Assessment
The RN knows she must assess this prior to giving a beta blocker medication
What is the apical heart rate for 1 full minute and blood pressure
What is ventricular tachycardia
These are the two most common cardiac enzymes drawn to rule out an MI
What are troponin level and CKMB levels
Calcium channel blocker used for acute rapid atrial fibrillation
What is diltiazem
The use of electricity delivered synchronously to an individual to change an abnormally fast arrhythmia to a normal rhythm
What is a synchronized cardioversion
crackles in lungs, bilateral pedal edema, dyspnea on exertion
What is heart failure
chaotic atrial electrical activity (no defined p waves), normal QRS, and irregular R-R intervals
What is atrial fibrillation
This lab may be checked if your patient is displaying peaked t waves on the cardiac monitor
What is potassium
Emergency medication used during ACLS protocol for asystole or PEA
What is epinephrine
immediate interventions for a patient who has no breathing and no heart beat
What is call a code and start compressions
What is orthostatic hypotension
T wave inversion with ST elevation
What is an acute MI, STEMI
This lab is an indicator of the severity of the patients congestive heart failure
What is a BNP (Brain natriuretic peptide)
Emergency medication used to treat symptomatic bradycardia
What is atropine
An electric shock to the heart in attempt to correct the electrical pattern
What is defibrillation
The RN should assess these 2 critical things before giving a second dose of nitroglycerin
What is the patient's chest pain level and patient's blood pressure
an early QRS complex that is wide (greater than 0.10) seconds and has a bizarre appearance. There is no p wave
What are PVC's
A patient with this low lab value may go into torsades de points (a specific type of ventricular tachycardia related to this low lab value)
What is magnesium
Emergency medication for patient in supraventricular tachycardia (paroxysmal atrial tachycardia)
What is adenosine
what is greater than 2 inches depth
If the patients EKG shows a depressed ST segment, the nurse should assess the patient for these 2 things
Chest pain (could be a Non-STEMI) and ischemia
absence of ventricular activity and depolarization
What is asystole
A procedure done to open coronary arteries
What is a coronary angioplasty (cardiac catherization or cardiac stent placement)
A cardiac glycoside used to treat atrial fibrillation that blocks the number of electrical impulses that pass through the AV node.
What is digoxin
A vasovagal maneuver or giving your patient IV adenosine can correct this cardiac rhythm
What is supraventricular tachycardia (paroxysmal atrial tachycardia)