Sepsis
Cardiac Rhythms
Cardiac Surgery/Interventions
Miscellaneous
Medications
100
The amount of time in which you should get antibiotics into a patient with sepsis.
What is one hour?
100
This rhythm is characterized by a normal QRS complex but a lack of a P-wave.
What is atrial fibrillation?
100
This lab value demonstrates stress on the heart.
What is troponin?
100
These are the three common locations to place an arterial line.
What are femoral, radial, and brachial.
100
This medication should not be administered if the patient has taken a phosphodiesterase inhibitor recently.
What is nitroglycerin?
200
The formula for fluid resuscitation in sepsis patients.
What is 30ml/kg?
200
This piece of the cardiac rhythm will be affected during a STEMI.
What is the ST segment?
200
This phenomenon is characterized by JVD, muffled heart tones, and hypotension.
What is Beck's Triad?
200
This is something you should NEVER do with an arterial line.
What is infuse medications?
200
This type of medication is titrated based upon the reading of the arterial line.
What are vasopressors?
300
This stage of shock is characterized by some small physiological changes, but some values may still be normal.
What is compensatory stage?
300
If you see this funky rhythm, this is the drug you should administer.
What is magnesium?
300
In an active STEMI, a patient should be to the cath lab within how many minutes?
What is 90 minutes?
300
This is characterized by the usage of all clotting factors in combination with active bleeding.
What is DIC?
300
While lowering blood pressure is a side effect of this medication, it is typically given for rate control.
What is metoprolol?
400
This is what a lactic acid is representative of.
What is anaerobic respiration?
400
The electrolyte may be off if you see this rhythm: 
What is potassium?
400
These are some of the medications that can be given for chest pain (must name at least two).
What are Aspirin, Nitroglycerin, Fentanyl, Morphine.
400
This is the overproduction of proteins causing organ damage, especially the lungs and kidneys.
What is a cytokine storm?
400
This is the choice for fluid volume resuscitation.
What is Normal Saline?
500
These must be drawn as a part of the sepsis bundle.
What are two sets of blood cultures?
500
Longer, longer, longer drop, then we have this.
What is a Wenckebach?
500
This procedure is used to drain fluid from around the heart.
What is a pericardialcentesis?
500
This is the infection of the sternal incision after a CABG.
What is mediastinitis?
500
This medication is given for pericarditis.
What is colchicine?