A&P I
The heart has how many chambers?
What is 4?
On finding an unresponsive patient believed to be in cardiac arrest, you would first check for a...?
What is pulse?
What does it mean when a patient has “crackles” in the lungs during a cardiac assessment?
What is pulmonary edema (left-sided heart failure)?
What does CHF stand for?
What is Congestive Heart Failure?
This drug halts the formation of new clots by preventing platelets from clumping
What is aspirin?
What is the SA node?
What is the first action after confirming a pulseless, unresponsive patient?
What is begin CPR?
What does JVD (jugular venous distention) indicate with respect to cardiac emergencies?
What is right-sided heart failure?
This condition is commonly characterized by crushing chest pain that radiates to the left arm and neck
What is the correct dose for nitroglycerin?
What is 0.4 mg?
This heart chamber is typically the strongest as it needs to pump a lot of blood very far
What is the left ventricle?
What is the correct compression-to-ventilation ratio for an adult in cardiac arrest?
What is 30:2?
One would listen for crackles using this technique
Auscultation
What is an aortic dissection?
What is a tear in the inner layer of the aorta allowing blood to separate the wall layers?
Aspirin is given for this cardiac emergency
What is Acute Coronary Syndrome?
The heart perfuses itself via these 2 arteries
What is the coronary arteries?
What should an EMT do immediately after the AED delivers a shock?
What is resume chest compressions immediately?
This test records electrical activity from the heart and prints the results off in a strip
What is an ECG?
This condition is characterized by a thickened arterial wall
What is arteriosclerosis?
How is nitroglycerin administered to a patient?
What is sublingual?
This valve is located between the right atrium and right ventricle
What is the tricuspid valve?
What are the “H’s and T’s” in cardiac arrest used to identify?
What are reversible causes of cardiac arrest?
Name 1 population that often presents with atypical ACS symptoms
What is women, diabetics, geriatrics, or heart failure patients?
This is a clot that has broken off and is moving through circulation
What is an embolism?
Nitroglycerin should not be used if the patient takes what class of drug?
What is a PDE-5 inhibitor?