Cardiac Emergency2 Matching
| Changes in the field care of acute coronary symptoms have made these two procedures the most important treatment methods. |
| thrombolytics, defibrillation |
| After 3 shocks,the EMT should do this, unless local protocol says otherwise. |
| After the first shock, the patient has a strong carotid pulse and is breathing adequately. You should: |
| give high-concentration oxygen via a nonrebreather mask and transport |
| Condition where a portion of the myocardium dies as a result of oxygen starvation. |
| acute myocardial infarction |
| When a cardiac arrest occurs within 2 hours of the onset of cardiac symptoms. |
| The typical cardiac arrest patient is: |
| When there is damage to the left ventricle and blood backs up into the lungs, this usually presents as a form of: |
| Nonshockable rhythm that can be the result of a terminally sick heart or severe blood loss is called: |
| pulseless electrical activity |
| Decrease EMS access time by: |
| placing 911 stickers on telephones, installing a 911 system, providing public information workshops |
| Important reason why nitroglycerin is administered to a person with chest pain: |
| it dilates the blood vessels and decreases the work of the heart |
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