EKG NCCT ACTUAL EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The location of the heart in the right thorax is known as - ✔✔dextrocardia
✔✔Unipolar leads are also called - ✔✔augmented leads
✔✔A record of the electrical activity of the heart is called - ✔✔electrocardiograph
✔✔How many precordial leads are there? - ✔✔6
✔✔Bipolar leads get their name from - ✔✔monitoring two electrodes
✔✔Precordial leads are also known as - ✔✔chest leads; unipolar
✔✔Augmented Unipolar Limb Leads - ✔✔aVL, aVR, & aVF
✔✔Unipolar Chest Leads - ✔✔Leads V1, V2, V3: (Posterior Anterior)
Leads V4, V5, V6:(Right Left, or lateral)
✔✔When working with a patient with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA), the ECG technician should: - ✔✔take precautions for a contact pathogen
✔✔patient with dyspnea comes in for an ECG, what position should the patient be
placed for the procedure? - ✔✔semi fowler's position
✔✔cardiac cycle is detected on the ECG monitor, but the patient has no pulse. This is
known as: - ✔✔PEA
✔✔ While Performing ECG on patient, electrodes keep falling off. What can you do? -
✔✔Place tape over electrodes; clean skin with 70% isopropyl
✔✔What methods can you use to calculate heart rate in a 6 sec strip? - ✔✔6 Sec
Method; count the number of big squares between an R-R Interval then divide it by 300
✔✔What are standard ECG Measurements? - ✔✔Smallest boxes are 1mm (0.04 sec),
large boxes are 5mm (0.20 sec)
✔✔What variations in ECG results is likely for patients with pacemakers? - ✔✔presence
of a pacing spike
✔✔What is a major complication of atrial fibrillation? - ✔✔thrombi formation (potential
blood clots forming in atrial chambers)
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The location of the heart in the right thorax is known as - ✔✔dextrocardia
✔✔Unipolar leads are also called - ✔✔augmented leads
✔✔A record of the electrical activity of the heart is called - ✔✔electrocardiograph
✔✔How many precordial leads are there? - ✔✔6
✔✔Bipolar leads get their name from - ✔✔monitoring two electrodes
✔✔Precordial leads are also known as - ✔✔chest leads; unipolar
✔✔Augmented Unipolar Limb Leads - ✔✔aVL, aVR, & aVF
✔✔Unipolar Chest Leads - ✔✔Leads V1, V2, V3: (Posterior Anterior)
Leads V4, V5, V6:(Right Left, or lateral)
✔✔When working with a patient with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA), the ECG technician should: - ✔✔take precautions for a contact pathogen
✔✔patient with dyspnea comes in for an ECG, what position should the patient be
placed for the procedure? - ✔✔semi fowler's position
✔✔cardiac cycle is detected on the ECG monitor, but the patient has no pulse. This is
known as: - ✔✔PEA
✔✔ While Performing ECG on patient, electrodes keep falling off. What can you do? -
✔✔Place tape over electrodes; clean skin with 70% isopropyl
✔✔What methods can you use to calculate heart rate in a 6 sec strip? - ✔✔6 Sec
Method; count the number of big squares between an R-R Interval then divide it by 300
✔✔What are standard ECG Measurements? - ✔✔Smallest boxes are 1mm (0.04 sec),
large boxes are 5mm (0.20 sec)
✔✔What variations in ECG results is likely for patients with pacemakers? - ✔✔presence
of a pacing spike
✔✔What is a major complication of atrial fibrillation? - ✔✔thrombi formation (potential
blood clots forming in atrial chambers)
