Cardiac Emergencies
The two heart rhythms that are shockable by an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)?
Ventricular Fibrillation (V-Fib) and Pulseless V-Tach
What type of shock is caused by blood vessel dilation?
Distributive Shock
Your patient is described as "barrel-shaped chest." What is most liekly their underlying disease?
Emphysema (COPD)
This condition causes sudden weakness on one side and speech loss.
What is Stroke
This is the term for the process of listening to breath sounds.
Auscultation
What is known as the pacemaker of the heart?
Sinoatrial Node (SA Node)
This type of shock is most likely in a patient with a MI
Cardiogenic Shock
High pitched whistling sound on expiration
Wheezing
This condition mimics stroke and must be ruled out.
Hypoglycemia
This is the best position to place a patient in respiratory distress.
What is sitting upright or Fowler’s position?
What is the first step of resuscitation for an unwitnessed cardiac arrest?
Begin Chest Compressions
This shock type is suspected with JVD, rales, and pedal edema.
Cardiogenic Shock
This condition is suspected with sudden SOB and a recent surgery history.
Pulmonary Embolism
This seizure type involves repeated seizures without recovery.
Status Epilepticus
This is the term for a temporary loss of consciousness due to decreased blood flow to the brain.
Syncopal Episode (Syncope)
What is the first step of resuscitation for a witnessed cardiac arrest?
Attach the AED
BP 124/84, HR 106, Pale, cool skin. What stage of shock is this patient most likely in?
Compensated Shock
This sound is heard in the lungs when fluid is present in the alveoli.
Crackles
This seizure phase follows tonic-clonic activity.
Postictal
6-letter mnemonic used to assess a possible stroke patient (and what does each letter mean)
BEFAST
B - Balance
E- Eyes (sudden change in vision)
F - Facial drooping
A - Arms (drift)
S - Speech (You can't teach an old dog new tricks)
T- Time (Last Known Normal)
This heart chamber is affected first by chronic hypertension.
The Left Ventricle
(Chronic hypertension most affects the left ventricle because it is the chamber that pumps blood to the entire body against the highest resistance, causing it to work harder and thicken over time)
What stage of shock consists of multiple organ failure?
Irreversible shock
This emergency condition occurs when air enters the pleural space and collapses the lung.
Pneumothorax
This seizure trigger is common in children with fever
Febrile Seizure
This device may result in no pulse despite normal function.
ventricular assist device (VAD)?