EKG Certification

Which post-secondary plan would lead someone to acquiring a certification such as EMT, EKG Tech, or Radiology Tech?

• Traditional 4-year University

• Technical College

• 1-day Class

• All are correct

Which best describes this rhythm?

• Asystole

• PEA

• Ventricular Tachycardia

• Ventricular fibrillation

Interpret this Rhythm:

• Normal sinus rhythm

• Ventricular fibrillation

• Sinus Brady with PAC's

• Sinus Bradycardia

Which best describes this rhythm which looks like quivering without organized contraction

• Atrial Fibrillation

• Atrial Flutter

• Asystole

• PEA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Irregular heart action caused by physiological or pathological disorders. AKA dysrhythmia.

• Arrhythmia

• Atrial Fibrillation

• Atrial Flutter

• Atrial Tachycardia

Transfers distance on an electrocardiogram; in conjunction with the appropriate scale, the heart rate can be determined. An instrument that is useful in measuring distances on an EKG tracing.

• Dutration

• Amplitude

• Large Boxes

• Calipers

Cardiac arrest is caused when the ____ electrical system malfunctions:

• Heart's

• Lung's

• Brain's

• Gall Bladder's

The QRS Complex on an ECG represents ______ and is the result of opening sodium and potassium channels on the surface of cardiac cells.

• Atrial Depolarization

• Atrial Repolarization

• Ventricular Depolarization

• Ventricular Repolarization

Identify the tracing

• Atrial Flutter

• AV block: 1st degree

• Atrial Fibrilattion

• Sinus Tachycardia

Also known as the baseline, it is best determined by drawing a line between the end of the T and beginning of the P wave.

• P wave

• isoelectric line

• SA node

• Av node