labs cardiac Flashcards
the _____has the thickest walls as it pumps blood to ______
left ventricles
sytemic circulation
freshly oxygenated blood enters the heart through the _____ and pumped into the ____
left atrium
aorta
ACS meaning
acute cornoary syndrome
GTN means
glycerol trinitrate
2 signs of myocardial infarction
ST elevation
Abnormal Q wave development
STEMI means
ST elevation myocardial infarction
normal st segment on an ecg is
iso-electric
cardia output is calculated by
heart stroke multiplied by stroke volume
shockable rhtym
ventricular tachycardia without a pulse
ventricullar fibrillation
congestive hesrt failure is a condition where excessive fluid bluilds up in
lungs
most important cue of ventricular fibrillation is
no audible heart beas, no palpable pulse, no responsiveness
ventricular fibrillation causes
ineffective quivering of the ventricles
ventricullar fibrillation has a rate exceeding
300 beats per min