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Question: What describes a of collapse and failure of the cardiovascular system in which blood circulation slows and eventually ceasesAnswer: shock
Question: The upper and portions of the heart are seperated by whatAnswer: atrioventricular
Question: What is located between the ventricules and the arteries into they pump bloodAnswer: semiluner
Question: The pressure in the aorta against which the left must pump blood is called whatAnswer: afterload
Question: A higher therfore reduces whatAnswer: stroke
Question: what is the of blood ejected per contractionAnswer: volume
Question: out put is = to what Answer: stroke volume x pulse
Question: Increased venous return to the heart stretches the ventricles somewhat, in whatAnswer: increased cardiac
Question: The theroy that when the heart is stretched it will more forecfully is known as the Answer: starling law of the
Question: Although the amount of blood returning to the right atrium varies somewhat from minute to minute, a heart continues to pumop the same % of blood returned. This is called Answer: the ejection
Question: What is the circulation of blood within an organ or tissue in adequate amounts to meet the current needs for oxygen, nutrients, and waste removalAnswer: perfusion
Question: The heart needs ___________ perfusion, or it will not function properlyAnswer:
Question: the adult male body contains how many ml of blood per Answer: 70ml
Question: the adult body contains how many ml of blood per kiloAnswer:
Question: The body can not tolerate an acute blood loss of more the _____% the total blood volumeAnswer: 20%
Question: When platelets aggregate at the site of a cut vessel plugging the hole and sealing the injured portion of the blood vessel, this is whatAnswer:
Question: The passage of dark stoles is known as whatAnswer: melena
Question: The of stools containing bright red blood is calledAnswer:
Question: In any patient with unexplained shock you should always suspect what type of Answer: shock
Question: In an effort to maintain of blood to the brain, your body will shunt blood from what tissues. List them in order from first to lastAnswer: Placenta, skin, muscles, gut, kidneys, liver, heart,
Question: the most common cause of exogenous hypovolemic shock is Answer: bleeding
Question: the most common cause of hypovolemic shock is whatAnswer: bleeding
Question: the body can only handle _________ _________ for a limited amount of time.Answer: metabolism
Question: During anearobic metabolism, incomplete ______ _______ ______ leadts to an acumulation of pyruvic acidAnswer: glucose break
Question: what aqre the 3 successive of shockAnswer: compensated, decompensated, and
Question: The earliest stage of shock in which the body can compensate for blood loss is known as Answer: shock
Question: A stage of shock the a BP starts to fall is whatAnswer:
Question: When shock progresses to a terminal stage of Answer:
Question: What are probably the 2 signs of shockAnswer: restlessness and
Question: what may be the last measurable to change in shockAnswer: BP
Question: Infants and children can maintain BP until they ~ how much of their blood volumeAnswer: half
Question: what causes weak and pulesAnswer: when the vessels are now very narrow and not much is moving through them
Question: To determine how well the vital organs are being profused you must rely on the whatAnswer: of consciousness
 
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