ECG Basics Assessment – PSA

1. Type II second degree block is generally considered more serious than type I because in most cases of type II the:

2. Interpret the rhythm  strip below:

3. Interpret the Rhythm strip below:

4. On ECG graph paper, the vertical axis measures:

5. PVCs are most dangerous if they:

6. Interpret the rhythm  strip below:

7. The  P wave represents:

8. Myocardial injury is represented  on an ECG by the presence  of a

9. Pacemaker’s failure to capture is represented on the ECG as:

10. The depolarization of the ventricular myocardia is the:

11. Interpret the Rhythm strip below

12. The hallmark of a premature  atrial contraction  is a:

13. Interpret the Rhythm strip below:

14. In type I second degree AV block,  the PR interval:

15. Interpret the rhythm  strip below

16. Interpret the rhythm stri p below:

18. If electricity flows toward the positive electrode, the patterns produced on the graph paper will be upright

19. Interpret the rhythm stri p below:

20. A single  cardiac cycle  is expected to produce a single  heart  beat

21. Interpret the rhythm strip:

22. The term pulseless electrical activity refers to a condition in which there is:

23. On ECG graph paper, the horizontal axis measures:

26. In an accelerated junctional rhythm, the  QRS  complex appears

27. To gather  information about  impulse conduction from the atria to the ventricles, look at :

29. Myocardial ischemia may  cause  cells  in the AV node to repolarize: