ANATOMY
The upper chambers of the heart through which blood passes to the ventricles
What are the atria (right and left)?
A potentially lethal weakening and enlargement of the aorta
What is an Abdominal Aortic Aneursym (AAA)?
When cardipulmonary resuscitation can be stopped because body movement, coughing, breathing, a palplable pulse, or measurable blood pressure have returned
What is return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)?
First line drug to administer in situations of respiratory distress or arrest
What is oxygen?
An unconcerning atrioventricular block in which the PR interval is prolonged beyond 0.20 seconds
What is a first degree AV block?
Small mass of specialized cells located where the two atria and two ventricles meet that controls the transmission of the SA node impulse down to the ventricles of the heart
What is the AV (atrioventricular) node?
The specialized angiography suite where cardiac interventional procedures take place
What is the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory or Cardiac Cath Lab (CCL)?
American Heart Association recommended rate of chest compressions for effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
What is 100 - 120 compressions per minute?
Given in doses of 1 mg/kg and once the first line antiarrythmic, this drug has taken second place to amiodarone in the past decade
What is intravenous lidocaine?
A chaotic, lethal cardiac arrythmia treated with emergency defibrillation
What is ventricular fibrillation?
The most devastating coronary artery to be occluded, this artery branches into the left anterior descending, circumflex, and left posterior descending coronary arteries
What is the left mainstem coronary artery?
Abbreviations used to describe catheterization of the venous right heart, the arterial left heart, or both
What is Right Heart Catheterization (RHC), Left Heart Catheterization (LHC), and Bilateral Heart Catheterization (BHC)?
American Heart Association (AHA) target level for titrating oxygen administration during and after cardiopulmonary (CPR) resuscitation
What is 92 - 98% oxyhemoglobin saturation?
In the 1:10,000 dilution for resuscitation efforts, this drug may be given via IV, endotracheal, or intraosseous routes for asystole or ventricular fibrillation
What is epinephrine?
A regular cardiac rhythm whose rate is 60 - 100 beats per minute (bpm), PR interval is 0.12 - 0.20 seconds, and QRS interval is less than 0.12 seconds
What is normal sinus rhythm (NSR)?
Delicate tendinous cords attached between the atrioventricular valves and papillary muscles of the heart which prevent the AV valves from being pushed back into the atria during ventricular contraction
What are the chordae tendineae?
Term referring to a family of minimally invasive/percutaneous procedures which serve to open occluded coronary vessels, restoring blood flow to the heart muscle
What is Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)?
Sudden return of this parameter to normal levels (35 -45 mm Hg) on the capnography monitor may indicate return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after resuscitation efforts
What is end-tidal carbon dioxiode level?
Given as a 1 or 2 gram dose diluted in 10 mL of D5W or 0.9% normal saline, this drug is used to treat hypomagnesemia and/or Torsades de Pointes
What is IV magnesium?
An irregularly irregular supraventricular rhythm in which the SA node is no longer the pacemaker of the heart, but in which numerous random electrical impulses are generated in the atria
What is atrial fibrillation?
Considered to be the main pathway of inter-atrial conduction from the right to the left atria
What is Bachman's Bundle?
Not the best athlete, but a condition in which results in left atrial regurgitation with left ventricular systole
What is MVP (Mitral Valve Prolapse)?
A new role advocated by the American Heart Association which will relieve the Team Leader of cognitive load during a Code Blue
What is the CPR Coach?
A parasympathetic blocker whose recommended dose during resuscitation attempts changed in 2020 from 1 mg to 0.5 mg per dose
What is atropine?
Potentially any cardiac rhythm that does not produce a pulse
What is Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)?