AMCA EKG; THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PREP TEST
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Which of the following is right about the ECG? - ANSWER It is considerably
easier to identify irregularities in an ECG printout than it is to view a moving image
on a screen.
With ECG paper - ANSWER A larger box is made up of five little squares, each
representing 0.20 seconds of duration.
Horizontal measurements on ECG paper are used to determine the heart rate.
The bigger boxes represent three seconds. - ANSWER 15
On the top or bottom (or sometimes both) of the ECG tracing printout, there are
often vertical slashes or lines that might help you quickly establish the approximate
heart rate.
The flat line on the ECG trace - ANSWER can be used as a baseline or reference
point to determine the changing electrical movement.
The impulse is initiated in the SA node and moves through the atria, producing a -
ANSWER P wave.
Which of the following qualities describe sinus P waves? - ANSWER There is one
P wave before each QRS complex.
The PR interval - ANSWER is typically 0.12 to 0.20 seconds in duration.
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