Safety
What should an EKG tech do before touching a patient or beginning a procedure?
What is perform hand hygiene (wash hands)and verify the patients identity.
After the EKG recording is complete, what should the medical assistant tell the patient they can now do?
What is sit up and move freely.
What does HIPPA protect when it comes to a patients medical information?
What is the patients privacy and protected health information
What is the name of the sticker like device that picks up electrical impulses from the heart?
What is an electrode.
What artifact is caused by muscle movement, such as shrivering?
What is a somatic tremor.
What are the two most common identifiers used to confirm a patients identity before an EKG?
What is Full name and date of birth?
What is lie still, breathe normally and avoid talking.
What should an EKG tech do before sharing a patient's EKG results with another person?
What is verifying that the person is authorized to receive the information.
What is he standard color used for the left leg (LL) electrode?
What is red.
What common arrhythmia replaces normal P waves with fibrillatory waves?
What is Atrial fibrillation.
What type of PPE equipment should an EKG tech wear when exposed to blood or bodily fluids is anticipated?
What is gloves and using disinfectant wipes to clean area.
When performing a standard 12-lead EKG on a 9 year old child in which location should the technician place the V6 electrode?
What is the left midaxillary line,5th inter coastal space
What should an EKG tech do if they make an error in a patient's medical record?
What is following facility protocol to correct the error without falsely or improperly deleting the original documentation.
What is the required height in millimeters for a normal EKG standardization mark?
What is 10mm.
What rhythm occurs when the SA node temporarily fails to generate an impulse?
What is sinus arrest.
A patient with a highly contagious infection.According to NHA safety standards what is the required hand hygiene protocol after completing a procedure on such patient?
What is washing hands thoroughly with soap and water and wear gloves to prevent spread of infection.
Why is it important to communicate unusual EKG findings promptly to the health care team
What is to prevent potentially serious cardiac problems and to ensure the patient is treated without an unnecessary delay
What should an EKG technician do if a patient refuses an EKG or does not give consent to follow though with EKG?
What is respect the patients refusal and notify the appropriate healthcare professional.
Where is the V1 chest electrode placed?
What is at the fourth inter coastal space, along the right side of the sternum.
What electrical process initiates a chain reaction that results in contraction of the atria or ventricles?
What is depolarization.
An EKG tech is preparing to perform an exercise test on a patient.Which of the following findings in a patients medical history would prevent the patient from participating in an exercise test?
What is Congestive heart failure
During a routine monitoring strip.An EKG technician observed a sharp vertical pacemaker spikes on the tracing.Each spike is followed imidiatley by a flat baseline with no QRS complex or T wave.What is the patient dealing with more than likely and what should be the priority action?
what is loss of capture ,call for help and stay with the patient.
An EKG tech accidentally sends a patient's EKG results to the wrong person.What should they do?
What is Report the privacy incident promptly according to facility policy.
What type of elad records electrical impulses between a negative and a positive electrode, such as leads I, II and III?
What is a bipolar lead.
What structures form the electrical conduction pathway that runs through the interventricular septum toward the apex?
What is the bundle of HIS and bundle branches.