Circulatory Emergency

Question 1

Cardiovascular disease

Answer 1

Abnormal condition effecting the heart and blood vessels

Question 2

Angina

Answer 2

Chest pain

Question 3

Myocardial Infraction

Answer 3

Heart attack

Question 4

Stable angina

Answer 4

occurs while a patient
is exercising or under emotional stress and
follows a predictable pattern.

Question 5

Unstable ungina

Answer 5

It may occur when the patient is at
rest, last longer than 10 minutes, or not respond
to medication.

Question 6

Congestive Heart Failure

Answer 6

is an abnormal
condition in which the heart’s pumping ability
is diminished.

Question 7

Cardiac Arrest

Answer 7

Heart Stops Functioning

Question 8

Jugular Vein Distension

Answer 8

vein in the neck that indicates heart stops functioning

Question 9

Asystole

Answer 9

total absence of electrical activity in the heart

Question 10

Pulseless electrical activity

Answer 10

there is electrical in the heart but to weak to produce a pulse

Question 11

ventricular tachycardia

Answer 11

heart is to rapid contracting and not giving enough time to fill with blood between contraction

Question 12

venticular febrilator

Answer 12

causes heart muscle to quiver

Question 13

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Answer 13

CPR

Question 14

Chest recoil

Answer 14

letting the chest rise fully/normal way

Question 15

transient ishemic attack ( TIA)

Answer 15

mini stroke caused by reduced blood flow
to part of the brain

Question 16

cerebrovascular accident

Answer 16

stroke is a disruption of blood flow to a part
of the brain.

Question 17

ishemic stroke

Answer 17

occur when a cerebral artery
becomes blocked or narrowed

Question 18

FAST Method

Answer 18

stoke assessment face, arms, speech, time.

Question 19

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Answer 19

occurs when an artery
on the surface of the brain bursts

Question 20

Thrombotic strokes

Answer 20

occur when a blood clot
(thrombus) develops in a cerebral artery.

Question 21

Embolic strokes

Answer 21

occur when a piece of material
(embolus) forms outside of the brain and is carried
to the cerebral arteries by the circulatory system.

Question 22

HEMORRHAGIC STROKES

Answer 22

occur when there is a break
in one of the brain’s blood vessels.

Question 23

Intracerebral hemorrhage

Answer 23

occurs when a blood
vessel within the brain tissue bursts and spills
blood into the surrounding tissues.