Cardiovascular Structures
This entrance way is located between the left cardiac Ventricle and the largest artery in the body.
What is Aortic Valve?
This medication can only be given IV push, if the patient does not have a heartbeat/pulse.
What is Amiodarone?
300mg is administered IVP as part of the cardiac arrest/algorithm, if the pt. is in pulseless VT/VF.
This sedation drip has rapid onset and short half life and tubing must be changed ever 12 hours.
What is Propofol?
This Gem work best in acidic environment and allows water to get reabsorbed into the renal tubules.
What is Vasopressin?
Patient with this arrythmia often complain of sudden racing Heart rate that can reach 150-250 beats per minute.
What is SVT?
When positioned correctly, this Deep line is located there to measure pressures leaving the Right Ventricle.
What is a Swan Ganz Catheter.
This medication decreases both Pre- and After-load and is administered among other reasons for Angina. But,.... can not be given if the patient is taking Erectile dysfunction medication.
What is Nitroglycerin.
This sedation drip can be administered to patients who do not have an advanced airway, as it does not cause respiratory depression.
What is Precedex?
This pure Alpha receptor causes muscle constriction and therefore increases Systemic Vascular resistance and increases Cardiac output.
What is Neo-synephrine/Phenylephrine?
This serious heart condition impedes electrical impulses from the Atria to travel to the Ventricle.
This causes a complete AV dissociation, in which the atria and the ventricles beat independently of each other.
What is a complete Heart Block?
This is what happens when a diseased heart valve prolapses and it no longer closes completely.
What is regurgitation?
Blood leaks back into chamber leading to less blood being pushed forward into the circulation.
This drug class blocks the effects of epinephrine, leading to increased contractility and lowered Heart-rate and Blood pressure.
What are Beta-blockers?
This drip can be associated with ICU delirium and has the potential for tolerance.
The usual dose is 1-20mg/h.
What is Midazolam/Versed?
In lower doses inotropic effects are beneficial for postoperative Heart patients. Once doses reach 0.08mcg/kg/min the drug it affects the alpha adrenergic receptors, causing vasoconstriction.
What is Epinephrine?
This rythm can occur if the patient has prolonged QT intervals caused as a side effect of medications, such as Amiodarone, Zofran, and antipsychotics. Additionally, low magnesium levels can also cause this.
What is Torsades de Pointes.
This muscular wall separates the right and left side of the heart.
What is the Septum?
This drip does not work well if your patient is acidotic and is the first line defense for Septic Shock.
What is Norepinephrine/Levophed?
This medication has a short onset and half life and has high potential of dependence and abuse. Major side effects include respiratory depression, hypotension and bradycardia.
What is Fentanyl?
This medication has common side-effect of Tachy-arrhythmias.
In low doses 1-2mcg/kg/min can increase renal and mesenteric perfusion.
What is Dopamine?
When this happens, the rythm on the monitor can look slow to normal, but your a-line does not show a correlating waveform, nor can you palpate a pulse.
What is Pulseless Electrical Activity/ PEA?
This major blood vessel brings deoxygenated blood from the body to the right atrium of the heart.
What is the Vena Cava?
Inferior/ superior.
This phosphodiesterase inhibitor increases cardiac contractility by increasing the availability of Calcium and has a half life of 2-4 hours.
What is Milrinone?
When given a total of 6mg Versed for a bedside procedure, your patient looses protective reflexes and has moved from moderate sedation to deep sedation. This reversal agent can help bring the patient back from deep sedation.
What is Romazicon/Flumazenil? Benzodiazepine receptor agonist
This needs to be done in hypovolemic shock in order for Vasopressors to work appropriately.
What is Fluid resuscitation?
These Reversible causes should be discussed and considered when a patient codes.
What are the H's and T's?