EKG Chapter 1

1. When performing an ECG, you should know the equipment, infection control principles, communication techniques, and safety guidelines,

True

False

2. A 12-lead ECG can be obtained by an electrocardiogram in which health care venues?

Hospital, clinics, doctor's office and emergency

Home, school, and company

Mall, hotel, and restrant

3. Who should sign the consent form is a patient cannot read or write?

Doen't matter the patient understant or not, the patient should need to sign

Doen't matter who sign the consent form

Family member or a witness but patient should write an X if possible

4. Standard precautions are guidelines written for health care providers to help prevent the spread of infection

True

False

5. Abnormal or absence of normal heartbeat, also known as dysrhymia

Arrhythmia

Defibrillator

AED

6. Related to the heart and blood vessels (veins and arteries)

Electrocardiogram

Cardiovascular

Electrocardiology

7. Which of the following are measures to ensure that our patients's information is protected?

Standard precautions

Isolation procedures

Patient's bill of rights

HIPAA

8. What measures would you use to prevent the spread of infection to you or your patients?

Follow universal and standard precaution

Follow hospital's infection precaution

Doen't matter as long as handwashing

9. The main responsibility of an ECG monitor technician is to

Determine whether an abnormal heart rhythm occurs

View the ECG tracing

Alert the health care professional

All of the above

10. An automatic external defibrillator (AED) is used to treat what conditions?

Heart disease, chest trauma, and disorder in heart rate

Sudden cardiac arrest, ventricular fibrillation, or pulseless ventricular tachycardia

Stress, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol

11. A continuous ECG monitor is used most commonly in a(n)

Physician's office

Hospital

Assisted-living center

Clinic

12. Which of the following is most commonly performed in a clinic or hospital?

Transtelephonic monitoring

Ambulatory monitoring

12-lead ECG

Defibrillation

13. The first ECG machine was developed inby____He won the Nobel Prize for this invention.

1903, Wilhelm Einthoven

1918, James B. Herrick

1876, Augusta D. Waller

1945, Sir Thomas Lewis

14. When caring for patients and recording an ECG, you may encounter many situations that require you to

Critically think about the situation

Always follw the same steps each time

Not worry about what the patient tells you

Not prepare for what may possibly be asked of you during the procedure

15. Transtelephonic minitoring allows for information to be

Reviewed immediately by a physician

Transmitted over a telephone

Submitted for billing purposes only

Recorded by a computerized device

16. When speaking to a person who is hard of hearing, it is important that you

Look directly at the patient

Speak slowly and distinctly

Speak into the hearing aid if the patient has one

All of the above

17. A transtelephonic monitor transmits an ECG over the internet.

True

False

18. The study of the heart's electrical activity

Electrocardiograph

Electrocardiogram

Electrocardiology

19. Which of the following is not a reason that an ECG is performed?

To determine how well the heart is pumping

To determine if a person will experience a heart attack in the next month

To check for rhythm abnormalities before surgery

To determine the cause of an irregular heartbeat

20. What is the single most important procedure you can perform to prevent the spread of infection?

Use of standard precautions

Hand hygiene

Patient education

Communication

21. _____________is the key to sussessful recording of an ECG.

Hand hygiene

Communication

Patient education

HIPAA

22. Who invented the galvanometer and won the Nobel Prize?

Wilhelm Einthoven

Dr. Augusta D. Waller

Sir Thomas Lewis

23. An ECG techinician's role includes the following

Record the ECG tracing, prepare a report for the physician, and determines accuracy of the tracing

View and evaluate the electrical tracings of patients' hearts on an oscilloscope

Assist physicians with invasive cardiovascular diagnostic tests such as angioplasty, heart surgery and implantation of artificial pacemakers

24. A tracing of the signal produced by the heart's electrical activity and used for diagnostic evaluation of the heart

Electrocardiogram

Electrocardiograph

Cardiovascular

25. Your most important duties include monitoring an ECG tracing and notifying the physician of abnormalities. You are most likely a(n)

ECG monitor technician

Cardiovascular technologist

ECG technician or medical assistant

Physician's assistant

26. Used to analyze the heart rhythm and produce a shock if necessary

AED

Arrhythmia

Defibrillator

27. A defibrillator can be used

To treat an abnormal heart rhythm

Without training

To produce an electrical rhythm

To record only ECG rhythms

28. Which of the following is not a reason for performing an ECG?

To evaluate heart conditions

To check for problems with the flow of electricity through the heart

To see how well the heart is contracting and pumping

To evaluate the rate and rhythm of breathing

29. A machine that produces and sends an electrical shock to the heart that is intended to correct the abnormal electrical pattern of the heart

Cardiovascular

AED

Defibillator

30. Which physician invented an instrument to dectect electrograph waves?

Sir Thomas Lewis

William Einthoven

Augusta Walker

Joseph Electrocardiograph

31. An instrument used to record the electrical activity of the heart

AED

Electrocardiogram

Electrocardiograph

32. To write derogatory words about a patient is known as

Slander

Libel

Ethical

Unethical

33. Who discovered myocardia infarcions (heart attacks)?

Dr. Augusta D. Waller

Wilhelm Einthoven

James B. Herrick

34. Who studied how the ECG related to cardia arrhythmias and current knowledge about ECG?

Sir Thomas Lewis

Dr. Augusta D. Waller

Wilhelm Einthoven

35. Who discoverd ECG? or Who is credited with having performed the first ECG on a human?

Wilhelm Einthoven

Dr. Augusta D. Waller

Sir Thomas Lewis

36. ECG moniotr technicians

Assist physicians with invasive cardiovascular diagnostic tests such as angioplasty, heart surgery and implantation of artificial pacemakers

View and evaluate the electrical tracings of patients' hearts on an oscilloscope

37. An ECG machine produces and records the eletrical activity of the heart

True

False

EKG Chapter 1

1. When performing an ECG, you should know the equipment, infection control principles, communication techniques, and safety guidelines,

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. A 12-lead ECG can be obtained by an electrocardiogram in which health care venues?

3. Who should sign the consent form is a patient cannot read or write?

4. Standard precautions are guidelines written for health care providers to help prevent the spread of infection

5. Abnormal or absence of normal heartbeat, also known as dysrhymia

6. Related to the heart and blood vessels (veins and arteries)

7. Which of the following are measures to ensure that our patients's information is protected?

8. What measures would you use to prevent the spread of infection to you or your patients?

9. The main responsibility of an ECG monitor technician is to

10. An automatic external defibrillator (AED) is used to treat what conditions?

11. A continuous ECG monitor is used most commonly in a(n)

12. Which of the following is most commonly performed in a clinic or hospital?

13. The first ECG machine was developed in______________by__________________He won the Nobel Prize for this invention.

14. When caring for patients and recording an ECG, you may encounter many situations that require you to

15. Transtelephonic minitoring allows for information to be

16. When speaking to a person who is hard of hearing, it is important that you

17. A transtelephonic monitor transmits an ECG over the internet.

18. The study of the heart's electrical activity

19. Which of the following is not a reason that an ECG is performed?

20. What is the single most important procedure you can perform to prevent the spread of infection?

21. _____________is the key to sussessful recording of an ECG.

22. Who invented the galvanometer and won the Nobel Prize?

23. An ECG techinician's role includes the following

24. A tracing of the signal produced by the heart's electrical activity and used for diagnostic evaluation of the heart

25. Your most important duties include monitoring an ECG tracing and notifying the physician of abnormalities. You are most likely a(n)

26. Used to analyze the heart rhythm and produce a shock if necessary

27. A defibrillator can be used

28. Which of the following is not a reason for performing an ECG?

29. A machine that produces and sends an electrical shock to the heart that is intended to correct the abnormal electrical pattern of the heart

30. Which physician invented an instrument to dectect electrograph waves?

31. An instrument used to record the electrical activity of the heart

32. To write derogatory words about a patient is known as

33. Who discovered myocardia infarcions (heart attacks)?

34. Who studied how the ECG related to cardia arrhythmias and current knowledge about ECG?

35. Who discoverd ECG? or Who is credited with having performed the first ECG on a human?

36. ECG moniotr technicians

37. An ECG machine produces and records the eletrical activity of the heart

13. The first ECG machine was developed inby____He won the Nobel Prize for this invention.