RCIS Practice Test
What is the formula for calculating cardiac output? - correct answer CO= HR x SV
What is stroke volume related to? - correct answer preload
Preload is most impacted by..... - correct answer Increased filling volumes
A patient with chronic untreated hypertension would demonstrate.... - correct answer Increased afterload
Vascular resistance/pressure is most influenced by.... - correct answer Radius of the vessel
The formula for BP is.... - correct answer BP = CO x SVR
What component of a Pulmonary Capillary Wedge pressure indicates Mitral insufficiency - correct answer V wave
An elevated RVEDP is found in which pathology - correct answer RV infarct
If the RA waveform is 2x the normal value, where would this be demonstrated in the physical assessment
- correct answer JVD
What is the most common cause of Pulmonic stenosis - correct answer Congenital
The Blue proximal part of the swan is located how far from the distal tip of the swan - correct answer 30 cm When performing a thermodilution cardiac output, the operator injects 10 cc of saline into the _____ and the temperature change is measured in the ______ - correct answer RA, PA
Equalization of RVEDP and LVEDP are found in - correct answer restrictive pericarditis
Signs of Right sided heart failure include - correct answer JVD
Based on these oxygen saturations, what type of shunt is present? SVC sat= 67% IVC sat= 71% RA sat= 85% RV sat= 85% PA sat= 85% LA sat= 98% LV sat= 98% AO sat= 98% - correct answer L to R ASD
What type of ASD, located in the middle 1/3 of the atrial septum (the former site of the fossa ovalis) is called - correct answer Ostium Secundum
What is the Flamm's equation - correct answer 3(SVC) + 1(IVC)/4
The formula used to calculate MAP is - correct answer 1 (systolic) + 2 (diastolic)/3
What are the four anomalies associated with Tetralogy of Fallot - correct answer Pulmonic stenosis, over
riding aorta, RVH, VSD
Which fetal anomaly is characterized by a large VSD over which a large single great vessel arises - correct
answer Truncas Arteriosus
Pulsus Paradoxus is a sign of - correct answer Cardiac Tamponade
What does RAD stand for - correct answer Radiation absorbed dose
What component of the X-ray system converts light rays into images - correct answer Image intensifier
What is the maximum annual dose of radiation one can receive annually - correct answer 5 REM Lead protection should be at least how many millimeters of lead - correct answer .5
What is the minimum safe distance to position oneself from the X-ray source - correct answer 6 feet
In an X-ray tube what is the charge on the cathode and the anode - correct answer Cathode: positive
Anode: negative
Which view exposes the operator to the greatest amount of radiation - correct answer Lateral
What converts x-rays into an image - correct answer Image Intensifier
The contrast that is best for a patient is - correct answer low osmolality
Radiolucent means - correct answer X-rays are permitted to pass through
Radiopaque means - correct answer X-rays are not permitted to pass through
ReoPro works on - correct answer IIb/IIIa receptors
Heparin potentiates the action of - correct answer Antithrombin
Fibrinogen is converted to Fibrin by the action of - correct answer Thrombin
There are _________ known pathways to imitate the clotting cascade - correct answer 2
Aspirin inhibits the action of - correct answer Arachidonic Acid
Which agent is not an antiplatelet - correct answer Heparin
What is the formula for calculating cardiac output? - correct answer CO= HR x SV
What is stroke volume related to? - correct answer preload
Preload is most impacted by..... - correct answer Increased filling volumes
A patient with chronic untreated hypertension would demonstrate.... - correct answer Increased afterload
Vascular resistance/pressure is most influenced by.... - correct answer Radius of the vessel
The formula for BP is.... - correct answer BP = CO x SVR
What component of a Pulmonary Capillary Wedge pressure indicates Mitral insufficiency - correct answer V wave
An elevated RVEDP is found in which pathology - correct answer RV infarct
If the RA waveform is 2x the normal value, where would this be demonstrated in the physical assessment
- correct answer JVD
What is the most common cause of Pulmonic stenosis - correct answer Congenital
The Blue proximal part of the swan is located how far from the distal tip of the swan - correct answer 30 cm When performing a thermodilution cardiac output, the operator injects 10 cc of saline into the _____ and the temperature change is measured in the ______ - correct answer RA, PA
Equalization of RVEDP and LVEDP are found in - correct answer restrictive pericarditis
Signs of Right sided heart failure include - correct answer JVD
Based on these oxygen saturations, what type of shunt is present? SVC sat= 67% IVC sat= 71% RA sat= 85% RV sat= 85% PA sat= 85% LA sat= 98% LV sat= 98% AO sat= 98% - correct answer L to R ASD
What type of ASD, located in the middle 1/3 of the atrial septum (the former site of the fossa ovalis) is called - correct answer Ostium Secundum
What is the Flamm's equation - correct answer 3(SVC) + 1(IVC)/4
The formula used to calculate MAP is - correct answer 1 (systolic) + 2 (diastolic)/3
What are the four anomalies associated with Tetralogy of Fallot - correct answer Pulmonic stenosis, over
riding aorta, RVH, VSD
Which fetal anomaly is characterized by a large VSD over which a large single great vessel arises - correct
answer Truncas Arteriosus
Pulsus Paradoxus is a sign of - correct answer Cardiac Tamponade
What does RAD stand for - correct answer Radiation absorbed dose
What component of the X-ray system converts light rays into images - correct answer Image intensifier
What is the maximum annual dose of radiation one can receive annually - correct answer 5 REM Lead protection should be at least how many millimeters of lead - correct answer .5
What is the minimum safe distance to position oneself from the X-ray source - correct answer 6 feet
In an X-ray tube what is the charge on the cathode and the anode - correct answer Cathode: positive
Anode: negative
Which view exposes the operator to the greatest amount of radiation - correct answer Lateral
What converts x-rays into an image - correct answer Image Intensifier
The contrast that is best for a patient is - correct answer low osmolality
Radiolucent means - correct answer X-rays are permitted to pass through
Radiopaque means - correct answer X-rays are not permitted to pass through
ReoPro works on - correct answer IIb/IIIa receptors
Heparin potentiates the action of - correct answer Antithrombin
Fibrinogen is converted to Fibrin by the action of - correct answer Thrombin
There are _________ known pathways to imitate the clotting cascade - correct answer 2
Aspirin inhibits the action of - correct answer Arachidonic Acid
Which agent is not an antiplatelet - correct answer Heparin
