BAMC TELEMETRY FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL REVIEW GUIDE

BAMC TELEMETRY FINAL PAPER
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL
REVIEW GUIDE

●● Where is the heart located?
Answer: in the chest cavity, directly under the sternum


●● The main typical waves of an ECG are...
Answer: P, Q, R, S, and T


●● Even though there are 12 leads... there are actually only - actual
contacts on the body
Answer: 10


●● How many leads of each type?
Answer: 9 recording leads, 3 limbs (right arm, left arm, left leg), 6 on
the chest, and one neutral attached to the right leg. 3 remaining leads
represent the augmented limb leads from vectored combinations of the
other 3 limb leads.


●● Various limb leads provide a - view of the heart
Answer: frontal

,●● 6 chest leads provide a - view of the heart
Answer: cross-sectional


●● Placement of lead 1
Answer: from the right arm(-) toward the left arm(+)


●● Placement of lead 2
Answer: from the right arm toward the left leg


●● Placement of lead 3
Answer: from the left arm toward the left leg


●● avR
Answer: augmented lead toward the right arm


●● avL
Answer: augmented lead toward the left arm


●● avF
Answer: augmented lead toward the left foot


●● Placement of v1

, Answer: 4th intercostal space to the right of the sternum


●● Placement of v2
Answer: 4th intercostal space to the left of the sternum


●● Placement of v3
Answer: Midway between V2 and V4


●● Placement of v4
Answer: 5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line


●● Placement of v5
Answer: Horizontally even with v4, but in the anterior axillary line


●● Placement of v6
Answer: Horizontally even with v4 and v5 in the midaxillary line


●● Each small square on an ECG strip represents - seconds
Answer: 0.04


●● A patient may need an ECG if they have any of the following signs
and symptoms