CARDIAC AND RESPIRATORY

MONITORING AND SPECIAL

TECHNIQUES (RTH350)
Week Three
Pre Test
 Pre-Test
• A senior respiratory therapist is educating a respiratory therapy student
about a cardiac dysrhythmia patient and their condition. Which of the
following statements regarding the function of the AV node in an adult
patient is not true?
a) AV node is placed in the left atrium and produces 60-100b/m.
b) AV node is placed in the right atrium and can produce 60b/m.
c) AV node is placed in the right atrium and it organizes transmission the
impulses to the burkinji fibres.
d) AV node is placed in the right atrium and produces 60-100b/m.
Pre-Test
• Before beginning treatment, the respiratory therapist assessed the ECG of a
critically ill patient. The therapist was unable to identify a QRS wave following
the P wave on the ECG. This finding could be interpreted as:
a) The patient might have problem in the ventricle.
b) The patient may have problem in the left atrium.
c) The patient may have problem in the right atrium.
d) The patient may have problem in his/her both atriums.
Pre-Test
Amal is 45 years old, she has been arrived to the emergency
department with sever substernal chest pain. The RT checked the
ECG for her. To diagnose presence of angina or MI, the RT should
monitor:

a) P wave and QT interval.

b) ST segment and PR interval.
c) ST segment and T wave.
d) QRS wave and U wave.
Pre-Test
• On the ECG, the elevation of the ST segment for more than 1 square
could mean that:
a) There is an occlusion of more than 75% of the coronary arteries.
b) There is an occlusion of more than 90% of the coronary arteries.
c) The coronary artery is fully occluded.
d) There is no occlusion in the coronary artery at all.
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• Absence of U wave on ECG should be signed as:
a) Significant abnormal finding.
b) Abnormal finding.
c) Normal finding.
d) There is a need for repeating the ECG.
•Thank You