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an EKG technician notices an accelerated idioventricular rhythm on a tracing. which of the following actions should the technician take next?

• tell the patient the results show significant findings and ask if she feels any different

• call for help and stay with the patient

• ask another technician to run an EKG

• upload the tracing to the EHR and notfiy the providor that the tracing is ready for interpretation

an EKG technican should recognize that which of the following is an allowable disclosure of patient information according to HIPPA guidelines?

• patients write their names on a basic sign-in sheet at the registration desk

• an employer calls the clinic to verify an employee's excused absence

• a patient can read the demographics screen of another patients electronic chart while checking in at the desk

• an employee gives a coworker access to their username and password to retrieve a patient's laboratory report

calculate the ventricular rate in the tracing below using the 1500 method

• 140/min

• 150/min

• 160/min

• 170/min

which of the following activities should an EKG technician instruct a patient to record in the Holter monitor display?

• bike riding

• swimming

• driving

• sleeping postion

while performing a standard 12-lead EKG, an EKG technician notices that none of the leads are giving a reading. which of the following limbs should the technician check first when correcting this problem?

• right arm

• left arm

• right leg

• left leg

an EKG technician is instructing a patient about the use of a transtelephonic monitor with loop memory. which of the following instructions should the technician include?

• "press the record button on the device when you begin to feel dizzy or have chest pains"

• "remove the monitor when connecting to the phone or internet to send the recording to the central monitoring location"

• "record a notation in your diary that describes the time and activity that you were doing when the pain started"

• "contact the technician at the central monitoring station whenever you begin to experience chest pain"

which of the following methods should an EKG technician use to calculate a patients heart rate from the EKG tracing?

• calculate the mean rate and divide 1,500 by that rate

• count the number of small boxes in cardiac cycle

• divide 300 by the number of large boxes between two R waves

• count the number of large boxes between P and T waves

while performing an exercise stress test on a patient, a technician observes elevated ST segments. the technician should identify these findings as which of the following?

• expected EKG changes as a result of running

• expected EKG changes due to hypokalemia

• signs of pulmonary embolism

• signs of acute myocardial injury

a patient tells the EKG technician that she does not understand why she needs an ambulatory monitor after having a standard 12-lead EKG 2 days ago. which of the following responses should the technician make?

• "an ambulatory monitor records differently than a EKG."

• "your provider wants to study your heart over a longer period of time."

• "it is standard practice to attach an ambulatory monitor shortly after an EKG."

• "the provider wants to perform another test before he communicates his concerns."

an EKG technician has performed an EKG on a patient. which of the following actions by the technician would protect the patients health information in accordance with HIPPA regulations?

• sending the EKG in encrypted electronic file to the patients employer

• using corrective fluid on the patients name, address, and physical description on the EKG printout

• restricting the patients access to the EKG file

• hand delivering the EKG to the patients provider