Cardiac Monitoring and Pulmonary Function Testing

Question 1

What is ambulatory cardiac monitoring?

Answer 1

patient is walking around

Question 2

What is holter monitoring?

Answer 2

rhythm tracing saved to the unit
- 24-48 hour recording
5 leads
- irregularities compared to events in diary

Question 3

What is telemetry?

Answer 3

cardiac rhythm transmitted live to monitoring station

Question 4

What is syncope?

Answer 4

fainting or dizziness

Question 5

What is a spirometer?

Answer 5

machine that measures the air taken in and expelled from the lungs

Question 6

What is forced vital capacity?

Answer 6

greatest volume of air that can be expelled when a person performs rapid forced expiration

Question 7

What is the peak flow meter used for?

Answer 7

monitors lung function at home for patients that have chronic respiratory diseases

Question 8

What does peak flow meter measure?

Answer 8

forced expiratory volume

Question 9

What is the center red piece on a peak flow meter for?

Answer 9

patient’s score in L/min

Question 10

What is the green level on a peak flow meter for?

Answer 10

normal levels

Question 11

What is the yellow level on a peak flow meter for?

Answer 11

patient should contact office

Question 12

What is the red level on a peak flow meter for?

Answer 12

call 911

Question 13

What is the peak flow graph plotted by?

Answer 13

gender
age
height