Cardio final

Question 1

Signs of right sided heart failure

Answer 1

backs up to the rest of the body peripheral edema, left heart failure backs up to the lungs

Question 2

Signs of PVD

Answer 2

Bruits, murmurs

Question 3

Pulsus alternans

Answer 3

weakening and stregthening of pulse reflecting as taller or shorter QRS

Question 4

Leading cause of right sided heart failure

Answer 4

left sided heart failure

Question 5

Most common cause ofdeath in AMI

Answer 5

Ventricular arrhythmias

Question 6

Signs of thoracic aneurysm

Answer 6

chest pain and difference in BP

Question 7

V1 and V2 assess the septum

Answer 7

infarcts in this area likely to go into complete heart block

Question 8

Signs of inferior and RVMI along with treatment

Answer 8

brady, hypotension, nausea, vomiting, changes in lead 2,3,and aVF

Question 9

Seniors are at greater risk for morality associated with AMI

Question 10

ventricles pump from

Answer 10

the apex upwards to push open the semi-lunar valves

Question 11

Drug best suited for A-Fib/Flutter with RVR

Answer 11

Diltiazem .25mg/kg

Question 12

Leading cause of death in US for all ages

Answer 12

AMI

Question 13

Palliation

Answer 13

make better/comfortable

Question 14

PND and LFH

Answer 14

common presentation of someone in left sided heart failure

Question 15

When high BP due to vasoconstriction use______?

Answer 15

alpha blocker or ACE inhibitor

Question 16

PR interval

Answer 16

.12-.20

Question 17

Once pacing is begun, avoid ______?

Answer 17

discontinuing even if painful

Question 18

Define different types of angina

Answer 18

stable, unstable, prinsmetal angina

Question 19

ACE inhibitors have ______?

Answer 19

little or no effect on heart rate

Question 20

Recognize a STEMI

Answer 20

Elevation greater than 2mm in 2 or more contiguous leads

Question 21

Difference between cardioversion and defib

Answer 21

Cardiovert the living, defib the dead

Question 22

After ROSC initiate a drip of ______?

Answer 22

the drug that converted them

Question 23

Breath sounds change with pulmonary edema

Answer 23

Crackles, Rhales, Rhonchi

Question 24

LAD covers ______?

Answer 24

all bundle branches

Question 25

New onset of irregular rhythm in presence of AMI

Answer 25

increases the risk of arrest and the need for cpr

Question 26

Define cardiogenic shock and how it relates to metabolic demand and supply

Answer 26

looks like left heart failure but blood pressure is bad. increases oxygen demand and body is unable to keep up, often leads to acidosis

Question 27

Coronary artery supply and AMI location on 12-lead

Answer 27

2, 3, aVF

Question 28

Method to count HR when irregular

Answer 28

6 Second

Question 29

Signs and symptoms of tamponade

Answer 29

Beck's triade, pulsus paradoxus

Question 30

When hypoxemia during AMI give oxygen

Answer 30

4 lpm

Question 31

AMI location on EKG

Answer 31

2 ,3, aVF ST elevation

Question 32

When performing TCP in unconscious patient verify mechanical capture and

Answer 32

electrical capture

Question 33

Signs and symptoms of cardiogenic shock

Answer 33

pink frothy sputum, PND

Question 34

what is needed to truly analyze the ST segment?

Answer 34

12-lead

Question 35

Long term hypertension leads to

Answer 35

Stroke and heart attack

Question 36

MONA is used for

Answer 36

MI's

Question 37

Patients with possible DVT

Answer 37

Monitor for increased respiratory difficulty

Question 38

What interferes with compensatory dilation and constriction of arteries

Answer 38

Atherosclerosis

Question 39

Aortic aneurysms are potentially

Answer 39

Lethal

Question 40

Treatment for PEA

Answer 40

CPR

Question 41

Review GCS, indications for fibrinolytic, and need to go directly to MRI

Answer 41

Less than 8 intubate

Question 42

Major LAD AMI'sare at risk for heart failure and pulmonary edema

Answer 42

high risk of going in failure and pulmonary edema

Question 43

voltage is measured in what when pacing

Answer 43

Milliamps

Question 44

Order of bradycardia algorithm

Answer 44

Atropine while preparing to pace, Epi, Dopamine

Question 45

______ are most likely to be under assessed

Answer 45

Atypical AMI patients

Question 46

During a hypertensive event pulse will be _______?

Answer 46

Bounding

Question 47

Cor pulmonale

Answer 47

right sided heart failure secondary to lung disease

Question 48

Properties of cardiac cells

Answer 48

Automaticity, excitablity, contractility