Anatomy and Physiology
Heart Disease
Arrhythmia's
Syndromes
Potpourri
100
This is referred to as the pacemaker of the heart.
What is the SA node?
100
Number 1 cause of death in the United States.
What is Cardiovascular Disease?
100
In medical terminology this is the root word for heart
What is cardi?
100
This is the other term referring to a heart attack.
What is myocardial infarction?
100
This is the ratio of compressions to breaths in one person CPR on an adult
30:2
200
Artery that is the largest and connects to the left ventricle.
What is Aorta?
200
This occurs when blood flow to a portion of the heart is blocked.
What is a heart attack?
200
Identify the arrhythmia
what is Sinus Brady.
200
This disorder involves plaque building up in the coronary arteries.
What is atherosclerosis?
200
Identify this rhythm
What is 2nd degree heart block type II?
300
The structure of the heart that pumps blood out to the rest of the body.
What is left ventricle?
300
Chest Pressure, squeezing, fullness, shortness of breath, nausea, left arm pain and sweating.
What is symptoms of a heart attack?
300
This term means "slow heart" in Latin.
What is bradycardia?
300
This type of shock is characterized by decreased cardiac output with increased preload and afterload.
What is cardiogenic shock?
300
When giving this cardiac medication you should first establish an IV and ensure a systolic BP of greater than 100.
What is the Nitroglycerin?
400
This is where the blood enters the heart.
What is right atrium?
400
stop smoking, lose weight, eat healthy, and excersise
What is ways to reduce CAD?
400
Identify the arrhythmia 
What is V-Tach
400
This disorder involves having a low blood pressure.
What is hypotension?
400
This is not a unique feature of cardiac muscle cells:
a) automaticity
b) conductivity
c) regeneration
d) refractoriness
What is C regeneration?
500
The other name for the bicuspid valve
What is the Mitral valve?
500
You would expect someone on Norvasc to have this history
What is Hypertension.
500
Identify the rhythm
What is A-Flutter?
500
This is the term given to tissues that are deprived of oxygen.
What is ischemia?
500
Your patient is a 3 yo male who is still in v-tach after two rounds of CPR and 1 defibrilation. Your patient weighs 33 lbs. You should set the joules on your monitor to this.
What is 60 joules? (4 joules per kg on 2nd defibrilation attempt.)