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AACN Telemetry Exam Study Guide Solutions
.04 - Ans:✔✔-number of seconds of 1 small box
.20 - Ans:✔✔-number of seconds of 1 large box
3 - Ans:✔✔-tic mark every ___ seconds
0.06-0.10 - Ans:✔✔-QRS complex
0.30-0.44 - Ans:✔✔-QT interval
R prime - Ans:✔✔-subsequent upward
P waves, PR interval, QRS duration, rate, regularity - Ans:✔✔-5 things to look at for every ECG
300, 150, 100, 75, 60, 50 - Ans:✔✔-what is the HR if a QRS wave is ___ boxes from another QRS wave for
1 box?
2 boxes?
3 boxes?
4 boxes?
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5 boxes?
6 boxes?
5 - Ans:✔✔-how many little boxes per big box?
sinus or atrial pacemaker - Ans:✔✔-if a P wave is present, that means....
junctional or ventricular pacemaker - Ans:✔✔-if a P wave is absent that means....
sinus or atrial - Ans:✔✔-if the P wave is normal, same axis as QRS it means...
retrograde from AV or ventricle - Ans:✔✔-if the P wave is not normal, different axis as QRS it means...
1 pacemaker - Ans:✔✔-if all P waves are alike that means..
multiple automaticity foci - Ans:✔✔-if the P waves are not alike that means...
sinus or atrial pacemaker - Ans:✔✔-it there is a P wave before each QRS that means...
junctional or ventricular pacemaker - Ans:✔✔-if there is not a P wave before each QRS that menas...
no AV dissociation (no 2nd or 3rd degree AV block) - Ans:✔✔-if ther is a QRS after each P wave that
means....
AV dissociation (2nd or 3rd degree AV block) - Ans:✔✔-if there is not a QRS after each P wave that
means....
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no AV block - Ans:✔✔-if the PR interval is normal, that means....
1st degree AV block - Ans:✔✔-if the PR interval is consistently increased....
2nd degree AV block type I (Wenckebach) - Ans:✔✔-if the PR interval progressively increases, that
means....
3rd degree AV block - Ans:✔✔-if the PR interval is totally variable that means...
supraventricular origin - Ans:✔✔-if the QRS is narrow, ( < .12 sec) that means
ventricular - Ans:✔✔-if the QRS is > .12 second that means
torsade de pointes - Ans:✔✔-if the QT is > .4 seconds this will lead to....
increases, decreases - Ans:✔✔-HR (increases/decreases) with inspiration and (increases/decreases) with
expiration for sinus arrhythmia
sinus arrhythmia - Ans:✔✔-
sinus arrhythmia - Ans:✔✔-Rate: normal
regularity: irregular
P waves: normal
PR interval: .12-.20 seconds
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QRS duration: .04-.12 seconds
sinus bradycardia - Ans:✔✔-SA node is depolarizing slower than normal, impulse is conducted normally
sinus bradycardia - Ans:✔✔-
sinus bradycardia - Ans:✔✔-Rate: <60 MP
regularity: regular
P waves: normal
PR interval: .12-.20 seconds
QRS duration: .04-.12 seconds
sinus tachycardia - Ans:✔✔-SA node is depolarizing faster than normal, impulse is conducted normally.
not a primary arrhythmia, a response
sinus tachycardia - Ans:✔✔-Rate: > 100 BPM
regularity: regular
P waves: normal
PR interval: .12-.20 seconds
QRS duration: .04-.12 seconds
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AACN Telemetry Exam Study Guide Solutions
.04 - Ans:✔✔-number of seconds of 1 small box
.20 - Ans:✔✔-number of seconds of 1 large box
3 - Ans:✔✔-tic mark every ___ seconds
0.06-0.10 - Ans:✔✔-QRS complex
0.30-0.44 - Ans:✔✔-QT interval
R prime - Ans:✔✔-subsequent upward
P waves, PR interval, QRS duration, rate, regularity - Ans:✔✔-5 things to look at for every ECG
300, 150, 100, 75, 60, 50 - Ans:✔✔-what is the HR if a QRS wave is ___ boxes from another QRS wave for
1 box?
2 boxes?
3 boxes?
4 boxes?
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5 boxes?
6 boxes?
5 - Ans:✔✔-how many little boxes per big box?
sinus or atrial pacemaker - Ans:✔✔-if a P wave is present, that means....
junctional or ventricular pacemaker - Ans:✔✔-if a P wave is absent that means....
sinus or atrial - Ans:✔✔-if the P wave is normal, same axis as QRS it means...
retrograde from AV or ventricle - Ans:✔✔-if the P wave is not normal, different axis as QRS it means...
1 pacemaker - Ans:✔✔-if all P waves are alike that means..
multiple automaticity foci - Ans:✔✔-if the P waves are not alike that means...
sinus or atrial pacemaker - Ans:✔✔-it there is a P wave before each QRS that means...
junctional or ventricular pacemaker - Ans:✔✔-if there is not a P wave before each QRS that menas...
no AV dissociation (no 2nd or 3rd degree AV block) - Ans:✔✔-if ther is a QRS after each P wave that
means....
AV dissociation (2nd or 3rd degree AV block) - Ans:✔✔-if there is not a QRS after each P wave that
means....
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no AV block - Ans:✔✔-if the PR interval is normal, that means....
1st degree AV block - Ans:✔✔-if the PR interval is consistently increased....
2nd degree AV block type I (Wenckebach) - Ans:✔✔-if the PR interval progressively increases, that
means....
3rd degree AV block - Ans:✔✔-if the PR interval is totally variable that means...
supraventricular origin - Ans:✔✔-if the QRS is narrow, ( < .12 sec) that means
ventricular - Ans:✔✔-if the QRS is > .12 second that means
torsade de pointes - Ans:✔✔-if the QT is > .4 seconds this will lead to....
increases, decreases - Ans:✔✔-HR (increases/decreases) with inspiration and (increases/decreases) with
expiration for sinus arrhythmia
sinus arrhythmia - Ans:✔✔-
sinus arrhythmia - Ans:✔✔-Rate: normal
regularity: irregular
P waves: normal
PR interval: .12-.20 seconds
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QRS duration: .04-.12 seconds
sinus bradycardia - Ans:✔✔-SA node is depolarizing slower than normal, impulse is conducted normally
sinus bradycardia - Ans:✔✔-
sinus bradycardia - Ans:✔✔-Rate: <60 MP
regularity: regular
P waves: normal
PR interval: .12-.20 seconds
QRS duration: .04-.12 seconds
sinus tachycardia - Ans:✔✔-SA node is depolarizing faster than normal, impulse is conducted normally.
not a primary arrhythmia, a response
sinus tachycardia - Ans:✔✔-Rate: > 100 BPM
regularity: regular
P waves: normal
PR interval: .12-.20 seconds
QRS duration: .04-.12 seconds
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