Heart Anatomy
Name the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
Name the four components of blood
What are WBC's, RBC's, Platelets, Plasma?
Smaller, thinner, and less muscular blood vessels.
What are veins?
Equipment that can be used to evaluate heart rhythm abnormalities.
What is an EKG?
Placed on the upper right and lower left parts of the chest.
What are ADULT AED pads?
Carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
What is the pulmonary artery?
Blood type that is the universal donor
What is O-?
What is tachycardia?
The strongest part of the heart.
What is the left ventricle?
Acts as the lungs when performing CPR.
What are ventilations? (breathing, BVM)
There are four valves inside the heart name them.
What are the Tricuspid, Mitral or bicuspid, Pulmonary, and Aortic?
Function of the cells known as leukocytes(general function)
What is helping to fighting infections?
Smoking, stimulant drugs, and anxiety can affect vital signs.
What are increasing them?
Is known as the pacemaker of the heart.
What is the SA node?
Patient experiencing angina, sweating, SOB, and pale skin.
What is myocardial infarction? (heart attack)
Blood returns to the heart by the largest veins in the body.
What are the superior and inferior vena cavas?
Makes up the largest component of blood.
What is plasma?
If a person is suffering from a blood clotting disorder, the component of their blood is lacking.
what are platelets?
No heart rhythm is detected and a flat line is showing.
What is asystole?
Required to perform high quality CPR.
Blood returning to the heart from the lungs enters here.
What is the Left Atrium?
A patient has type AB blood. This patient may receive blood transfusions from other patients with what type of blood.
What are Types A, B, AB, or O?
Numbness in the face, weakness on one side of the body, slurred speech are signs and symptoms of
What is a CVA?
Causes the contraction of the right and left ventricles.
What are the Purkinje fibers?
Assessing an unconscious patient use this pulse site.
What is the carotid artery?