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But where, though?
Potpurri
Let the Beat Drop
(or not)
ACLS Pearls

Do you hear what I hear?
100
A vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
What is an artery?
100

Get a five-minute EKG, establish IV access, draw labs, get patient undressed, pre-medicated if ordered and to the cath lab.  

What is the role of the ED nurse when caring for a STEMI?

100
The preferred cardiac rhythm.
What is normal sinus rhythm.
100

30 breaths, 2 respirations

What is the correct ratio of compressions to rescue breaths in one-rescuer CPR?

100
The condition where cardiac auscultation reveals an irregular rhythm with a corresponding cardiac tracing that does not have p-waves.
What is atrial fibrillation?
200

Located between the right atrium and right ventricle.

Where is the tricuspid valve located?

200
The symptom that refers to swelling caused by fluid leaking into surrounding tissues.
What is edema?
200
A rhythm that has an inverted, absent, or retrograde p-wave.
What is a junctional rhythm?
200

The preferred treatment for unstable tachycardia.

What is synchronized cardioversion?

200
The Dub sound.
What are aortic and pulmonic valves closing?
300

The only artery that carries unoxygenated blood.

What is the pulmonary artery?

300

A cardiac test that uses isotopes to assess for ischemia when the heart is "stressed."

What is a nuclear medicine stress test?

300
The atria and the ventricles work independently of each other.
What is a third degree heart block?
300

Tap and shout

What is the very first step in ACLS?

300
The swishing sound when a valve does not close completely.
What is a murmur?
400
Feeds the coronary arteries.
What is the aorta?
400

Repeat Troponins, line assessment, medication management, and repeat EKGs and stress tests as needed.  


What is the role of the floor nurse in treating cardiac patients?

400
A condition appearing as an organized rhythm, but there is no pulse.
What is pulseless electrical activity
400

The preferred drug used in ACLS with pulse checks

What is epinephrine?

400

One is the inability to comprehend language and the other is a motor dysfunction causing slurring.

What is the difference between dysphagia and dysarthria?

500
The major artery that provides blood and oxygen to the SA node and AV node.
What is the right coronary artery (RCA)?
500
Heart rate, contractility, preload, and afterload.
What is are the four influences on cardiac output?
500

A rhythm that has more p-waves than QRS complexes with a progressively longer PR interval.

What is the second-degree heart block: Mobitz Type 1 (Wenckebach)?

500

Two hands, encircling the chest with thumbs providing compressions.

What is the correct procedure for compressing an infant with two rescuer PALS?

500
Change is speech that may indicate a stroke or TIA.
What is slurred?