EKG Review 2: SSS and Heart Blocks

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1. What rhythm is associated with a tachycardic rhythm, then a bradycardic?
  a. First Degree Hearth Block
  b. Sick Sinus Rhythm
  c. Third Degree Heart Block
  d. Sinus Rhythm
2. What must the PR interval exceed to be considered a First Degree Heart Block?
  a. Greater than 0.20 seconds
  b. 0.12-0.20 seconds
  c. 0.08-0.12 seconds
  d. It does not matter in First Degree Heart Block.
3. Does it matter if there is a 1:1 conduction of P waves to QRS waves in a First Degree Heart Block?
  a. Yes, it must be to be a First Degree Heart Block.
  b. No
  c. Only in the Heart Blocks
  d. I don't know.
4. Can medications such as quinidine, procanimide, digitalis, beta blockers, and calcium channel blockers cause a First Degree Heart Block?
  a. Yes
  b. No
  c. Only beta blockers
  d. Only procanimide
5. Is Wenckebach, or Mobitz I characterized by a progressive delay of conduction at the AV node, until the conduction is completely blocked, causing a dropped QRS (longer PR intervals until a QRS is dropped)?
  a. Yes
  b. No
  c. Only when digitalis is used
  d. I have no idea.
6. Is the treatment for Mobitz I or Wenckeback lidocaine to stop the arrhythmia?
  a. Yes
  b. No, Atropine is used to treat symptomatic Mobitz I or Wenckeback.
  c. Only when digitalis is used

  d. I have no idea
7. Is Mobitz II or Second Degree Heart Block Type II characterized by two, three or four P waves before each QRS due to a block of the nonconducted P waves?
  a. Yes
  b. No
  c. Only when death is imminent.
  d. I have no idea.
8. Can Mobitz II or Second Degree Heart Block Type II progress to a Third Degree Heart Block or Ventricular Standstill?
  a. Yes
  b. Never

  c. Only when you give the wrong drugs

  d. Only when the patient is in trendelenburg
9. Is Third Degree Heart Block also known as a complete heart block?
  a. Yes
  b. No
  c. Only when at a slow rate
  d. Only when death is imminent
10. In Third Degree Heart Block, are the atria and ventricles beating independently from on another?
  a. Yes
  b. No
  c. Only when at a slow rate
  d. Only when the patient is pulseless
11. What interventions are done for a patient in Third Degree Heart Block?
  a. Put the patient in trendelenburg
  b. Do nothing, this is a normal rhythm
  c. Administer oxygen, get a set of vital signs, set up for a temporary pacemaker, call the MD, and possibly consider the use of atropine.

  d. Move the patient into an isolation room due to the contagious condition of Third Degree Heart Block
12. Should one always practice within the protocol for the hospital in delivering cardiac medications?
  a. Yes
  b. No
  c. Only when you are having a lucky day.
  d. Only when you don't want to be sued.