FISDAP CARDIOLOGY PRACTICE EXAM ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Epinephrine
Norepinephrine
Vasopressin
Dopamine
Phenylephrine
Dobutamine - ✔✔Vasopressors
✔✔The middle of phase 3 to beginning of phase 4 in the cardiac cycle where cardiac
cells are partially refractory and partially repolarized and certain cells can be
depolarized in response to electrical stimulus. - ✔✔Relative Refractory Period
(Partial flush of the toilet)
✔✔Starlings Law - ✔✔When end diastolic volume increases, stroke volume increases
as well.
(When more blood is in the ventricles, the cardiac muscle stretches like rubber band
and creates more forceful contraction)
✔✔Intrinsic Rate for Ventricles (Purkinje Fibers) - ✔✔20-40
✔✔Intrinsic Rate for AV Junction - ✔✔40-60
✔✔Treatment for Beta Blocker Overdose - ✔✔Glucagon: 1-5mg IV/IO (1st Line Drug)
Calcium Chloride: 500mg - 1g IV/IO
✔✔Why do we give Nitro for chest pain?
Class
MOA
Indications - ✔✔Nitrate Vasodilator and Antianginal
, Relaxes vascular smooth muscle = vasodilation and venous pooling which Reduces
Preload/Afterload and Dilates Coronary Arteries which increases myocardial perfusion.
Cardiac Chest Pain
Acute Pulmonary Edema
✔✔What is our dose for nitro, and what are the contraindications? - ✔✔0.4mg
sublingual
15mg/1inch paste
1g patch
Systolic <90mmHg
PDE5 inhibitors x 48hrs
Head Trauma/Hemorrhage signs
Poor Systemic Perfusion
✔✔Swelling of affected limb, pain and tenderness, inflammation/redness, warm to touch
on affected limb, pain on dorsiflexion (Homan Sign) are all signs of? - ✔✔DVT
✔✔Treatment of DVT - ✔✔Supportive Care, Position of Comfort, Establish IV, Cardiac
Monitor, Pulse Ox, O2, Monitor vitals for embolism.
Do not massage affected limb.
✔✔The pressure gradient that drives coronary blood pressure.
The difference between aortic diastolic pressure and left ventricular end diastolic
pressure that perfuses the coronary arteries. - ✔✔Coronary Perfusion
✔✔Tachycardia, Difficulty Breathing, Diminished Lung Sound, Pulse Quality Changes,
and unequal chest rise are early signs and symptoms of? - ✔✔Tension Pneumothorax
Air is entering the pleural space but cannot escape. Positive pressure ventilation can
make it worse.
✔✔Criteria for Unstable Dysrhythmia - ✔✔Ischemic Chest Pain
ALOC
Hypotension/Hypovolemia
Signs of Shock
Acute Heart Failure
✔✔Restriction of of cardiac contraction, falling cardiac output, and shock as a result of
pericardial fluid accumulation are characteristics of? - ✔✔Cardiac Tamponade
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Epinephrine
Norepinephrine
Vasopressin
Dopamine
Phenylephrine
Dobutamine - ✔✔Vasopressors
✔✔The middle of phase 3 to beginning of phase 4 in the cardiac cycle where cardiac
cells are partially refractory and partially repolarized and certain cells can be
depolarized in response to electrical stimulus. - ✔✔Relative Refractory Period
(Partial flush of the toilet)
✔✔Starlings Law - ✔✔When end diastolic volume increases, stroke volume increases
as well.
(When more blood is in the ventricles, the cardiac muscle stretches like rubber band
and creates more forceful contraction)
✔✔Intrinsic Rate for Ventricles (Purkinje Fibers) - ✔✔20-40
✔✔Intrinsic Rate for AV Junction - ✔✔40-60
✔✔Treatment for Beta Blocker Overdose - ✔✔Glucagon: 1-5mg IV/IO (1st Line Drug)
Calcium Chloride: 500mg - 1g IV/IO
✔✔Why do we give Nitro for chest pain?
Class
MOA
Indications - ✔✔Nitrate Vasodilator and Antianginal
, Relaxes vascular smooth muscle = vasodilation and venous pooling which Reduces
Preload/Afterload and Dilates Coronary Arteries which increases myocardial perfusion.
Cardiac Chest Pain
Acute Pulmonary Edema
✔✔What is our dose for nitro, and what are the contraindications? - ✔✔0.4mg
sublingual
15mg/1inch paste
1g patch
Systolic <90mmHg
PDE5 inhibitors x 48hrs
Head Trauma/Hemorrhage signs
Poor Systemic Perfusion
✔✔Swelling of affected limb, pain and tenderness, inflammation/redness, warm to touch
on affected limb, pain on dorsiflexion (Homan Sign) are all signs of? - ✔✔DVT
✔✔Treatment of DVT - ✔✔Supportive Care, Position of Comfort, Establish IV, Cardiac
Monitor, Pulse Ox, O2, Monitor vitals for embolism.
Do not massage affected limb.
✔✔The pressure gradient that drives coronary blood pressure.
The difference between aortic diastolic pressure and left ventricular end diastolic
pressure that perfuses the coronary arteries. - ✔✔Coronary Perfusion
✔✔Tachycardia, Difficulty Breathing, Diminished Lung Sound, Pulse Quality Changes,
and unequal chest rise are early signs and symptoms of? - ✔✔Tension Pneumothorax
Air is entering the pleural space but cannot escape. Positive pressure ventilation can
make it worse.
✔✔Criteria for Unstable Dysrhythmia - ✔✔Ischemic Chest Pain
ALOC
Hypotension/Hypovolemia
Signs of Shock
Acute Heart Failure
✔✔Restriction of of cardiac contraction, falling cardiac output, and shock as a result of
pericardial fluid accumulation are characteristics of? - ✔✔Cardiac Tamponade
