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When do you standardize an EKG?

• a) Before running EKG

• b) Before and After running EKG

• c) After running EKG

• d) Both A and B are correct

A normal sinus rhythm is:

• a) A rage of 60-100 beats per minute

• b) Each complex is complete and normal in appearance

• c) There are spikes in between the R-R complexes

• d) Both A and B are correct

What does the term bradycardia mean?

• a) The heart rate is over 100 beats per minute

• b) The heart rate is below 60 beats per minute

• c) The heart rate is over 300 beats per minute

• d) The heart rate is less than 5 beats per minute

A sinus arrhythmia can be caused by;

• a) Changes in breathing

• b) A blocked bundle branch

• c) Hearts beats generated that occur outside the atria

• d) Death of the patient

What is asystole?

• a) A heart rate of 20-40 beats per minute

• b) A heart rate of 300 or more beats per minute

• c) A flat line, associated with death

• d) A rate of 100-250 beats per minute

What does it mean if the heartbeat fires exotically?

• a) That the generating of the heartbeat begins in the right atrium

• b) That the EKG has squiggly worm like shapes on it

• c) The firing of the stimulus to generate the heartbeat does not occur in the SA node

• d) None of the above

What holds the heart valves in place

• a) valve pin

• b) Ligaments

• c) Elastic Fibers

• d) Chordate tendineae

What is a heart murmur

• a) The sound of faculty action when the valves of the heart close

• b) A closure of one or more arteries

• c) The heart muscle when it contracts

• d) A leakage of blood on its way to the lungs