Go With The Flow
Provides blood flow to the muscle wall of the heart
coronary arteries
This part of the EKG represents atrial contraction/depolarization
The P wave
What is the best lab test to determine if an MI has occurred
Troponin
This condition produces symptoms of restlessness, tachycardia, diaphoresis, severe dyspnea, pink frothy sputum, hypoxemia, cyanosis.
Pulmonary edema
This medication slows heart rate down and is used in the treatment of ventricular tachycardia
Amiodarone
This side of heart failure causes abdominal ascites
Right sided heart failure
When applying EKG leads, the red lead is placed
left chest 5th ICS
Which electrolyte plays an important role in electrical activity in the heart
Potassium
This is the most common type of cardiomyopathy resulting in increase ventricle size, decrease muscle and low ejection fraction
Dilated/Congested
This medication is given to treat chest pain when the patient's BP is <110
Morphine
This side of heart failure causes crackles
left sided
Where electrical impulses begin, the pacemaker of the heart
The SA node
Which vital sign determines if a patient is tolerating a particular abnormal cardiac rhythm
Blood pressure
This type of inflammatory disorder within the heart causes vegetation on heart valves, murmurs, Osler's nodes, Janesway lesions and flu-like symptoms
Endocarditis
This medication is an anti-platelet given when a patient is experiencing angina or an MI
Asprin
This side of heart failure causes decreased urine output
Left-sided Heart Failure
This rhythm is described as having normal shaped P waves, one for every QRS, normal interval length. QRS complexes are regular spaced, Rate of 50
Sinus Bradycardia
What is the first thing to assess when a patient is experiencing V-tach
Pulse
LOC
This is a life threatening condition due to fluid compressing the heart. Symptoms: hypotension, JVD, muffled heart sounds, Tachycardia, dyspnea
Pericardial Tamponade
This is a side effect of thrombolytic therapy is
Bleeding
Stroke
This heart valve regulates blood flow out of the heart out to the body
Aortic valve
This rhythm is irregular. Intervals occur in which the QRS beats to early and there is no P wave with the early beat. The early beat has a wide QRS complex.
PVC's
This sound is created when the ventricles vibrate due to fluid overload
S3
This is the treatment for pulseless unstable ventricular tachycardia
SCREAM
Shock, CPR, Rhythm check, Epinephrine, Amiodarone
These are three side effects of an ACE inhibitor
Acute kidney dysfunction (Cr. elevates)
Cough
Elevated potassium