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EKG quiz: rhythm and practice questions
An EKG practice test with 15 questions on waves, intervals, the paper grid and rhythms in words. Free score, no sign-up. For study only.
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EKG basics · Question 1 of 15
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The P wave on an ECG represents
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Two more quizzes and a printable answer key
- Rhythm recognition (15 questions): Sinus, atrial, ventricular rhythms and heart blocks, each described in words.
- Intervals and rate math (15 questions): Small and large boxes, 6-second strip rates and interval conversions.
- A printable answer key for all 45 questions. Only the key prints.
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Where the facts come from
Every fact is reworded from these free open textbooks. Small-box and large-box arithmetic is worked out from the grid values they give.
- OpenStax, Anatomy and Physiology 2e: 19.2 Cardiac Muscle and Electrical Activity
- Open RN, Nursing Advanced Skills: 7.2 Basic Concepts
- Open RN, Nursing Advanced Skills: 7.3 A Systematic Approach to Interpreting an ECG
- Open RN, Nursing Advanced Skills: 7.4 ECG Patterns and Dysrhythmias
- Open RN, Nursing Advanced Skills: 7.7 Checklist: Obtain a 12-Lead ECG
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Yes. The 15 questions and your score are free and need no sign-up. An email unlocks two more sets of 15 (rhythm recognition, and intervals and rate math) and a printable answer key.
The P wave, QRS complex and T wave; the PR, QRS and QT intervals and the durations Open RN lists for them; the small and large boxes on ECG paper and the 6-second rate count; where chest leads V1 to V6 go; and sinus rhythms, atrial fibrillation and flutter, PVCs, ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation and the heart blocks, each described in words.
No. Every rhythm is described in words, the way a textbook table describes it, so you can study the patterns without a picture to memorize. This quiz is for study only. It does not teach you to read anyone’s tracing and is not for use with a real person’s tracing.
Every question is reworded from two free open textbooks, OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e (section 19.2) and Open RN Nursing Advanced Skills (chapter 7). Durations are stated the way those books list them. Check anything important against your own course materials.
Yes. ECG stands for electrocardiogram, and EKG is the same word abbreviated with a K, from the German term for cardiology.
Yes, once you have signed up. The bonus opens on this page and includes a printable answer key for all 45 questions. Only the key prints.
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