General Vocabulary
Their duties include administering EKGs and remotely monitoring ECG telemetry equipment
What is an EKG Technician?
This term describes a pulse that does not have a regular rhythm
What is irregular?
This skillset involves things like body language, personal appearance and communication skills.
What are soft skills?
A test that tracks the electrical signals of the heart
What is an electrocardiogram?
This type of precautions are used for every patient regardless of illness.
What are standard precautions?
A medical professional who read and interprets EKGS
What is a Cardiologist?
This vital sign measures the force of the blood against the walls of the arteries
What is blood pressure?
This term means "doing the right thing when no one is looking."
What is integrity?
This EKG education requirement involves hands on practice with patients.
What is clinical experience?
This must be used when hands are visibly soiled
What is soap and water?
The clinical term for a Heart Attack
What is a myocardial infarction?
The medical term for a low oxygen level
What is hypoxia?
This is information you can observe with your own senses.
What is objective information?
This is earned after completing EKG training and testing required by an accreditation agency.
What is an EKG Certification?
The last step of doffing PPE
What is washing hands?
This legal term means a person can be held responsible for his or her actions if they harm a patient
What is Liability?
This is often referred to as the fifth vital sign
What is pain?
This term means a patient's normal vital signs.
What is a baseline?
A type of ekg uses a dozen wires connected to a patient and is the most accurate
What is a 12 lead EKG?
Precautions used for illness like the flu or other diseases transmitted by coughing, sneezing or suctioning.
What are Droplet precautions?
This term describes the stopping and starting respirations of a dying person.
What is Cheyne-Stokes?
This type of pulse is taken at the apex of the heart
What is apical?
This process involves asking a patient about their diagnosis, surgeries and reason for visit and is performed prior to assessment or testing.
What is taking a patient history?
This is the preferred position for taking an EKG.
What is supine?
This term describes the process of passing a communicable disease to another person
What is the chain of infection?