Level IA ECG Board Certification Exam for Medical Surgical Staff Nurses
(Identify each of the entities below from rhythm strips
only; no 12-leads.)
Level IB ECG Board Certification Exam for Telemetry,
ED, and
Progressive Care Staff Nurses:
Identify each of the entities below from rhythm strips and basic 12-leads where
needed.
Sinus rhythm
Sinus bradycardia
Sinus tachycardia
Sinus arrhythmia
Sinus pause and arrest
Sick sinus syndrome
Right bundle branch block
Left bundle branch block
Atrial premature beats conducted normally, with bundle branch block aberration,
and non-conducted
Atrial fibrillation: slow, controlled, rapid
Atrial flutter
Atrial tachycardia
Junctional rhythm
Junctional premature beats
Junctional escape beats
Accelerated Junctional rhythm
Junctional tachycardia
Ventricular premature beats
Ventricular escape beats
Ventricular rhythm
Accelerated idioventricular rhythm
Ventricular tachycardia
First degree AV block
Second degree AV block type I (Wenckebach)
Second degree AV block type II (Mobitz II)
High grade AV block
Complete heart block
Patterns suggestive of myocardial ischemia
Patterns suggestive of myocardial injury
Hyperkalemia
Hypokalemia
Patterns Suggestive of Myocardial Ischemia
Patterns Suggestive of Myocardial Injury
Right bundle branch block
Left bundle branch block
qMonitoring leads to identify ventricular ectopy versus bundle branch
block
qAtrial premature beats conducted, non-conducted, conducted with bundle
branch block aberration
qVentricular tachycardia associated with myocardial infarction
qRight ventricular ectopic beats or rhythm
qLeft ventricular ectopic beats or rhythm
qMonitoring for lethal arrhythmias
qSupraventricular tachycardia with and without bundle branch block
qHyperkalemia
qHypokalemia
qAtrial fibrillation
qAtrial flutter with and without bundle branch block
qMobitz type I heart block (Wenckebach type I)
qMobitz type II heart block
qComplete heart block criteria
qCommon patterns of myocardial ischemia
qST-T elevation as identifier of acute MI
qLeads oriented to inferior, anterior, septal, lateral, posterior, and
right
ventricle surfaces
qIdentify inferior infarction from the 12-lead
qIdentify the less obvious ischemic patterns on the 12-lead ECG
qTransmural infarction
qNormal ST segment length
qProlonged QT