SECOURS MERCY HEALTH ACTUAL EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
What is often the treatment for stable SVT when vagal maneuvers are
unsuccessful. - VERIFIED ANSWER - Adenosine
How many small boxes make 1 big box - VERIFIED ANSWER - 5 Small
Boxes
How to count beats on regular rhythm ( Equation) - VERIFIED ANSWER -
1500/ How rows between R's
Repolarization mean what happening to the heart - VERIFIED ANSWER -
Relaxation
Depolarization means what happening to the heart - VERIFIED ANSWER -
Contraction
A normal PR interval means - VERIFIED ANSWER - 0.12-20 seconds
,A normal QT interval measurement is - VERIFIED ANSWER - 0.36-0.44
seconds
QRS - VERIFIED ANSWER - <20 Seconds
QT - VERIFIED ANSWER - 0.36-0.44 Seconds
QRS respresents - VERIFIED ANSWER - ventricular depolarization
PR interval - VERIFIED ANSWER - The first hump in the complex
Elevation or Depression of the ST segment could mean your patient is
experiencing ischemia injury True or False - VERIFIED ANSWER - True
Last hump in the complex is called what - VERIFIED ANSWER - T wave
EKG measures numbers - VERIFIED ANSWER - PR 0.19
QRS 0.05
RR 0.78
QT 0.31
, QTC 0.33
What is considered a critical alarm - VERIFIED ANSWER - Ventricular
Tachycardia
Ventricular Fibrillation
Extreme Tachycardia
Extreme Bradycardia
Leads off
Asystole
Dead battery
what is minimum timeframe that you should interpret and document a
6 second EKG - VERIFIED ANSWER - Every 12 hours
A normal QRS interval - VERIFIED ANSWER - <0.12
You are caring for a new patient with a new order for telemetry. what
should you do (Select all) - VERIFIED ANSWER - 1)Once the patient is
placed on telemonitoring. Call the MT station to verify that MT is
retrieving a signal.
2)Place the patient in a cardiac monitor or remote telemetry box.
3)Notify MT or CMU of patient and ordered parameters