Cardiac
Pharmacology
Assessment
I'm an EMT
100

How many chambers of the heart are there?

Four

100
Up to how many sprays of nitroglycerin are EMT's allowed to administer?

Three doses

100

What does the term Tachycardia mean?

Fast heart rate

100

What does EMT stand for?

Emergency Medical Technician

200

What is the name of the space within your chest that contains your heart?

Mediastinum

200

What is the MOST rapidly acting medication administration route?

Intravenous (IV)

200

What does BSI stand for?

Bodily Substance Isolation

200

Who is the chief of Sumter County EMS?

Chief Henry "Kent" Hall Jr. 

300

Blood leaves the right ventricle through the......

Pulmonary artery

300

What is the name of the device needed to administer Narcan via intranasal route?

Atomizer

300

What does the acronym ABC stand for?

Airway, Breathing, Circulation

300

What does Anterior mean?

Front of the body

400

Which side of the heart has oxygen rich blood?

Left side

400
What is the route of administration for Epinephrine?

Intramuscular (IM)

400

Where do you check the pulse on a child aged one year or younger

Brachial

400

What does the term Posterior mean

Back of the body

500

Pulse taken at the wrist is taken from the _____ artery

Radial

500

What does the term anaphylaxis mean?

Affects two or more body systems

500

Where do you check a pulse on a unresponsive patient?

Carotid artery

500

Route of administration for Oral glucose

Buccal