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What’s the speed of the EKG machine?

A

25 mm/sec

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Where is v1 located?

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4th intercostal space right margin of the sternum

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4
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Diaphoresis?

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Excessive sweating

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5
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Where is v5 located?

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5th intercostal space axillary line

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6
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Hemo?

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Blood

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8
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Repolarization is the same as?

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Relaxation

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9
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Depolarization means what?

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Contraction

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10
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What does the P wave stand for?

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Depolarization for the atrium

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11
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The QRS represents what?

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Depolarization of the ventricle

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12
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Who created the EKG?

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Willen Eithoven

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13
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What’s another word for chest leads?

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Precordial leads

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14
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What are the augmented leads?

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Unipolar ; aVR, aVL, aVF

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15
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What are the standard limb leads?

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Bipolar ; Track 1,2,3.
Right arm ->left arm
Right arm ->left leg
Left arm ->left leg

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16
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What are the atrioventricular valves?

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Tricuspid/bicuspid/pulmonary/aortic

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17
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How many chambers does the heart have?

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Four

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18
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What are the heart chambers?

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right atrium/left atrium/right ventricular/left ventricular

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19
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What’s another word for SA node?

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Pacemaker

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20
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Where is the SA node located ?

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Right upper atrium of the heart

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21
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What’s another word for heart attack?

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Myocardial infraction

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22
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Normal sinus rhythm

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60-100 beats

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23
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Bradycardia?

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Less than 60 beats

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24
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Tachycardia?

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More than 100 beats

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25
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The blood without oxygen runs where?

Deoxygenated.

A

Veins

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26
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The blood with oxygen runs where?

Oxygenated.

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Arteries

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27
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Largest vein in the body?

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Venae cavae

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28
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Largest artery?

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Aorta

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29
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What are the small blood vessels?

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Capillaries

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30
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Athrophy means?

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No grow

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31
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Medical term for lower back?

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Lumbar

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32
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The main function of the pulmonary artery is?

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Transport blood from the heart to the lungs

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33
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Where does the blood enter?

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Right and left atrium

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34
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Where is v2 located?

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4th intercostal space left margin of the sternum

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35
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The electrical impulse starts where?

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The SA node

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36
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What is hypothalamus?

A

Controls body temperature

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37
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The area that shows the delay of the AV node is?

A

Pri

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38
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What is the ST segment?

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The pause between the depolarization and repolarization of the ventricle

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39
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Sincope means?

40
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The muscle of the heart?

A

Myocardium

41
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The electron placed on the arms and legs are called? How many?

A

Limbs; four

42
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Ground reference lead?

43
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Phleb means?

44
Q

If you need information about your patient where would it be?

A

Medical records

45
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Where is the triscupid is located?

A

Right side of the heart

46
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What holds the bicuspid and tricuspid ?

A

Papillary muscle

47
Q

Sublingual

A

is a way of giving someone medicine orally

48
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Another word for chest pain?

A

Angina pectoris

49
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What part of our body is in charge to process all the drugs?

50
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Sterilization means?

A

Destruction of micro organisms

51
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Where is v3 located?

A

Between v2 and v4

56
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Where is v4 located?

A

5th intercostal space midclavicular line

78
Q

Where is v6 located?

A

5th intercostal space mid axillary line

79
Q

An eletrocardiogram is a recording of the?

A

Electricity of the heart

80
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How many leads are there on a standard electrocardiogram?

81
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Blood flows from the left atrium through the _____ valve into the left ventricle.

82
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Thin strands of fibrous connective tissue extend from the AV valves to the papillary muscles and prevent the AV valves from bulging back into atria during ventricular systole. These stands are called?

A

Chordae tendineae

83
Q

The left atrium receives blood from the _____

A

Pulmonary veins

84
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The right ventricle expels blood through the ______ valve into the pulmonary trunk

85
Q

The ECG does not provide information about?

A

The mechanical condition of the myocardium

86
Q

Blood leaves the left ventricle through the _____ valve into the right ventricle

87
Q

Blood flows through the right atrium through the _____ valve into the right ventricle

88
Q

Movement of blood from the left ventricle through the body is called?

A

Systemic circulation

89
Q

An EKG technician counts 10 complete complexes on a six second strip . What is the patients heart rate?

90
Q

The functions of the left ventricle is to deliver?

A

Oxygented blood to the aorta

91
Q

A complete shutdown of the heart is?

A

Cardiac arrest

92
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Which wave represents the ventricular depolarization?

A

QRS complex

93
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Which of the following is an EKG technician calculating when diving 300 by the number of large squares between R waves?

A

Heart Rate

94
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When obtaining a blood pressure reading, it is important position the arm ______.

A

At the level of the heart

95
Q

Leaving a patients medical records open where a visitor can potentially view it can be a violation of what?

96
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The pericardium consisted of layers of tissue surrounding the heart . What layer lays directly on top of the heart ( the innermost layer of the pericardium)

A

Visceral pericardium

97
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What would indicate a normal sinus rhythm?

A

The PR interval is 0.16 seconds

98
Q

An 80 year old man is going to do an EKG but he has a history of Parkinson’s disease , what artifacts would most likely be present on the EKG?

A

Somatic tremor

99
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What should be evaluated to determine a patients risk for ventricular arrhythmias?

A

QRS interval

100
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What can EKG technician do to minimize somatic tremor?

A

Cover the patient with a blankie

101
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An EKG tech. is applying a telemetry pack. What is the appropriate area for the lead places?

A

Anterior thoracic region

102
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On a standard EKG, you note that the QRS complex with a duration of less than three small squares. The QRS is?

A

A normal duration

103
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What connects the AV valves to the papillary muscles?

A

Chordae tendineae

104
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What part of the conduction system delays the electrical impulses to allow the atria to complete their contractions?

105
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For a normal sinus rhythm, the P wave in lead II should be ____?

106
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Prepping a patient with sensitive skin for telemetry monitor , what should the EKG technician do?

A

Decrease pressure when an eadung the skin

107
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The EKG sees a negative deflection in AVR. This indicates?

A

Proper lead wire connection

108
Q

What’s the inner layer of the artery?

A

Tunica intima

109
Q

An inflammation of the veins is

110
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_______ is the force that circulating blood exerts on the artery walls

A

Blood pressure

111
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A progressive narrowing and hardening of the arteries caused by age, high cholesterol , smoking is?

A

Atherosclerosis

112
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The left atrium receives blood from the?

A

Pulmonary veins

113
Q

Movement of blood from the left ventricle through the body is called?

A

Systemic circulation

114
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The right ventricle expels blood through the ______ valve into the pulmonary trunk

115
Q

Blood flows from the left atrium through the _____ valve into the left ventricle.

116
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Blood leaves the left ventricle through the ____ valve to the aorta and its branches and distributed throught out the body

117
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Blood flows through the right atrium thought the _____ valve into the right ventricle

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