FREE MEDICAL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT EKG EXAM

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FREE MEDICAL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT EKG EXAM

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Question 1: Pt. is laid in the ________ position

Answer:

Supine Question 2: what helps the conduction of electricity on the skin with electrodes

Answer:

electrolyte gel Question 3: What should we do prior to placing the electrodes on a diaphoretic pt.

Answer:

wipe sweat with gauze and then clean with alcohol swabs

Question 4: is the skin a good conductor of electricity?

Answer:

Nope

Question 5: Who must recognized an artifact and correct it?

Answer:

MA

Question 6: If a pt. has a head injury, raise the _____ to _____ angle

Answer:

head, 30

Question 7: another name for 60 cycle interference

Answer:

AC interference

Question 8: pertaining to septum

Answer:

septal Question 9: if you had to reposition a pt. or the electrodes, what should you do for a record

Answer:

document on ECG paper

Question 10: How many waves in One Cardiac Cycle?

Answer:

5 Question 11: If the R-R intervals are NOT all the same, the ______ is termed _______

Answer:

rhythm....irregular

Question 12: pertaining to apex

Answer:

apical

Question 13: The T wave represents

Answer:

ventricular repolarization Question 14: Interference on the ECG not coming from the pt. is called an _______

Answer:

artifact

Question 15: If there is NO pattern to the irregularity, it is called

Answer:

Totally irregular

Question 16: What causes a wandering baseline?

Answer:

loose electrode

Question 17: how do you fix a 60 cycle interference?

Answer:

prepare room, follow procedure

Question 18: how do you fix an interrupted baseline?

Answer:

check and or replace electrode

Question 19: Where is the blue lead placed

Answer:

5th ICS/ Mid-clavicular line

Question 20: what does a wandering baseline look like?

Answer:

uneven

Question 21: how do you fix a wandering baseline?

Answer:

check electrodes

Question 22: Where is the V5 placed

Answer:

5th ICS/ anterior axillary line

Question 23: What causes a 60 cycle interference?

Answer:

metal, jewelry, phone, lights, frayed wires, dirty electrodes

Question 24: Where is the purple lead placed

Answer:

5th ICS/ Mid-axillary line

Question 25: above

Answer:

superior

Question 26: below

Answer:

Inferior

Question 27: how do you fix a somatic tremor?

Answer:

follow procedure, make pt. comfy, pt. lie on hands. wait for movement to stop Question 28: If electrical activity flows toward a ______ ____, an upward wave is produced on the paper

Answer:

positive pole