Cardiac
The resistance against which the ventricle must contract.
What is Afterload?
I'm the drug in your drug box that doesn't like a slow pace. I like to live in the fast lane. That's why I that inhibits actions of acetylcholine at postganglionic parasympathetic receptor sites. In essence, I am an anticholinergic agent.
What is atropine sulfate?
ec02 measures the carbon dioxide in a/an _______ breath.
What is exhaled
I am a sinus brady with no pulse.
What is PEA
These leads look at the inferior portion of the heart.
What is II, III, and aVF?
The classification of Glucagon?
What is a hormone?
The movement of a gas from an area of higher concentration to lower
What is diffusion
The enhancement of effect caused by the concurrent administration of two drugs in which one drug increases the effect of another.
What is potentiation?
I am an abnormality on the EKG you will find with extreme hypothermia patient.
What is a J or Osborn wave?
The classification of Dopamine?
What is sympathomimetic? Chemically related to epi and norepi. Acts primarily on alpha1 and beta1 in dose dependent fashion.
Abnormally deep, very rapid sighing resp pattern and is characteristic of DKA or other metabolic acidosis.
What is kussmauls resp
I am the first drug in the bradycardia algorithm for drug interventions.
What is atropine
The more the myocardial muscle stretches, the greater its force of contraction will be.
What is Frank Starling's Law?
I am a drug that decreases electrical conduction through the AV node without causing negative inotropic effects. I also act directly on sinus pacemaker cells and vagal nerve terminals to decrease chronotropic activity. I am also primarily formed by the breakdown of a certain type of triphosphate.
What is Adenosine?
The average volume of gas inhaled or exhaled in one respiratory cycle. In the adult male this is approximately 500 mL ( 5 to 7 cc/ kg).
What is Tidal volume ( V T ).
The joules rate for synchronized cardioversion of a VTach with a pulse
What is 100-120
Stroke Volume depends on three factors.
What is preload, contractility, and after load?
I am a unique drug with multiple mechanisms of action. I prolong the duration of action potential and effective refractory period. I also have some sodium and calcium channel blocking abilities.
What is Amio?
The two branches of the left main coronary artery
What is left anterior descending and the circumflex artery