-Permanent block requires permanent pacemaker

, What is pulseless electrical activity (PEA)? -
....ANSWER...Organized electrical activity observed on
ECG in a patient with no central palpable pulse.


What is the treatment for pulseless electrical activity? -
....ANSWER...-Immediate CPR
-Oxygen
-Intubation
-Correct precipitating cause


What are premature ventricular contractions (PVCs)? -
....ANSWER...Result of increased irritability of ventricular
cells.
Early ventricular complex followed by a pause.


What is a group of two PVCs called? -
....ANSWER...couplet


What is a group of three or more PVCs called? -
....ANSWER...V-tach