EKG - 1013

A surgical procedure in which an instrument with a tiny balloon is inserted into a blocked artery to clear a blockage.

• heart attack

• hypertension

• stroke

• angioplasty

What is the role of a medical assistant in cardiovascular testing?

• Medical Assistant provides the baseline information for the patient

• Medical Assistant conducts the procedure

• Preparing the patient

• Patient preparation for the procedure and post procedure assistant

The multichannel EKG machine is a recorder that monitors

• 10 leads

• 12 leads

• 12 & 5 leads

• 5 leads

The importance of electrodes are

• artifact and interfere

• clean tracing.

• angles and planes.

• needed to transmit the impulses,

Leads I,II and III are

• travel from a negative

• bipolar

• negative leads

• positive leads

Leads AVL,AVR and AVF are

• bipolar

• unipolar

• augmented

• tracing

V1

• LEFT side of the sternum, directly across from V1 at the FOURTH intercostal space

• LEFT side of the chest, FIFTH intercostal space, midclavicular line

• RIGHT side of the sternum at the FOURTH intercostal space

• LEFT side of the chest, FIFTH intercostal space, midaxillary line

V2

• LEFT side of the chest, FIFTH intercostal space, midclavicular line

• LEFT side of the sternum, directly across from V1 at the FOURTH intercostal space

• LEFT side of the chest, FIFTH intercostal space, midclavicular line

• LEFT side of the chest, FIFTH intercostal space, anterior axillary line

V3

• LEFT side of the chest, FIFTH intercostal space, midaxillary line

• RIGHT side of the sternum at the FOURTH intercostal space

• LEFT side of the chest, FIFTH intercostal space, anterior axillary line

• LEFT side of the chest, midway between V2 and V4

the charge of resting cardiac cells inside as compared to outside

• positive
• negative
• neutral
• both a and b