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If the QRS complexes are close together the heart rate is?
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Fast
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Determining the heart rate helps you identify abnormal EKG rhythms?
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TRUE
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A benefit of using a shortcut method for determining the heart rate is that it?
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Is faster than counting the complexes found on a whole minute's worth of EKG tracing
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The 6-second interval X 10 method is?
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Can be used to estimate the heart rate in irregular rhythms
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The 300, 150, 75, 60, 50 method requires?
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To identify start point from which to identify where the next R-wave falls
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To use the 1500 method begin?
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Count the number of small squares between two consecutive waves and divide 1500 by that number
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Which method determines the heart rate in a regular rhythm accurately?
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1500 method
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The atrial heart rate is always the same as the ventricular heart rate?
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FALSE
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The average heart rate in the adult patient is between _____ bpm.
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60 and 100
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Tachycardia may?
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Be brought about by exercise and exertion
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It is unlikely that the patient's heart rate was actually 320 because?
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A. she was awakeb. blood pressure was not lowc. she was able to answer questions
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The most likely cause of the patient's fast heart rate was?
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Anxiety
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