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Air Methods Pre-Hire Exam 2025
EXAM QUESTIONS |FREQUENTLY
TESTED QUESTIONS ||VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS (100% CORRECT)
ST elevation is associated with - (answers)myocardial injury
ST depressions is associated with - (answers)ischemia, old infarction, digitalis
toxicity
Q wave with ST elevation - (answers)acute injury
Q wave with ST depression - (answers)indeterminate
Q wave without ST changes - (answers)old infarction
coronary artery occlusion: anterior - (answers)LAD
coronary artery occlusion: inferior - (answers)RCA
coronary artery occlusion: posterior - (answers)LCX or RCA
Coronary Artery Occlusion: lateral - (answers)LCX
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coronary artery occlusion: septal - (answers)LAD
Inferior MI: elevation leads? reciprocal leads? - (answers)elevation: II, III, aVF.
reciprocal: I, aVL, V1-V4
anterior-septal MI: elevation leads? reciprocal leads? - (answers)elevation: V1-V4.
reciprocal: II,III, aVF, aVL
Lateral MI: elevation leads? reciprocal leads? - (answers)elevation: I, aVL, V5, V5.
reciprocal: II, III, aVF
Posterior MI: elevation leads? reciprocal leads? - (answers)elevation: V6.
reciprocal: V1-V4
Junction (J) Point - (answers)end of QRS & beginning of ST segment where QRS
stops and makes a sudden SHARP change of direction
Delta wave is associated with - (answers)Wolff-Parkinson White Syndrome
where is the delta wave on EKG - (answers)Bump in the beginning of the QRS
wave
Osborne wave is associated with - (answers)Hypothermia
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Peaked/tented T waves indicate - (answers)hyperkalemia
Peaked P waves/ flattened T waves/ U waves indicate - (answers)hypokalemia
Wide QRS could indicate x2 - (answers)BBB present, TCA overdose
Prolonged QT interval could indicate - (answers)TCA overdose
history of tricyclic antidepressant overdose can exhibit what ECG tracing -
(answers)prolonged QT interval
what is the amount of blood in the ventricles at end-diastole - (answers)Preload
(right= CVP, left= PAOP)
what is the resistance the ventricles must overcome to eject blood into the
pulmonary and systemic circulation - (answers)afterload (SVR)
Stroke volume is dependent on - (answers)contractility, preload, afterload
sequence blood flows throughout the heart valves - (answers)Tricuspid, Pulmonic,
Mitral, Aortic
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common site affected for balloon dislodgment when treating your IABP patient -
(answers)left radial
contraindication for IABP - (answers)aortic aneurysm, aortic insufficiency, aortic
stents, AAA
"rust-colored flakes" in IABP tubing indicated - (answers)balloon rupture
how to determine early or late inflation in IABP - (answers)draw line from dicrotic
notch to inflation point
if the inflation point (IP) is 2mm+ from the dicrotic notch (DN), it indicates -
(answers)early inflation
primary trigger used from most IABP operations is the - (answers)EKG
IABP balloon inflation on EKG starts at - (answers)middle of T wave
IABP balloon deflation on EKG prior to - (answers)end of QRS complex
IABP inflation mechanism occurs at - (answers)onset of ventricular diastole
IABP deflation mechanism occurs at - (answers)prior onset of ventricular systole
Air Methods Pre-Hire Exam 2025
EXAM QUESTIONS |FREQUENTLY
TESTED QUESTIONS ||VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS (100% CORRECT)
ST elevation is associated with - (answers)myocardial injury
ST depressions is associated with - (answers)ischemia, old infarction, digitalis
toxicity
Q wave with ST elevation - (answers)acute injury
Q wave with ST depression - (answers)indeterminate
Q wave without ST changes - (answers)old infarction
coronary artery occlusion: anterior - (answers)LAD
coronary artery occlusion: inferior - (answers)RCA
coronary artery occlusion: posterior - (answers)LCX or RCA
Coronary Artery Occlusion: lateral - (answers)LCX
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coronary artery occlusion: septal - (answers)LAD
Inferior MI: elevation leads? reciprocal leads? - (answers)elevation: II, III, aVF.
reciprocal: I, aVL, V1-V4
anterior-septal MI: elevation leads? reciprocal leads? - (answers)elevation: V1-V4.
reciprocal: II,III, aVF, aVL
Lateral MI: elevation leads? reciprocal leads? - (answers)elevation: I, aVL, V5, V5.
reciprocal: II, III, aVF
Posterior MI: elevation leads? reciprocal leads? - (answers)elevation: V6.
reciprocal: V1-V4
Junction (J) Point - (answers)end of QRS & beginning of ST segment where QRS
stops and makes a sudden SHARP change of direction
Delta wave is associated with - (answers)Wolff-Parkinson White Syndrome
where is the delta wave on EKG - (answers)Bump in the beginning of the QRS
wave
Osborne wave is associated with - (answers)Hypothermia
,3
Peaked/tented T waves indicate - (answers)hyperkalemia
Peaked P waves/ flattened T waves/ U waves indicate - (answers)hypokalemia
Wide QRS could indicate x2 - (answers)BBB present, TCA overdose
Prolonged QT interval could indicate - (answers)TCA overdose
history of tricyclic antidepressant overdose can exhibit what ECG tracing -
(answers)prolonged QT interval
what is the amount of blood in the ventricles at end-diastole - (answers)Preload
(right= CVP, left= PAOP)
what is the resistance the ventricles must overcome to eject blood into the
pulmonary and systemic circulation - (answers)afterload (SVR)
Stroke volume is dependent on - (answers)contractility, preload, afterload
sequence blood flows throughout the heart valves - (answers)Tricuspid, Pulmonic,
Mitral, Aortic
, 4
common site affected for balloon dislodgment when treating your IABP patient -
(answers)left radial
contraindication for IABP - (answers)aortic aneurysm, aortic insufficiency, aortic
stents, AAA
"rust-colored flakes" in IABP tubing indicated - (answers)balloon rupture
how to determine early or late inflation in IABP - (answers)draw line from dicrotic
notch to inflation point
if the inflation point (IP) is 2mm+ from the dicrotic notch (DN), it indicates -
(answers)early inflation
primary trigger used from most IABP operations is the - (answers)EKG
IABP balloon inflation on EKG starts at - (answers)middle of T wave
IABP balloon deflation on EKG prior to - (answers)end of QRS complex
IABP inflation mechanism occurs at - (answers)onset of ventricular diastole
IABP deflation mechanism occurs at - (answers)prior onset of ventricular systole
