STUCK IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM
This is the first step an EMS provider should take when encountering a patient in cardiac arrest.
Responsiveness, check for pulse and breathing.
ERNIE HIPPEN
EPINEPHRINE
The heart's natural pacemaker that initiates each heartbeat.
SINOATRIAL NODE (SA) NODE
Billy Ray Cyrus song has a cardiac emergency.
Achy Breaky Heart Attack
This state capital has an exact replica of the Parthenon.
Nashville
This is the recommended compression rate per minute for adult CPR according to AHA guidelines.
100-120 Compression per minute.
DIANA ROMEO
AMIODARONE
Coronary artery is most commonly occluded in a myocardial infarction, leading to the term "widowmaker"
Left Anterior Descending (LAD) Artery
A pirate's bounty meets angina pectoris.
Treasure Chest Pain
Founded in Memphis in 1916, this was the first self-service grocery store.
Piggly Wiggly
This medication is administered by EMS to reverse opioid-induced respiratory depression that may contribute to cardiac arrest.
Naloxone/Narcan
ADEN DRACO
ADENOCARD
Term for the volume of blood pumped by the heart per minute, calculated as stroke volume times heart rate.
Cardiac Output
Cardiac monitor meets 50 Cent's rap group.
EKG-Unit
The documentary Soulsville, USA chronicles the musicians, songwriters, and producers who smashed racial barriers and created the signature sound of this Memphis landmark.
Stax Records and Museum of American Soul Music
Airway device commonly used by paramedics to secure the airway in cardiac arrest when endotracheal intubation is not feasible.
Supraglottic Airway (e.g. iGel, AirQ)
CELERY TRINING
NITROGLYCERINE
This ion is primarily responsible for the depolarization phase of the cardiac action potential.
Sodium
Bon Jovi song has an irregular heart rhythm.
Shot through the heart palpitations.
The first hip-hop group to win an Academy Award for 'Best Original Song" in 2006.
Three 6 Mafia
This is the medical term for chest pain or discomfort.
Angina Pectoris
DORIC BABUISM
SODIUM BICARB
Period in the cardiac cycle when the ventricles are completely relaxed and filling with blood.
Diastole