Dain Bramage
Dawn of the AED
The Godfather Heart I
The Godfather Heart II
No Category For Old Men
100
These three tests make up the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale
What are slurred speech (dysarthria), facial droop, and pronator drift?
100
This is a disorganized and ineffective twitching of the ventricles, resulting in no blood flow and a state of cardiac arrest
What is Ventricular Fibrillation (V-Fib)?
100
These signs/symptoms may indicate right sided heart failure or left sided heart failure
What are pedal edema and pulmonary edema?
100
This term describes the buildup of fats or calcium on vessel walls
What is atherosclerosis?
100
Absent peripheral pulses would indicate this severity of shock
What is decompensated shock?
200
These terms are two different forms of strokes, one indicating a blockage and one indicating a bleed.
What are ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes?
200
These two pulseless rhythms are shockable by an AED
What are Ventricular Fibrillation (V-Fib) and Ventricular Tachycardia (V-Tach)?
200
Chest pain may accompany Angina Pectoris due to this happening in the heart
What is lack of oxygen to the myocardium (heart muscle)?
200
This is the reason Aspirin is indicated for possible Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
What is the inhibiting platelet activity / reducing the size of a blood clot that may be in the coronary artery?
200
This compression to ventilation ratio is used in 2-rescuer Adult CPR
What is 30:2
300
This portion of the brain is responsible for fine motor skills
What is the cerebellum?
300
This is when electrical activity in the heart is showing, but the myocardium has died and the patient has no pulse
What is pulseless electrical activity?
300
This is a clot of some type that breaks loose from its point of origin and travels down through the circulatory system, eventually lodging itself at another site
What is a thromboembolism?
300
This would summarize the mechanism in which Nitroglycerin works to reduce chest pain
What is vasodilation / decreased oxygen demand for the heart?
300
This compression to ventilation ratio is used in 2-rescuer Infant CPR
What is 15:2
400
This term describes what your patient might be experiencing after a generalized seizure in which they are unable to focus or answer questions.
What is a postictal state?
400
What is Ventricular Tachycardia?
400
These two words differentiate between lack of oxygen to tissue and death of that tissue
What are ischemia and infarction?
400
Patients are often prescribed this medication following a surgery
What is an anticoagulant (blood thinner)?
400
This "makeup" of blood is lost in severe burns
What is plasma?
500
This is a condition in a CVA in which the patient cannot move to the injured side
What is hemiparesis?
500
What is Ventricular Fibrillation (V-Fib)?
500
These 4 landmarks describe the electrical flow of electricity in the heart
What are the Sinoatrial Node, the Atrioventricular Node, the Bundle of His, and Purkinje Fibers?
500
This medical emergency can be experienced as substernal chest pain that is radiating to the patient's back between the shoulder blades. The patient may have a history of unmanaged hypertension. This pain may be described as "tearing."
What is an aortic dissection?
500
These two latin terms describe "red blood cells" and "white blood cells"
What are leukocytes and erythrocytes?