BKAT 9R EVALUATION ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SURE A+
✔✔a patient received TPA, what would make you discontinue the infusion? - ✔✔change
in mentation
✔✔why must you be mindful of your IV site when administering IV dopamine? -
✔✔tissue necrosis
✔✔initial drug for sustained v-tach with a pulse - ✔✔amio 150 over 10 minutes
✔✔first drug used for asystole - ✔✔epi
✔✔TPA must be administered within - ✔✔4 hours
✔✔what drugs crystallize when given IV with D5? - ✔✔phenytoin
✔✔antidote for heparin - ✔✔proatamin
✔✔name some medications that can treat atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter? -
✔✔cardizem and amiodarone
✔✔drug of choice to reduce increased ICP - ✔✔mannitol
✔✔what medication do you give for symptomatic bradycardia - ✔✔atropine
✔✔what are some precautions to take when infusing IV nitroprusside? - ✔✔protect from
light
✔✔what drug must be tapered off slowly to prevent acute adrenal insufficiency -
✔✔cortisone
✔✔complete heart block - ✔✔
, ✔✔aflutter - ✔✔
✔✔vtach - ✔✔
✔✔arterial line waveform - ✔✔
✔✔failure to capture pacemaker - ✔✔
✔✔vfib - ✔✔
✔✔look up pulmonary wedge pressure waveform - ✔✔:p
✔✔ What rhythm is dangerous as the ventricular rate can suddenly increase? -
✔✔aflutter
✔✔Major therapeutic goal of cardiogenic shock? - ✔✔Increased cardiac output
✔✔Elevated cardiac iso-enzyme occur when___ - ✔✔closed chest injury, pericarditis,
cardiac surgery, MI
✔✔ECG change with muscle injury in an acute MI - ✔✔STEMI
✔✔Systolic murmur that is auscultated 2nd intercostal space, right sternal border is
called - ✔✔aortic stenosis
✔✔what is the importance of synchronizing during cardioversion? - ✔✔to prevent
aflutter with RVR and R on T wave
✔✔List some signs of cardiac tamponade - ✔✔Decreased systolic blood pressure, JVD,
pulsus paradoxus
✔✔Initial measures for the treatment of angina pectoris are: - ✔✔MONA (morphine,
oxygen, nitroglycerin, aspirin
✔✔QRS complex wider than 0.12 seconds most likely indicates - ✔✔Bundle branch
block
✔✔Upon recognizing ventricular fibrillation, the nurse's first priority is -
✔✔responsiveness
✔✔treatment of symptomatic complete heart block in an emergency -
✔✔transcutaneous pacing
SURE A+
✔✔a patient received TPA, what would make you discontinue the infusion? - ✔✔change
in mentation
✔✔why must you be mindful of your IV site when administering IV dopamine? -
✔✔tissue necrosis
✔✔initial drug for sustained v-tach with a pulse - ✔✔amio 150 over 10 minutes
✔✔first drug used for asystole - ✔✔epi
✔✔TPA must be administered within - ✔✔4 hours
✔✔what drugs crystallize when given IV with D5? - ✔✔phenytoin
✔✔antidote for heparin - ✔✔proatamin
✔✔name some medications that can treat atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter? -
✔✔cardizem and amiodarone
✔✔drug of choice to reduce increased ICP - ✔✔mannitol
✔✔what medication do you give for symptomatic bradycardia - ✔✔atropine
✔✔what are some precautions to take when infusing IV nitroprusside? - ✔✔protect from
light
✔✔what drug must be tapered off slowly to prevent acute adrenal insufficiency -
✔✔cortisone
✔✔complete heart block - ✔✔
, ✔✔aflutter - ✔✔
✔✔vtach - ✔✔
✔✔arterial line waveform - ✔✔
✔✔failure to capture pacemaker - ✔✔
✔✔vfib - ✔✔
✔✔look up pulmonary wedge pressure waveform - ✔✔:p
✔✔ What rhythm is dangerous as the ventricular rate can suddenly increase? -
✔✔aflutter
✔✔Major therapeutic goal of cardiogenic shock? - ✔✔Increased cardiac output
✔✔Elevated cardiac iso-enzyme occur when___ - ✔✔closed chest injury, pericarditis,
cardiac surgery, MI
✔✔ECG change with muscle injury in an acute MI - ✔✔STEMI
✔✔Systolic murmur that is auscultated 2nd intercostal space, right sternal border is
called - ✔✔aortic stenosis
✔✔what is the importance of synchronizing during cardioversion? - ✔✔to prevent
aflutter with RVR and R on T wave
✔✔List some signs of cardiac tamponade - ✔✔Decreased systolic blood pressure, JVD,
pulsus paradoxus
✔✔Initial measures for the treatment of angina pectoris are: - ✔✔MONA (morphine,
oxygen, nitroglycerin, aspirin
✔✔QRS complex wider than 0.12 seconds most likely indicates - ✔✔Bundle branch
block
✔✔Upon recognizing ventricular fibrillation, the nurse's first priority is -
✔✔responsiveness
✔✔treatment of symptomatic complete heart block in an emergency -
✔✔transcutaneous pacing
