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Theme 5 Toni Cardiovascular System Flashcards

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What is the average blood pressure

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120-140 over 80-90

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What is the cardiac cycle?

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When the heart pumps blood by a series of muscle contraction and relaxations between each beat

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3
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What is diastolic

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The relation of the heart

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What is systolic

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The contraction of the heart

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5
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describe a ventricular heart rate

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Rapid, wide irregular ventricular complexes

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Describe atrial fibrillation heart rate

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Baseline irregular. Ventricular responses irregular

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7
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Is atrial or ventricular fibrillation life threatening

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Ventricular fibrillation

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Impact of atrial fibrillation

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Ventricles don’t fully fill with blood, fast heart beat, sometimes palpitations, could cause a stroke

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Impact of ventricular fibrillation

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The heart is no longer an effective pump can cause death if life support isn’t used immediately (defibrillator)

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What is the signs of bradycardia on an ecg

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Complexes are normal, evenly spaced but beats per minute rate less than 60

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Tachycardia signs on an ecg

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Complexes are normal and evenly spaced but heart rate is more than 100 beats per minute

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Arrhythmia signs ecg

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All complexes are normal but an irregular rhythm

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13
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What blood can someone be given with AB blood

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Any blood

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What blood can someone with o blood be given

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Only o

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What is the most common blood type

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O Ph positive

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16
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What is the universal blood type

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O Rh negative

17
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Why is the cardiovascular system described as a circulatory system?

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The heart pumps the blood around the heart twice per circuit (deoxygenated to the lungs and oxygenated around the body)

18
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What is the role of the SAN?

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It sets the rate at which the heart contracts

19
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What does the bundle of his do?

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It transmits the impulses to the lest and right bundle branches and into the ventricles causing synchronised contractions of the ventricles.

20
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What is coronary heart disease

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A building up of fatty deposits in the coronary artery

21
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What health problems does coronary heart disease cause

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Heart attacks, heart failure, lack of blood flow causing death.

22
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What are the causes of coronary heart disease

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high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking

23
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What is atherosclerosis?

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The process of the walls of the arteries becoming furred up with fatty deposits

24
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What is atheroma

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Fatty deposits

25
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Symptoms of coronary heart disease

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Angina- chest pain
Breathlessness
Heart attack
Heart failure
Dizziness
Cold sweats
Weakness

26
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What are the treatments of coronary heart disease

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Blood thinning medication
Statins
Beta blockers
Lifestyle changes (exercise, stop smoking)
Surgery (stents and transplants)

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