pharmacology
Your are treating a patient with signs and symptoms of a myocardial infarction. what is the most important drug you should administer?
Oxygen
what is not part of the cardiovascular system?
Arteries
Veins
Venules
Hormones
you arrive as high quality CPR is in progress on pulse-less, apneic patient.
your first action
apply the AED
general term used to refer to a problem with the heart
Cardiac Compromise
intervention proven to be the most effective obtaining return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)
Early Defibrillation
maximum number of nitro doses administrations in the prehospital setting?
3
fluttering sensation in the chest is typically called
Palpitations
after defibrillating a patient in cardiac arrest what is your next intervention?
continue CPR
name a symptom of a problem with the heart?
chest discomfort
breathing difficulty
fatigue
nausea/committing
PEA (pulseless Electrical Activity)
no defib
Name two contraindications of Aspirin
unable to swallow
allergy, asthma
GI/ulcer
Fatty deposits form in the inner lining of arteries
Coronary Artery Disease
Patient regained a pulse after a chock with AED; however the remains unresponsive and is not breathing adequately. what should be done next?
assist ventilations with a BVM and supplemental O2. anticipate the patient may go back into cardiac arrest.
True of False
Aspirin is given to a cardiac patient to relieve pain
false
Atrial Fibrillation
no defib
beneficial action of a beta blocker medication?
slows the heart rate (beats less vigorously)
weakened area of an artery that balloon out and may rupture
aneurysm
True or false
cardiac arrest in children is more likely to be due to respiratory failure?
True
compressions between 2-2.4 inches
full recoil upon compression
100-120
1 second ventilation
interruptions less than 10 seconds
pulseless ventricular Tachycardia
defib
.4 mg Sl
Systolic >100 mm/hg
no sexual enhancement drugs/pulmonary hypertension
nitroglycerin
name given to condition in which fluid accumulates int he lungs?
Pulmonary Edema
mechanical CPR devices are used by EMS agencies in order to provide?
High-quality CPR
Pain in the chest that comes on with exertion but subsides with rest
angina pectoris
Ventricular Fibrillation
Defib