WGU SCHOOL OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF NURSING GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING EXAMINATION -2026| THEORIES OF AGING Course Title: Theories of Aging and Gerontological Practice Course Code: NUR 301 Academic Year: 2025/2026 Level: Bach

NATIONAL REGISTRY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS
(NREMT)
PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026| VENTRICULAR DYSRHYTHMIAS
(Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation, Torsades de Pointes)
EMT-Basic / Advanced EMT / Paramedic (Practice Assessment)
Cognitive and Clinical Application| 2025/2026 Academic Cycle




Where are the ventricular pacemaker cells found?

A) At the bundle of His

B) At the AV node

C) At the Purkinje fibers

D) At the SA node

C




What is the inherent rate of the Purkinje network?

A) 20 to 40 bpm

B) 40 to 60 bpm

C) 60 to 100 bpm

D) 100 to 150 bpm

A




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, In all ventricular dysrhythmias, which of the following qualities describes P-P intervals?

A) Biphasic

B) Missing

C) Regular

D) Irregular

B




QRS complexes that measure 0.12 seconds or greater and a heart rate between 20 and 40 bpm
indicate that the impulses causing ventricular depolarization are coming from which location?

A) AV node

B) SA node

C) Interatrial pathways

D) Purkinje fibers

D




What is the term for ventricular rhythms that originate in the Purkinje network?

A) Junctional escape rhythms

B) Ventricular escape rhythms

C) Asystole rhythms

D) Agonal rhythms

B




Why do ventricular rhythms occur?


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