Cardiac EKG Rhythm Answer Key

uestion 1 of 50 CORRECT A normal QRS should be less than .12 seconds Your Answer True Question 2 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Ventricular Fibrillation Question 3 of 50 CORRECT At Houston Healthcare a nurse who is deemed competent in rhythm interpretation is required to sign off his/her strips every shift. Your Answer True Question 4 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Sinus Rhythm w/ ST Elevation w/ V.Tach to V.Fib. Question 5 of 50 CORRECT This picture represents (select two): Your Answer Myocardial Infarction Your Answer ST Elevation Question 6 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Failure to Capture Question 7 of 50 CORRECT ST Elevation is a sign of INFARCTION Your Answer True Question 8 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Accelerated Junctional Rhythm Question 9 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Junctional Tach Question 10 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Torsades de Pointe Question 11 of 50 CORRECT Select ALL lethal rhythms from the list below Your Answer Ventricular Tachycardia Your Answer Pulseless Electrical Activity Your Answer Ventricular Fibrillation Your Answer Ventricular Standstill Question 12 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Multifocal Atrial Tach Question 13 of 50 CORRECT Which rhythm is considered to be lethal Your Answer Ventricular Fibrillation Question 14 of 50 CORRECT A normal PR interval should be 0.20-0.30 seconds Your Answer False Question 15 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Atrial Tach Question 16 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer 3rd Degree AV Block (3rd degree heart block) Question 17 of 50 CORRECT Normal Rate for the SA node is 40-60. Your Answer False Question 18 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Sinus Rhythm w/ 1st Degree AVB Question 19 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Second Degree AV block Type II (Mobitz 2) Question 20 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Ventricular Standstill Question 21 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Sinus Rhythm w/ Ventricular Bigeminy Question 22 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Second Degree AV Block Type 1 (Mobitz 1) (Wenckebach) Question 23 of 50 CORRECT Which is NOT a pacemaker type? Your Answer Junctional pacemaker Question 24 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Sinus Brady w/ ST Elevation Question 25 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Junctional Rhythm Question 26 of 50 CORRECT ST depression is a sign of ISCHEMIA Your Answer True Question 27 of 50 CORRECT A rhythm with sawtooth P waves and a ventricular rate of 80 would be which rhythm? Your Answer Atrial Flutter Question 28 of 50 CORRECT When a blockage occurs in the Bundle of HIS, the electrical impulse takes a detour to its destination. When this happens, it causes the QRS to become > 0.12sec and can happen in any rhythm. This is called: Your Answer IVCD (Intraventricular Conduction Delay) Question 29 of 50 CORRECT Which rhythm is considered to be lethal? Your Answer Ventricular Tachycardia Question 30 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer R on T Phenomenon Question 31 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm Question 32 of 50 CORRECT When a patient has a rhythm change the doctor/nurse should be notified. Your Answer True Question 33 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Asystole Question 34 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Idioventricular Rhythm Question 35 of 50 CORRECT Failure to capture of a pacemaker happens when the output is too low. This results in a failure to depolarize the ventricle, which causes an absence of a mechanical contraction of the ventricle, or no QRS. Your Answer True Question 36 of 50 CORRECT When measuring for ST segment elevation or depression, you should measure where the _____ intersects the _______. Your Answer J point; Isoelectric line Question 37 of 50 CORRECT This patient has no pulse. Your Answer Pulseless Electrical Activity Question 38 of 50 CORRECT Normal Rate for the AV node is 40-60 Your Answer True Question 39 of 50 CORRECT The heart’s primary pacemaker is located: Your Answer SA node Question 40 of 50 CORRECT Sinus Rhythms originate in which area of the heart? Your Answer SA Node Question 41 of 50 CORRECT The heart's "primary pacemaker" is located in the AV NODE Your Answer False Question 42 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Sinus Rhythm w/ Pause Question 43 of 50 CORRECT If the R to R measurement is 0.84 and the QT interval is 0.64 the QT interval is considered to be _________ and you should ___________. Your Answer Long; Call the Nurse/Doctor Question 44 of 50 CORRECT A STEMI (ST elevation myocardial infarction) is an emergency Your Answer True Question 45 of 50 CORRECT PVC's originate from which area of the heart? Your Answer Ventricles Question 46 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Ventricular Tach Question 47 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Atrial Fibrillation Question 48 of 50 CORRECT Normal Rate for the Ventricles is 60-100 Your Answer False Question 49 of 50 CORRECT Identify the rhythm: Your Answer Wandering Atrial Pacer Question 50 of 50 CORRECT You enter the room and your patient has no pulse. You begin CPR. When you connect him to the monitor his rhythm "looks like" a sinus rhythm. You would document this rhythm to be...... Your Answer Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)