1. the heart has 2 components: mechani- electrical
cal and
2. to fully evaluate a patient's cardiac func- Pulse, pressure, ECG (EKG)
tion, you must assess , ,
and
3. electrocardiography is the study of arrhythmias
4. repolarization represented by the ST after
segment and T waves occurs
QRS depolarization in an individual
complex
5. A test that creates high frequency echocardiogram
sound vibrations that are sent into the
heart through the chest wall is known
as
6. 3 major areas of the conduction sys- AV node
tem are the ventricle, SA node, and the
7. To obtain the test results on the ECG clean skin area, use contact medium, and abrade
reading you should skin slightly
8. If electricity flows towards the nega- downward/ inverted
tive electrode, a verdict pattern is
produced on the graph
9. x-axis
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Time is measured by measuring the
number of square blocks along the
lines on the graph paper
10. Voltage is measured by comparing the y-axis
height of a spike to the lines on
the graph paper
11. What is the standard rate at which the 25mm/sec
ECG machine runs paper past the sty-
lus?
12. How long does it take to get from one 0.20 seconds
bold line to ECG graph paper to the next
bold line?
13. consider the 5 small squares between 0.04 seconds
the bold lines on the ECG graph paper;
how much time is needed to cross 1
small square?
14. How many prominent waves are in one 5
complete cardiac cycle?
15. The distance between waves is referred intervals
to as
16. The line between the P wave and the PR segment
next wave is called
17. the p wave in indicated of atrial depolarization
18. a line between waves is called a segment
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