Hartmans Complete Guide for the EKG Technician 1st Edition Clarke Test Bank

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An EKG technician is instructing a patient about the use of a transtelepho
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nic monitor with loop memory. Which of the following instructions shoul
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d the technician include? -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > "Press the record button on the device when y
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ou begin to feel dizzy of have chest pain."
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Which of the following statements should an EKG technician include whe
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n preparing a patient for an upcoming exercise stress test? -
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v✔✔✔ Correct Answer > "Refrain from caffeine, smoking, or alcohol fo
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r at least 3 hours prior to the test."
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A patient tells the EKG technician that she does not understand why she n
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eeds an ambulatory monitor after having a standard 12-
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lead EKG 2 days ago. Which of the following responses should the technic
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v✔✔✔ Correct Answer > "Your provider wants to study your heart over
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a longer period of time."
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During an exercise stress test, a patient reports heaviness on his chest an
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d becomes diaphoretic. The EKG technician should recognize these
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,findings as a manifestations of which of the following conditions? -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Myocardial infarction
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For which of the following reasons should an EKG technician instruct a pat
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ient to wear loose-fitting clothing while wearing a Holter monitor? -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > To REDUCE ARTIFACT on the tracing.
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In a healthy adult patient, which of the following is the expected shape an
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d direction of the P wave in lead 2? -
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v✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Rounded and upright
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An EKG technician is measuring the intervals on an EKG tracing. Which of
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the following is an expected finding of impaired conduction through the
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AV node? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Prolonged PR interval
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Which of the following methods should an EKG technician use to calculat
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e a patient's heart rate from the EKG tracing? -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Divide 300 by the number of large boxes in tw
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o cardiac cycles
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While preforming an exercise stress test on a patient, a technician observ
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es ELEVATED ST SEGMENTS. The technicians should identify these findin
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gs as which of the following? -
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v✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Signs of acute myocardial INJURY
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, Which of the following methods can be used to calculate both regular and
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irregular rhythms? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 6 second method
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An EKG technician is preparing to preform a standard 12-
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lead EKG tracing on a patient who has a heart rate of 150/min. Which of th
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e following speed controls should the technician select? -
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v✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 50 mm/second
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Which of the following EKG findings differentiates accelerated idioventri
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cular rhythm from junctional rhythm? -
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v✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Accelerated idioventricular rhythm has WIDE
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An EKG technician is evaluating a standard 12-
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lead EKG tracing during a recording. The technician should recognize that
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electrical activity of the SEPTAL WALL is recorded by which of the followin
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g leads? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Leads V1 and V2
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An EKG technician is preparing to obtain a standard 12-
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lead EKG tracing for a patient who is 25 weeks of gestation. In which of the
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following positions should the technician place the patient? -
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v✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Slightly on the left side with a pillow supportin
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g the right hip
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Which of the following positions is appropriate for a patient during a nucl
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ear stress test while the camera is scanning? -
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v✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Supine with the arms above the head
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