Exam 16: Medications and Electrical Therapy

Pacemaker batteries last 5 to 15 years,depending on their use.

Demand pacemakers fire only when needed.

Transvenous pacemaker electrodes are attached to the skin on the front and back of the patient.

A client who has overdosed on tricyclic antidepressants would most likely exhibit which of the following findings on an EKG?

Transcutaneous pacemakers are meant for permanent use.

Class I antiarrhythmics are called ________ channel blockers.

The primary function of an artificial pacemaker is to

Rate-responsive pacemakers provide a QRS after the patient's intrinsic P waves,up to a certain rate limit.

Amiodarone is used to treat ventricular and supraventricular rhythms.

Pacemaker spikes inside T waves and QRS complexes are a sign of which malfunction?

An AED is meant for use by health care workers only.

Atropine would NOT be appropriate in the treatment of

Which of the following describes undersensing?

The second letter of the pacemaker code tells the

When a pacemaker fires,it causes a ________ on the EKG.

A common cause of failure to fire is loss of capture.

Certain glaucoma medications can cause

One action that can correct failure to fire is to change the battery.

Treatment for V-fib is to immediately ________.

DDD pacemakers pace and sense which chamber(s)of the heart? ________.