Question 1
Your patient's temporary pacemaker lost capture when he turned from his back onto his side. What action is most likely to restore capture?
◦ Replace the pacemaker battery.
◦ Turn the sensitivity up.
◦ Turn the patient back onto his back.
◦ Surgically remove and replace the defective pacemaker.
Question 2
Mrs. McShelton has a VVI pacemaker. She is having pacemaker spikes in the T waves, QRS complexes, and ST segments of her intrinsic beats. This is indicative of
◦ undersensing.
◦ failure to fire.
◦ a normally functioning pacemaker.
◦ loss of capture.