FISDAP CARDIOLOGY ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔Adequately perfused kidneys produce how many mLs of urine per hour? - ✔✔30-
50mL
✔✔Tachycardia with irregular pulse, labored breathing with diffuse crackles/rales in all
lung fields, pale/cool/diaphoretic skins, and low blood pressure are signs of what type of
shock? - ✔✔Cardiogenic
✔✔What is one of the most helpful steps to formulating a field diagnosis? -
✔✔Considering and ruling out various conditions
✔✔A sudden nervous system reaction that causes temporary generalized vasodilation
leading to syncope describes what type of shock? - ✔✔Psychogenic
✔✔Allowing full recoil of the chest in CPR enhances blood return to the heart by what
mechanism? - ✔✔Negative intrathoracic pressure
✔✔If someone has a syncopal episode and then complains of headache and inability to
walk without feeling dizzy, you should suspect? - ✔✔Head Injury
✔✔Treatment for neurogenic shock includes IV fluids, temperature management, and
possibly? - ✔✔Atropine 0.5mg up to 3mg
Suppress vagus nerve to increase cardiac output.
✔✔What is the most important criteria for bystander CPR to meet prior to EMS arrival? -
✔✔Compressions
✔✔Which system is primarily responsible for tissue perfusion? - ✔✔Cardiovascular
, ✔✔The recommended fluid resuscitation for a patient in shock with no suspected TBI
is? - ✔✔250mL up to 4x, maintain systolic of 80-90mmHg
✔✔What type of metabolism takes over when inefficient cellular metabolism produces
lactic acid? - ✔✔Anaerobic
✔✔Accumulation of lactic acid and other waste products in the blood inhibits what
interaction? - ✔✔hemoglobin from binding with and carrying oxygen
✔✔What should you do if you are working a cardiac arrest patient and the capnography
spikes from <20mmHg to >40mmHg? - ✔✔Assess pulse for up to 10 seconds
✔✔Tendency to gather or rely on information that confirms your existing views and
downplays/avoids info that does not confirm your hypothesis or field differential is what
kind of bias? - ✔✔Confirmation Bias
✔✔The primary focus of running a megacode should be on? - ✔✔teamwork and
minimal interruptions of CPR
✔✔What causes increased afterload following Alpha-1 stimulation? - ✔✔Arteriolar
constriction
✔✔What senses decrease in blood flow and activates the vasomotor center in
response? - ✔✔Baroreceptors
✔✔Increased rate of breathing that leads to respiratory alkalosis occurs during which
stage of shock? - ✔✔Compensated
✔✔Hyperventilating a cardiac arrest patient reduces what? - ✔✔coronary perfusion
✔✔What is a procedure that would require a sterile cockpit approach? - ✔✔RSI
✔✔What causes hypovolemia in septic shock patients? - ✔✔Fluid leaks out of vascular
space
✔✔What intervention is indicated for a ROSC patient who remains comatose besides
vitals, 12-lead, and temperature regulation? - ✔✔ET Intubation
✔✔No pulse with CPR and JVD is indicative of? - ✔✔Cardiac Tamponade
✔✔Crushing chest pain with ST-Elevation in V1-V4 would indicate an infarct in which
artery? - ✔✔Left Anterior Descending
SET A+
✔✔Adequately perfused kidneys produce how many mLs of urine per hour? - ✔✔30-
50mL
✔✔Tachycardia with irregular pulse, labored breathing with diffuse crackles/rales in all
lung fields, pale/cool/diaphoretic skins, and low blood pressure are signs of what type of
shock? - ✔✔Cardiogenic
✔✔What is one of the most helpful steps to formulating a field diagnosis? -
✔✔Considering and ruling out various conditions
✔✔A sudden nervous system reaction that causes temporary generalized vasodilation
leading to syncope describes what type of shock? - ✔✔Psychogenic
✔✔Allowing full recoil of the chest in CPR enhances blood return to the heart by what
mechanism? - ✔✔Negative intrathoracic pressure
✔✔If someone has a syncopal episode and then complains of headache and inability to
walk without feeling dizzy, you should suspect? - ✔✔Head Injury
✔✔Treatment for neurogenic shock includes IV fluids, temperature management, and
possibly? - ✔✔Atropine 0.5mg up to 3mg
Suppress vagus nerve to increase cardiac output.
✔✔What is the most important criteria for bystander CPR to meet prior to EMS arrival? -
✔✔Compressions
✔✔Which system is primarily responsible for tissue perfusion? - ✔✔Cardiovascular
, ✔✔The recommended fluid resuscitation for a patient in shock with no suspected TBI
is? - ✔✔250mL up to 4x, maintain systolic of 80-90mmHg
✔✔What type of metabolism takes over when inefficient cellular metabolism produces
lactic acid? - ✔✔Anaerobic
✔✔Accumulation of lactic acid and other waste products in the blood inhibits what
interaction? - ✔✔hemoglobin from binding with and carrying oxygen
✔✔What should you do if you are working a cardiac arrest patient and the capnography
spikes from <20mmHg to >40mmHg? - ✔✔Assess pulse for up to 10 seconds
✔✔Tendency to gather or rely on information that confirms your existing views and
downplays/avoids info that does not confirm your hypothesis or field differential is what
kind of bias? - ✔✔Confirmation Bias
✔✔The primary focus of running a megacode should be on? - ✔✔teamwork and
minimal interruptions of CPR
✔✔What causes increased afterload following Alpha-1 stimulation? - ✔✔Arteriolar
constriction
✔✔What senses decrease in blood flow and activates the vasomotor center in
response? - ✔✔Baroreceptors
✔✔Increased rate of breathing that leads to respiratory alkalosis occurs during which
stage of shock? - ✔✔Compensated
✔✔Hyperventilating a cardiac arrest patient reduces what? - ✔✔coronary perfusion
✔✔What is a procedure that would require a sterile cockpit approach? - ✔✔RSI
✔✔What causes hypovolemia in septic shock patients? - ✔✔Fluid leaks out of vascular
space
✔✔What intervention is indicated for a ROSC patient who remains comatose besides
vitals, 12-lead, and temperature regulation? - ✔✔ET Intubation
✔✔No pulse with CPR and JVD is indicative of? - ✔✔Cardiac Tamponade
✔✔Crushing chest pain with ST-Elevation in V1-V4 would indicate an infarct in which
artery? - ✔✔Left Anterior Descending
