Health & Medical Homework Help

1. What colour is used for the patient’s LA limb lead?

2. How many physical lead wires are required to

produce 3 ECG views, lead I, lead II and lead III?

3. The lead III electrical view of the heart amplifies

the signal between which limb leads?

4. Name the 3 augmented views.

5. Where is the virtual lead located for the a VR view?

6. How many different ECG waveform views of the

patient’s heart are available via the 3 limb leads?

7. In a standard 12-lead ECG, how many ECG

waveform views of the heart are available?

8. In a standard 12-lead ECG view, how many

physical lead wires are required?

9. What is the definition of an arrhythmia?

10. What is the definition of an atrial fibrillation?

11. Is ventricular fibrillation a dangerous situation and

why?

12. How does a biomed deal with users complaining

about an erratic ECG waveform(s)?

13. Outline proper skin-prep.

14. ECG rate is commonly calculated by measuring

what?

15. When is diagnostic mode used?

16. What is the purpose of trending?

17. If the user placed the RA patient lead on the LA

electrode and the LA patient lead on the RA

electrode, what would be the symptom?

18. Outline the specific tests a biomed performs on the

ECG parameter during a PM.