EKG Practice Quiz #6 2025

If a patient comes in unconscious and needs an EKG

• Wait for next of kin to do EKG

• assume implied consent and perform ekg

• verify that the patient has the correct insurance to do the ekg

• You should not wait for the pt provider in ER to perform the EKG

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 pain."

• "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 the activity tha tyou were doing when the pain started."

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

An EKG technician has a prescription to perform an EKG tracing on an older adult patient who is unconscious upon arrival at the emergency department. Which of the following actions should the technician take?

• Wait for the patient's adult child to arrive at the emergency department to obtain consent.

• Assume implied consent because the patient's condition is considered critical.

• Check the patient's insurance to ensure the EKG procedure is covered.

• Wait for the provider to arrive before performing the EKG.

Which of the following methods should an EKG technician use to calculate a patient's heart rate from the EKG tracing?

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

• Count th enumber of small boxes in two cardiac cycles

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

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

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

• Sending the EKG in an encrypted electronic file to the patient's employer

• Using corrective fluid on the patient's name, address, and physical description on the EKG printout

• Restricting the patient's access to the EKG file

• Hand-delivering the EKG to the patient's provider

Which of the following lead groups are bipolar leads?

• Leads aVR, aVL, and aVF

• Leads I, II, and III

• Leads V1, V2, and V3

• Leads V4, V5, and V6

Which of the following lead groups forms Einthoven's triangle?

• Leads V4, V5, and V6

• Leads V1, V2, and V3

• Leads aVR, aVL, and aVF

• Leads I, II, and III

Which of the following sections of the EKG tracing should an EKG technician use to measure the QRS complex?

• End of the Q wave to the beginning of the S wave

• Beginning of the Q wave to the beginning of the S wave

• End of the Q wave to the beginning of the T wave

• Beginning of the Q wave to the end of the S wave

A patient has a prescription to wear a Holter monitor for 24 hr. Which of the following statements by the patient indicates an understanding of home care instructions?

• "I can turn the Holter monitor off in order to shower or bathe."

• "I should record spontaneous symptoms unrelated to an activity."

• "I should not replace electrodes that come loose."

• "I should avoid daily activities that might trigger heart abnormalities."

A serial EKG tracing shows a rhythm that does not match the last tracing that the EKG technician performed. Which of the following actions should the technician take first?

• Connect th epatient to a different EKG machine

• Report the finding to the provider

• Verify proper lead placement

• Perform a maintenance check on the machine