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Cardiac Emergencies

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show a group of signs and symptoms resulting from any of a variedt of conditions that can affect the heart in which the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded by fat deposits, clots, or spasm.  
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Aorta   show
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show the smallest branch of an artery, which at its distal end leads into a capillary.  
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show blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.  
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Asystole   show
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show the two upper chambers of the heart  
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show a device that can analyze the electrical activity or rhythm of a patient's heart and deliver an electrical shock (defibrillation) if appropriate.  
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Automaticity   show
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Blood Pressure   show
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show tiny blood vessel connecting arerioles to venules, site of gas and nutrient exchange  
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Cardiac Arrest   show
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show reduced heart function caused by any of a variety of conditions, diseases, or injuries affecting the heart.  
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Cardiac Conduction System   show
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show term used by the American Heart Association for the series of four interventions-early access, early CPR, early defibrillation, and early ACLS-that provides the best chance for successful resuscitation of a cardiac arrest victim.  
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show system composed of the heart and blood vessels that brings oxygen and nutrients to and takes wastes away from body cells. Also called the cardiovascular system.  
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show network of arteries supplying the heart with blood.  
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Defibrillation   show
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show the muscular organ that contracts to force blood into circulation through the body.  
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show the insufficient supply of oxygen and other nutrients to some of the body's cells that results from inadequate circulation of blood. Also called shock.  
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Nitroqlycerin   show
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show the delivery of oxygen and other nutrients to the cells of all organ systems, which results from the constant adequate circulation of blood through the capillaries  
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show vessel carrying oxygen-depleted blood from the heart's right ventricle to the lungs.  
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show vessel carrying oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.  
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show a condition in which the heart generates relatively normal electrical rhythms but fails to perfuse the body adequately because of a decreased or absent cardiac output from cardiac muscle failure or blood loss.  
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Shock   show
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Vein   show
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show the two major veins that carry oxygen-depleted blood back to the heart: superior venae cavae from the upper body, inferior venae cavae from the lower body.  
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ventricles   show
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Ventricular Fibrillation (VF or V-Fib)   show
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show a very rapid heart rhythm that may or may not produce a pulse and is generally too fast to adequately perfuse the body's organs.  
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show smallest vein, leading from a capillary.  
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