PPE Screening
What is AHA 14 Point Guidelines
The most important piece of equipment when it comes to a cardiac arrest.
What is an AED?
A football player sustains a blow to the chest and collapses. What condition do you suspect?
What is commotio cordis?
What is airway, breathing, and circulation?
Demographic with the highest rates of sudden death in athletes.
What are black, male, and basketball players?
What is 100/60?
The medical term for a heart attack.
What is a myocardial infarction/myocardial ischemia?
A common sign of Marfan syndrome
What is a chest that sinks in or sticks out, long head with deep set eyes, tall and thin body, flat feet, flexible joints, long extremities?
A basketball player collapses during a game and is unresponsive with no pulse. The first action you take...
What is activate emergency medical services (EMS)?
Indicated use of diaphram part of stethoscope.
What are normal high pitched sounds and abnormal sounds?
Common disorder that results in a numbness and coldness in the fingers and toes.
What is Raynaud's syndrome?
This electrical problem in the heart can cause it to beat too slowly and result in fainting or sudden collapse, which is dangerous for athletes.
What is bradycardia?
A 19 year old soccer player reports sudden chest pain and shortness of breath during practice. You suspect the athlete is going into sudden cardiac arrest, what condition most likely caused it?
What is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?
Most common sign of myocardial infarction.
What is chest pressure or discomfort?
During a PPE exam, an athlete presents with a blood pressure reading of 148/92 mmHg. You interpret these results as...
What is Stage 1 hypertension?
A procedure that measures the cardiac output under ultrasound imaging.
What is an echocardiogram?
This rare but serious condition occurs when the heart's electrical activity is disrupted, causing it to stop beating, and is often seen in athletes who have a family history of sudden cardiac death.
What is long QT wave syndrome?
Common signs and symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome.
What are pain, tingling, or weakness in the shoulder and arm?
The recommended compression to ventilation ratio during CPR for BLS providers
What is 30:2?
When auscultating the heart, this location is best to hear the mitral valve.
What is left of the 5th intercostal space at the midclavicular line?
What is a heart murmur?
This disease results from complications while developing as a fetus.
What is Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome?
Cardiac conduction disorder that presents with the sensation of extra heartbeats during exercise
What is Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia?
Recommended time for CPR/AED in the event of sudden cardiac arrest for highest survival rates.
What is 3-5 minutes?
What are birth defects causing valve flaps to form incorrectly?