Heart Topics
What are 3 primary functions of the heart?
Pump blood, provide oxygen, provide nutrients
Pericardial Membrane
This area receives deoxygenated blood?
Right atrium
What is an EKG?
Series of electrical events recorded by placing electrodes on the body surface.
What is the cardiac cycle?
Sequence of events in one heartbeat.
What is considered a normal temperature?
98.6
Temporal
What is the mediastinum?
What are the 3 layers of the pericardium and list them in order from outer to inner.
Fibrous Pericardium: Outermost
Parietal Pericardium: Second Layer
Visceral Pericardium: Lays directly on the surface of the heart muscle.
This valve moves blood into the right ventricle.
Tricuspid valve
What is a CODE STEMI?
Most severe form of a heart attack.
Difference between systole and diastole?
Systole is contraction.
Diastole is relaxation.
What is considered a normal range for heart rate?
60-100 beats per minute
The medical terminology for the pulse found on your neck?
The heart is located where to the lungs?
Medial
What fluid is between the parietal and visceral layers of the pericardium?
Serous fluid
Which artery receives blood from the right ventricle?
Pulmonary artery
An irregular heartbeat is known as?
Arrhythmia
Lub-Dub is also known as this in the nursing world?
S1 and S2
What is considered a normal range for respirations?
12-20 breaths per minute
The medical terminology for the pulse found in your groin?
Femoral
Why is Troponin so important?
Indicator of damage to the heart muscle specifically a heart attack.
Why is serous fluid important?
Prevents friction
Oxygenated blood from the lungs
What is the most serious Arrhythmia?
Ventricular Fibrillation or V.Fib
What is a murmur?
Abnormal or extra heart sound caused by a malfunctioning valve.
What is considered a normal blood pressure?
120/80
The medical terminology for the pulse found at your knee?
Popliteal
What does ANP stand for and why is it important?
Atrial Naturietic Peptide and it lowers the blood volume to lower our blood pressure
How many chambers of the heart and tell me them.
4 chambers (right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, left ventricle)
Which artery receives blood from the left ventricle?
Aorta
Tell me the medical terminology for high heart rate and low heart rate.
Tachycardia is high heart rate and bradycardia is low heart rate.
List the 5 areas to do a cardiac assessment.
1. Aortic
2. Pulmonic
3. Erb's Point
4. Tricuspid
5. Mitral
When taking a blood pressure the first sound you hear is (this word) and the last sound you hear is (this word)?
First sound is systolic.
Last sound is diastolic.
The medical terminology for the pulse found on top of your foot?
Dorsalis pedis