1. When you are evaluating a strip, you should think about your (mnemonic) _________ _ _ _______!
2. If you see a patient’s strip and it shows frequent unifocal PVCs and a rate of 70 BPM, you can assume that the patient is stable and that the rhythm is benign. True or False.
3. You should always let the patient tell you as much information as he or she can, uninterrupted. However, sometimes, you just have to start asking questions. This is especially true when the patient is scared or anxious. Don’t be afraid to ask questions! True or False.
4. If the patient is having an arrhythmia that is hemodynamically stable according to his vital signs, but tells you that he is “going to die,” you can assume that he is going to be all right. True or False.
5. You should get in the habit of always checking both the heart rate on the monitor and the pulse rate on the patient. True or False.
6. The presence of __ waves is something that is critical in the evaluation of any rhythm abnormality.
7. The PR interval should be between ______ and ______ seconds wide.
8. Rhythms with upright P waves with short PR intervals are very rare and can be found in (pick all that are correct):
A. Sinus tachycardia
B. Junctional rhythms
C. WPW pattern
D. AVRT
E. LGL syndrome
F. Accelerated idioventricular
9. When you mine for gold, you should think about two basic principles: (1) Concentrate on the abnormality, and (2) the “_________ __ ________.”
10. In general, all of your findings will fit into one arrhythmia. True or False.
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