Chapter 15: Cardiovascular Emergencies

Question 1

AMI

Answer 1

Acute Myocardial Infarction

The interruption of blood supply to part of the heart from a blocked artery causing death of the heart muscle.

AKA: heart attack

Question 2

Angina Pectoris

Answer 2

Sudden chest pain due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle

Question 3

Aorta

Answer 3

The largest artery i nthe body.

Carries blood out of the left side of the heart to smaller arteries that travel through the entire body

Question 4

Aortic aneurysm

Answer 4

Aneurysm that occurs in the aorta

Question 5

Arrhythmia

Answer 5

Abnormal heart rhythm

Question 6

Asystole

Answer 6

Complete absence of a heartbeat due to a lack of electrical activity

Question 7

Atherosclerosis

Answer 7

Cholesterol and lipid plaques forming within the walls of the arteries

Question 8

AED

Answer 8

Automated external defibrillator

A device used to deliver an electrical shock to a patient to restore an effective heart rhythm

Question 9

Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Answer 9

Recognizes common lethal heart rhythms and then delivers a shock to restore an effective heart rhythm

Question 10

CPR

Answer 10

Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation

Procedure to revive a patient who is pulseless and not breathing

Question 11

Congestive Heart failure

Answer 11

CHF

Failure of the heart to efficiently pump blood to body tissues

Question 12

Coronary arteries

Answer 12

two arteries that come off the first part of the aorta that provide oxygenated nutrient rich blood to the heart muscle

Question 13

Coronary artery disease

Answer 13

Narrowing of the coronary arteries which supply blood and o2 to the heart muscles

Question 14

Defibrillation

Answer 14

restoration of a normal rhythm of the heart by electrical shock

Question 15

hypertension

Answer 15

abnormally high blood pressure

Question 16

hypotension

Answer 16

abnormally low blood pressure

Question 17

Myocardium

Answer 17

heart muscle tissue

Question 18

Pericarditus

Answer 18

Inflamation of the pericardium, or the sac that surrounds the heart

Question 19

Pulmonary edema

Answer 19

Accumulation of fluid in the lungs

Question 20

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Answer 20

Abrupt cessation of an effective heartbeat

Question 21

Ventricular assist device

Answer 21

Device implanted into the chest that assists the heart’s ventricle circulate blood to the body

Question 22

Ventricular Fibrilation

Answer 22

Chaotic and ineffective contraction of the ventricles that leads to cardiac arrest

Question 23

Ventricular tachycardia

Answer 23

rapid regular contraction of the ventricles that can lead to ineffective blood flow to body tissues and eventually cardiac arrest.