EKG Medca Exam Questions and Answers
(latest update 2024)
Patient ____________ may be more important in obtaining a
diagnostically pure EKG than the mechanics of the EKG itself -
Correct Answer ✅Psychology
The four valves that regulate blood through the heart are the
- Correct Answer ✅tricuspid, pulmonic, mitral, aortic
______ is the medial term for low blood pressure - Correct
Answer ✅hypotension
_______________hypotension happens when a person goes
from a sitting or lying position to a standing position -
Correct Answer ✅postural
the right ventricle sends blood through the pulmonary artery
to the ______________? - Correct Answer ✅lungs
rectal temperatures are 0.5-1 degree __________ than the
temperature taken orally. - Correct Answer ✅higher
,EKG Medca Exam Questions and Answers
(latest update 2024)
The ________ is the part of the brain that controls autonomic
functions such as breathing, heart functions, and blood vessel
function. - Correct Answer ✅medulla
______________ enters the lungs with each inhalation; while
_____________________ exits the lungs with each exhalation -
Correct Answer ✅oxygen; carbon dioxide
Not every QRS-Complex holds a ____ wave, _____wave,
_____or a ________ wave - Correct Answer ✅Q, R, S
Oxygen rich blood from the lungs goes to the heart through
the __________ veins - Correct Answer ✅Pulmonary
Abnormally fast respiration rates are called __________________
which is a rate of more than __________ breaths per minutes -
Correct Answer ✅tachypnea: 20
Abnormally low respiration rates are called _____________
which is a rate of less than ______ breaths per minute -
Correct Answer ✅bradypnea; 12
, EKG Medca Exam Questions and Answers
(latest update 2024)
______________ is when the cardiac cells are resting - Correct
Answer ✅polarization
What is the formula to measure the QTc interval - Correct
Answer ✅QTc= 1.75 + Qt(HR-60)
William Einthoven created the first EKG machine weighing -
Correct Answer ✅600Lbs
The average heart beats ____________ times a day - Correct
Answer ✅100,000
A _____________ recors cardiac rhythm for 24-48 hours -
Correct Answer ✅Holter Monitor
One cardiac impulse and the recharging of its cells usually
takes __________ seconds - Correct Answer ✅0.5
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