What is the name of the type of EKG artifact that can be caused by frayed or broken lead wires? - answer-interrupted baseline
What modifications for electrode placement should be used for patients who are less than 2 years old? - answer-Mirror image of standard placement
What is the goal of d...
American Allied Health EKG practice test
What is the name of the type of EKG artifact that can be caused by frayed or
broken lead wires? - answer-interrupted baseline
What modifications for electrode placement should be used for patients who
are less than 2 years old? - answer-Mirror image of standard placement
What is the goal of defibrillator use? - answer-Normalize the heart rhythm
What should an EKG technician always do before touching a patient? -
answer-Ask permission
What terms describes three premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) in a row
as part of a rhythm with no P wave, a QRS duration greater than 0.10
seconds, and a rate of 100-200 beats per minute? - answer-Run of
ventricular tachycardia
Which one of these electrolytes plays an important role in cardiac
conduction? - answer-Sodium
Names, birth dates, social security numbers, and medical record numbers
are examples of what? - answer-Protected health information
The PR segment represents electrical conduction through the _______. -
answer-Atria and atrioventricular (AV) node
Which of the following small waves sometimes appears between the T wave
and the P wave? - answer-U wave
What term refers to a loop in the lead wire close to the electrodes designed
to reduce the tension of the electrodes? - answer-Stress loop
What represents depolarization of the ventricles on an EKG? - answer-QRS
complex
The inherent rate for the sinoatrial (SA) node is _______. - answer-60-100 bpm
Which of the following is characteristic of ventricular tachycardia? - answer-
QRS duration greater than 0.10 seconds.
Ventricular tachycardia originates in the ventricle, so there are no P waves,
no PR intervals, and the QRS complexes are wide (greater than 0.10
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