Circulatory System
Medical term for chest pain, pressure or discomfort
What is angina?
The longest amount of time a tourniquet should be on at once
Fine, choppy distortion on the tracing, that is likely from the patient shivering
What is somatic tremor?
The vitamin primarily responsible for blood clotting
What is Vitamin K?
The liquid portion of blood, including clotting factors.
What is plasma?
How deoxygenated blood returns to the heart
What are the: inferior vena cava, superior vena cava and coronary sinus?
Chemical added to a blood sample after collection
What is an Additive?
Electrical activity that causes cardiac cells to contract
What is depolarization?
Widens a body opening
What is a speculum?
The correct location for V5
What is the fifth intercostal space, at the anterior axillary line.
Plague builds up on the inner walls of the arteries
What is atherosclerosis?
Specimen with high amounts of bilirubin
Indicates myocardial infarction on an EKG
What is ST depression or elevation?
Surgical instrument used for grasping and holding tissue during operations
What are forceps?
The most common suture size
What is 2-0
The universal recipient
What is type AB+ blood?
The order of venipuncture collection, from most preferred to least preferred.
Median Cubital Vein
Cephalic Vein
Basilic Vein
10 mm per millivolt
What is standard gain?
The Laboratory Department responsible for testing electrolyte levels
What is the chemistry department?
A abnormal heart rhythm, where the P waves and QRS complexes do not have any apparent relation to each other.
What is a third degree heart block?
The entire circulatory loop, starting at the Inferior and Superior Vena Cava
Inferior/Superior Vena Cava
Right Atrium
Tricuspid Valve
Right Ventricle
Pulmonary Valve
Pulmonary Artery
Lungs/Alveoli
Pulmonary Vein
Left Atrium
Mitral Valve
Left Ventricle
Aortic Valve
Aorta
Arteries
Arterioles
Capillaries
Venules
Veins
Blood leaks into the surrounding tissues due to venipuncture
What is a hematoma?
Oxygen, Nitroglycerin, Crash Cart, AED
What are supplies for a cardiac emergency?
What is a CLIA waived test
Double ended instrument used to move skin or other tissue out of the surgical area.
What are Senn Retractors?