EKG Kaiser EKG Basics Exam Questions With Revised Answers
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EKG Kaiser EKG Basics Exam Questions
With Revised Answers
What property is the ability of a cardiac cell to initiate an electrical impulse?
Automaticity
Excitability
Conductivity
Contractility - answerAutomaticity
What electrolyte is important in cardiac muscle contraction?
Calcium
Chlorid...
EKG Kaiser EKG Basics Exam Questions
With Revised Answers
What property is the ability of a cardiac cell to initiate an electrical impulse?
Automaticity
Excitability
Conductivity
Contractility - answer✔✔Automaticity
What electrolyte is important in cardiac muscle contraction?
Calcium
Chloride
Glucose
Phosphorus - answer✔✔Calcium
What are ECG artifacts?
A normal finding
False cardiac waves
The action potential
Ventricular repolarization - answer✔✔False cardiac waves
What is the most common reason for the alarm to sound during an ECG procedure?
Abnormal cardiac rhythm
Loosening of a leadwire
Myocardial infarction
Patient motion artifact - answer✔✔Loosening of a leadwire
Lead I is helpful for monitoring? (Select all that apply)
Atrial rhythms
Hemi blocks
QRS complexes
Ventricular function - answer✔✔Atrial rhythms
Hemi blocks
When the parasympathetic nerve fibers are stimulated what is released?
Acetylcholine
Adrenaline
Norepinephrine
Vagal - answer✔✔Acetylcholine
ECGs are used to monitor the effects of new medications.
True
False - answer✔✔True
ECGs may be used to monitor: (Select all that apply.)
Deviations from rhythm trends
Effects of a new drug
Ejection fraction
Rhythm trends - answer✔✔Deviations from rhythm trends
Effects of a new drug
Rhythm trends
Along with Lead II, Lead III is most helpful for monitoring what?
Anterior wall
Changes associated with inferior wall myocardial infarction
QRS complexes
Ventricular function - answer✔✔Changes associated with inferior wall myocardial infarction
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