Rhythm & Blues
This heart block is characterized by a lengthening PR interval with a dropped QRS.
What is a second degree AV block type I - wenckebach
This term describes the volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle during each beat.
What is stroke volume?
This non-invasive test uses ultrasound to visualize the heart's structure and function.
What is Echocardiogram?
This condition may cause peaked T-waves on your ECG.
What is Hyperkalemia?
These 2 dysrhythmias are the only 2 that should be defibrillated.
What is pulseless V-Tach and V-Fib.
This class of medications is used to decrease heart rate and contractility by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors.
What are beta-blockers?
This arrhythmia is characterized by a heart rate below 60 bpm and can sometimes require a pacemaker intervention.
What is bradycardia?
This procedure involves threading a catheter into the coronary arteries to open blocked vessels.
What is Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) or cardiac cath?
The phrase "2 salts and a sugar BUN" is a way to quickly calculate this for your patient and is also regulated by thirst and the antidiuretic hormone system.
What is serum osmolality?
This type of myocardial infarction involves the full thickness of the heart muscle necrosis.
What is a STEMI?
This type of heart failure is characterized by the abnormality of the heart muscle to effectively eject blood during systole due to thin ventricular walls.
What is heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)?
When pacing, this occurs when the pacing stimulus fails to depolarize the myocardium.
What is failure to capture?
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Peripheral edema, increased JVP, organ congestion and dysfunction would be characteristics of this type of heart failure.
What is right-sided heart failure?
These stretch receptors, located in the carotid sinuses and aorta walls, provides the initial compensatory response to changes in the extracellular fluid volume.
What are the baroreceptors?
Evidence of ischemia as repolarization of affected areas that follow an abnormal pathway are characterized by these ECG changes.
What is T-wave inversion?
This heart block is characterized by regular P-P and R-R intervals, with more p waves than QRS, and an inconsistent PR interval.
What is a third degree heart block?
Known as the pressure the ventricles must overcome to open the semilunar valves and eject their contents into the circulation.
What is afterload?
A nurse might anticipate these changes during a passive rewarming phase of a hypothermic patient.
What is:
- vasodilation
- fluid shifts
- electrolyte shifts (K+)
- hypotension
This is released in response to decreased renal perfusion.
What is Renin?
Renin -> Angiotensin I -> Angiotensin II -> Aldosterone ->increase Na+ reabsorption -> ADH secretion and increased fluid
ST elevation in leads II, III, and AvF, indicate this type of MI.
What is an Inferior Myocardial Infarction?
This rhythm shows chaotic, disorganized electrical activity with no identifiable P waves, QRS complexes, or T waves, and is immediately life-threatening.
What is ventricular fibrillation?
This problem occurs when the pacemaker is not identifying the heart's intrinsic depolarizations and continues to pace the heart.
What is undersensing?
This vasoactive agent is also known as synthetic antidiuretic hormone.
What is vasopressin?
The loss of a diacrotic notch on the artline tracing and a square test with no oscitations might be due to these factors.
What is overdampened from air bubbles, kinks, or disconection of system.
These would be the medications expected to treat a patient diagnosed with NSTE-ACS.
What are:
Anti-ischemic therapy (NTG & Beta-blockers)
Dual antiplatelet therapy
Anti-thromboics (Heparin or fondaparinux)
ACE-I/ARB
Lipid lowering agent
Pain med & PRN O2