Cardiac Emergency Terms and Definitions
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| After administering three doses of nitroglycerin, the patient's blood pressure falls below 100 systolic. You should: | show 🗑
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| show | head injury
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| show | hypotension, headache, pulse rate changes
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| After administering nitroglycerin, always | show 🗑
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| show | changes in the inner walls of arteries, problems with the heart's electrical functions, problems with the heart's mechanical functions
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| When the body is subjected to exertion or stress, the heart rate will normally | show 🗑
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| Two conditions that commonly cause narrowing or blocking of the arteries: | show 🗑
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| Four factors that put a person at risk for developing coronary artery disease and symptoms: | show 🗑
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| Most cardiac emergencies are due to: | show 🗑
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| Angina pectoris means a | show 🗑
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| show | it dilates the blood vessels and decreases the work of the heart
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| Condition where a portion of the myocardium dies as a result of oxygen starvation. | show 🗑
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| When a cardiac arrest occurs within 2 hours of the onset of cardiac symptoms. | show 🗑
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| Changes in the field care of acute coronary symptoms have made these two procedures the most important treatment methods. | show 🗑
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| show | pulmonary edema
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| Elements of the chain of survival include early access to: | show 🗑
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| Decrease EMS access time by: | show 🗑
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| show | a male in his 60's
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| show | a woman in her 60's
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| The single most important factor in determining survival from cardiac arrest is: | show 🗑
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| Virtually no one survives a cardiac arrest if response time for a defibrillator is LONGER than | show 🗑
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| show | package quickly and transport to the closest medical facility
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| Shockable rhythms include: | show 🗑
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| Nonshockable rhythm that can be the result of a terminally sick heart or severe blood loss is called: | show 🗑
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| show | asystole
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| When the AED is analyzing a person's heart rhythm, the EMT-B must | show 🗑
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| The AED should be used on | show 🗑
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| show | Red
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| show | give high-concentration oxygen via a nonrebreather mask and transport
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| show | transport the patient
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| show | avoid contact with the patient during rhythm analysis, be sure everyone is "clear" before administtering a shock, avoid defibrillation in a moving ambulance
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| Don't defibrillate patients who are: | show 🗑
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| If you have to remove a nitroglycerin tablet to defibrillate a patient- | show 🗑
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| show | several inches away from the pacemaker battery
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| show | Early access, early CPR, early defibrillation, early advanced care
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