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WorksheetsHeart Rate EKG Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Standard heart rate for a healthy adult:
40-60
60-80
60-100
80-120
Standard heart rate for an infant:
40-60
60-80
60-100
80-160
Standard heart rate for an elderly person:
40-60
60-100
80-120
80-160
Tachycardia means:
Slow heart rate
Fast heart rate
Bradycardia means:
Slow heart rate
Fast heart rate
Tachycardia:
Resting heart rate over 40 BPM
Resting heart rate over 60 BPM
Resting heart rate over 80 BPM
Resting heart rate over 100 BPM
Bradycardia:
Heart rate fewer than 40 BPM
Heart rate fewer than 60 BPM
Heart rate fewer than 80 BPM
Heart rate fewer than 100 BPM
Target heart rate is within 60-80% of your maximum heart rate
True
False
How do you find your target heart rate?
Exercise for 30 minutes and measure your heart rate after
Add 220 to your age and divide by 2
Measure your heart rate when you first wake up in the morning
Subtract your age from 220 and multiply by 75%
Where do you measure the heart rate on a conscious adult?
Radial pulse
Brachial pulse
Carotid pulse
Femoral pulse
Where do you measure the heart rate on an unconscious adult?
Radial pulse
Brachial pulse
Carotid pulse
Femoral pulse
Where do you measure the heart rate on an infant?
Radial pulse
Brachial pulse
Carotid pulse
Femoral pulse
Where do you measure the pulse on an elderly patient?
Radial pulse
Brachial pulse
Carotid pulse
Femoral pulse
Measuring pulses from different sites will give you different outcomes
True
False
During a stress test, the goal is to make the patient reach their target heart rate
True
False
An infant with a heart rate lower than 60 BPM should be:
given medications
given CPR
given food or water
left alone
What tools are used to measure heart rate?
a sphygmomanometer
a stethoscope
a galvanometer
two fingers and a clock
Exercise is a good way to naturally increase your heart rate
True
False
An infant patient with tachycardia may need to have CPR performed
True
False
A geriatric patient with tachycardia is completely natural
True
False
