Heart anatomy
This chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the body.
What is the left ventricle?
This is the first step in helping someone who collapses and is unresponsive.
What is checking for responsiveness and someone calling 911?
This hormone increases during hugging and bonding.
What is oxytocin?
The recommended rate of chest compressions per minute is between these numbers.
What is 100–120 compressions per minute?
Ancient Egyptians believed this organ was the center of intelligence and emotion.
What is the heart?
This valve prevents backflow of blood from the left ventricle into the left atrium.
What is the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
This device analyzes heart rhythm and can deliver a shock if needed.
What is an AED?
This neurotransmitter is associated with reward and the “crush” feeling.
What is dopamine?
For adults, compressions should be about this deep.
What is about 2 inches (5 cm)?
This simple invention, used in every doctor’s office, was invented in 1816 to listen to the heart.
What is the stethoscope?
This artery supplies most of the anterior wall of the left ventricle and is nicknamed the “widowmaker.”
What is the left anterior descending (LAD) artery?
This condition occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is a myocardial infarction (heart attack)?
This branch of the autonomic nervous system increases heart rate during excitement.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
In hands-only CPR, you focus on this and skip rescue breaths.
What are chest compressions?
The first successful human heart transplant was performed in 1967 in this continent.
Africa
This structure separates the right and left sides of the heart.
What is the septum?
This life-threatening rhythm is chaotic and requires defibrillation.
What is ventricular fibrillation?
“Broken heart syndrome” is the nickname for this stress-induced cardiomyopathy.
What is Takotsubo cardiomyopathy?
You should switch CPR compressors about this often to prevent fatigue.
What is every 2 minutes?
There are about this many times your heart beats in one day (closest answer wins).
What is about 100,000 times?
This structure generates the electrical impulse that sets the heart’s rhythm.
What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?
This tear in the inner layer of the aorta can cause sudden severe chest/back pain and is often fatal if untreated.
What is an aortic dissection?
During acute stress or fear, this hormone increases heart rate and blood pressure.
What is epinephrine (adrenaline)?
This pulse location is checked during adult CPR to assess circulation.
What is the carotid pulse?
UPMC is one of the leading transplant centers in the U.S., performing its first heart transplant in this decade.
What are the 1980s?