Cardiology
What chamber of the heart has the thickest walls?
Left ventricle.
Nitroglycerin possesses which effects.
Vasodilation
The aorta Takes blood from what part of the heart and deliveries it where.
What is the Left Ventricle, The body.
How long do you check for a Pulse.
what is Less Then 5 seconds No longer then 10 seconds.
Chest pain associated with cardiac compromise often is described as _____ type of pain?
Pressure.
What is a side effect of Nitroglycerin.
Headache.
What type of valve Prevents Blood flow from the Left Atrium To the Left Ventricle?
What is Mitral Valve.
What question would be most appropriate to ask when assessing a Pt with chest Pain?
What does the Pain feel like and does it radiate.
Which of the following assessment findings would most likely indicate cardiac compromise.
A. Tachypnea B. Tachycardia C. Irregular Pulse D Sudden Fainting
C. irregular Pulse
what is a contradiction to ASA.
Hypertension.
What is the vale that is between the Right Atrium and Right ventricle?
What is Tricuspid Valve.
What encloses the heart and holds it in place?
The Pericardium.
Freshly Oxygenated blood returns to the heart via which blood vessels?
Pulmonary Vein.
what is the dose for ASA.
what is 4 81mg tablets. or 324mg
what is the part of the heart called that separates the two ventricles.
What is the Interventricular septum.
What is the most detrimental effect that tachycardia can have on a Pt experiencing Cardiac Compromise?
Increased oxygen Demand.
The Myocardium Receives its blood supply from the Coronary arteries that branch directly from the____?
Aorta
What is a contradiction EMT's need to ask the Pt Prior to giving Nitroglycerin.
No Erectile Disfunction Meds Have been taken.
Explain the path blood would take to get through the heart, Starting and the Right atrium and ending at the Body.
Blood enters the Right Atrium and is pumped into the Right ventricle, Then it is pumped to the Lungs to be oxygenated. The blood then return to the Left atrium and is pumped to the left ventricle and then pumped to the body.
What are the layers of the heart?
Epicardium, Myocardium, Endocardium.