Monitor

A. Your patient is a 67-year-old female with a history of cardiac problems. After

attaching her to the monitor, you see a slightly irregular rhythm with normal

QRS complexes, but each P9 wave is different. This rhythm is (LO 13.4)

a. frequent PACs.

b. sinus arrest.

c. sinus dysrhythmia.

d. wandering atrial pacemaker.

B. The heart rate characteristic of atrial tachycardia is __ beats per

minute. (LO 13.5)

a. 60 to 100

b. 100 to 150

c. 150 to 250

d. 300 to 350 The QRS complexes seen with atrial tachycardia are normally __

seconds in duration.

a. 0.06 to 0.10

b. 0.10 to 0.20

c. 0.12 to 0.20

d. 0.20 to 0.24

C. List the treatments for stable SVT.

D. List the treatments for unstable SVT.

E. With MAT, the

a. P9 waves have the same morphology from beat to beat.

b. heart rate is 100 to 250 beats per minute.

c. QRS complexes are usually greater than 0.12 seconds.

d. Both b and c.