This Heart...
These blood vessels carry blood AWAY from the heart.
What are Arteries?
Upper chambers of the heart that receive blood.
What are atriums (atria)?
This type of blood flows through the left side of the heart.
What is oxygenated?
A recording of the flow of electrical impulses that travel through the heart.
What is an EKG?
The heart beats about this many times in your life.
What is 2.5 billion?
This part of the heart points towards the right shoulder.
What is the base?
Valves between the atrium and the ventricles of the heart.
What are Atrioventricular Valves (AV)?
Deoxygenated blood enters the heart through this blood vessel. (2 possible answers)
What is the Inferior or Superior Vena Cava?
Rapid heart rate.
What is Tachycardia?
Your blood makes this many trips through your whole body a day.
What is 1000
The membrane/sac in which the heart is surrounded.
What is the Pericardium?
The pulmonary valve is located between the pulmonary artery and this heart chamber.
What is the right ventricle?
The exit blood vessel for oxygenated blood from the heart.
What is the aorta?
Pacemaker of the heart.
What is the sinoatrial node?
If someone has no pulse, you should do this.
What is CPR?
Thick muscular layer of the heart.
What is the Myocardium?
Valve between right atrium and right ventricle.
What is the tricuspid valve?
This part prevents blood from backflowing into the left atrium.
What is the mitral valve?
First beat of the heart.
What is the Diastole?
A heart can be shocked back into rhythm using a defibrillators during this state of the heart.
What is V-fib?
A patient enters the ER suffering with pain and over-exertion in his heart. A doctor checks his blood and finds his oxygenated blood and de-oxygenated blood are mixing! The doctor concludes that there is likely damage to the patients....
What is the Septum?
The doctor informs a patient that their coronary arteries have plaque buildup and low blood flow in these arteries. A possible symptom of this happening could be...
What could be lower heart rate, chest pain, heart palpitations, disrupted rhythm, heart attack, etc.
The heart is a double pump because it pumps in these TWO circuits.
A patient enters the ER with a heart rate of 32 bpm. This patient is...
What is Bradycardic.
The steps of CRP in order are...
1. CHECK for safety
2.CHECK for responsiveness
3. CALL 9-1-1 and send someone for equipment
4. Place the person on their back
5. 30 Chest compressions at 120 per min
6. Give 2 breaths
7. Repeat and se AED as soon as one is available!