Patient Safety
HIPPA = ?
Privacy
What's the normal paper speed?
25 mm/sec
How many leads are required for a stress test?
10 leads
Where's V4 located?
5th ICS, left midclavicular
A rhythm has sawtooth looking waves, what is it?
Atrial flutter
Precaution that's used for a patient w/Dormant TB?
Standard
The horizontal axis on the EKG is the __?
Time
How often should you take a patient's BP during a stress test?
Every 2.5 minutes
Where is the ground lead electrode?
Right leg
If the PRI is 0.28 sec, what do you have?
1st Degree heart block
You transfer a patient on droplet precautions, what do you do?
Put mask on pt. and wear gloves, gown, and mask
What are the 3 natural pacemakers?
The patient drank coffee before their stress test, what would you expect to see?
Increased HR & BP
Telemetry = ?
Continuous, 3 lead, on trunk
What's the most dangerous heart block?
3rd Degree
What's the order to don PPE?
Gown, Mask, gloves
What's represented by ventricular repolarization?
T - wave
How do you find the target HR of the pt. during a stress test?
Subtract 220 from the pt.'s age
What artifact would you expect to see on a pt. w/parkinson's?
Somatic tremors
You witness PEA on a pt., what do you do?
Administer CPR
What's the order of Chain of Infection?
Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, and susceptible host
What's a normal QT interval?
0.38 - 0.44 sec
Is an MI a contraindication of the stress test?
Yes
Where do you put the leads on a pt. w/dextrocardia?
On the right side of the chest
What HR is accelerated Junctional rhythm?
60-100 BPM