Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
Category 4
Category 5
100

What is the normal heart rate?

60-100

100

How long is Holter Monitor usually worn?

24 hours

100

What is Systole?

Ventricles are contracting; At work

100

When should we discontinue a stress test?

patient is experiencing chest pain, fatigue, or ST segment changes

100

Describe A-Flutter?

Sawtooth like pattern

200

What does the P wave represent?

Atria depolarization

200

Where is the ground lead located?

Right Leg

200

What is Diastole?

Ventricles are relaxed; Not at work

200

If loss of capture occurs, fix it by

what is turning up the voltage

200

What is the SA Node BPM?

What is the AV Node BPM?

What is the Ventricle BPM?

60-100 BPM

40-60 BPM

20-40 BPM

300

What are the three methods to calculate heart rate?

Six second strip 

Memory 

Little blocks

300

What are the four types of artifacts?

Somatic tremors 

Baseline sway

60-cycle interference

Broken recording 

300

What is the normal PR interval?

0.12-0.20

300

What is necessary to interpret a rhythm strip?

Wave duration

Regularity

Rate & Rhythm

300

What is the most dangerous arrhythmia?

A-Fib

400

What is the placement for Lead V4?

5th Left intercoastal, Mid-clavicular; Isoelectric QRS

400

Where are the ventricular pacemaker cells found?

They are found at the Purkinje fibers

400

Longer Longer Longer drop.. then you have a?

Wenckebach 

400

What is used to treat SVT and V-tach.

Synchronized cardioversion.

400


Premature Ventricular Complex

500

Name one of the common causes for bradycardia?

Inferior wall MI

Myocardia ischemia

Hypothermia 

Medications (beta blockers)

500

What is the normal chart speed?

25mm per second 

500

What begins with ischemia

Myocardial infraction

500

what is a major complication of A-Fib?

Thrombi Formation

500

What is the definition of usurpation?

Lower pacemaker fires in accelerated rate.