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Advent Health ECG (New 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers _ 100% Correct_ Graded A QUESTION What is the treatment for a-fib? Answer: 1. drugs -calcium channel blocker -beta blockers -digoxin. 2. cardioversion if medicines does not work QUESTION What is the difference between controlled and uncontrolled afib? Answer: controlled is less then 100 and its uncontrolled if its greater than 100 QUESTION T or F: Ventricular rate during a fi...

Advent Health EKG (New 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers _ 100% Correct_ Graded A QUESTION T or F: Both atrium chambers and ventricle chambers goes thru systole and diastole Answer: True QUESTION What is the cardiac output? Answer: amount of blood being pumped out of the aorta per minute QUESTION What is the normal adult cardiac output? Answer: 4-8L/minute QUESTION What affects the CO? Answer: 1. age 2. metabolic...

Advent Health EKG (New 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers with Diagrams and Illustrations_ 100% Correct QUESTION Junctional Tachycardia Answer: Same criteria as Junctional Rhythm, except the Ventricular rate is 100-150 QUESTION Premature atrial complexes Answer: The impulse is an irritable focus within the Atrium which fires prematurely and produces a single ectopic beat • Key to diagnosis: early P wave noted, which may appear slightly diff ...

Advent Health ECG (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct| Grade A Q: What can be the cause of sinus tachycardia? Answer: 1. infections 2. fever 3. hypoxia 4. shock 5. Q: How to treat a patient with sinus tachycardia? Answer: 1. assess the patient 2. treat the underlying cause -pain -dehydration Q: What is sinus arrhytmia? Answer: SA node is firing in a irregular rate Q: SA arrhytmias are mostly related to what tw...

Advent Health EKG (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct| Grade A Q: What valve is located between right atrium and right ventricle? Answer: tricuspid valve Q: What valve prevents the backflow of blood from the pulmonic artery to the ventricles? Answer: pulmonic valve Q: What valve prevents the backflow of blood from the aortic artery to the ventricles? Answer: aortic valve Q: What is the shake of the semilunar valves? ...

Afib The impulse originates in the Atria • The Atrial rate is > 300 and unable to measure [N/A] • No discernable P waves - PRI & Atrial rhythm cannot be measured [N/A] • The Ventricular rhythm is irregular • QRS within normal limits • If the Ventricular rate is <100 the rhythm is controlled A-fib; if the Ventricular rate is > 100 the rhythm is uncontrolled A-fib • This is a chronic rhythm for some patients Treatment: controlled patients: anticoagulants and antiarryt...

Afib The impulse originates in the Atria • The Atrial rate is > 300 and unable to measure [N/A] • No discernable P waves - PRI & Atrial rhythm cannot be measured [N/A] • The Ventricular rhythm is irregular • QRS within normal limits • If the Ventricular rate is <100 the rhythm is controlled A-fib; if the Ventricular rate is > 100 the rhythm is uncontrolled A-fib • This is a chronic rhythm for some patients Treatment: controlled patients: anticoagulants and antiarryt...

Advent Health EKG Questions and Answers Rated A Afib The impulse originates in the Atria • The Atrial rate is > 300 and unable to measure [N/A] • No discernable P waves - PRI & Atrial rhythm cannot be measured [N/A] • The Ventricular rhythm is irregular • QRS within normal limits • If the Ventricular rate is <100 the rhythm is controlled A-fib; if the Ventricular rate is > 100 the rhythm is uncontrolled A-fib • This is a chronic rhythm for some patients Treatment: controlle...