RCIS-Flashcards Questions With Answers
What is the normal range of potassium (K+) in the blood? - correct answers:3.5-5.0
Potassium level < 3.5 - correct answers:Hypokalemia
potassium level >5.0 - correct answers:hyperkalemia
Name some antiplatelet medications? - correct answers:ASA, Plavix, Brillenta, Effient, Integrelin, Reopro
Remember: Heparin is NOT an antiplatelet
If a patient has a high creatinine, what should you consider? - correct answers:use as small amount of
contrast as possible, pre-procedure fluid hydration, 3 ml/kg
How does heparin prevent clot formation? - correct answers:converts prothrombin to thrombin,
combines with antithrombin to make it more effective
What is the action of Reopro? - correct answers:inhibits IIb/IIIa receptors
INR measures the levels of which drug? - correct answers:coumadin
Lovenox impacts what? - correct answers:Antithrombin and Factor Xa
What might be the medication of choice for SVT? - correct answers:Adenosine
What short acting benzodiazepine is commonly used in the cath lab for sedation? - correct
answers:Versed (Midazolam)
What is a quick and easy way to check a patients clotting time after being give heparin? - correct
answers:ACT
, How does Plavix work? - correct answers:turns off recptor sites on the platelets (super aspirin)
If a patient is on NPH Insulin, what medication should not be given? - correct answers:Protamine
What does ASA (aspirin) do? - correct answers:prevents platelet adhesion
tPA act by? - correct answers:dissolving fibrin, activating plasminogen
What labs look at kidney function - correct answers:BUN, Creatinine, GFR, Creatinine clearance
The most accurate measure of cardiac muscle fiber damage after an MI is what? - correct
answers:troponin
Which lab value does not evaluate the extent of an MI?
-SGOT (AST)
-Serum Creatinine
-CK-MB
-LDH - correct answers:serum creatinine
Post procedure renal dysfunction is more likely to occur in patients with? - correct answers:diabetes, pre-
procedure dehydration, frequent use of NSAID, Ace Inhibitors
Pseudoaneurysm - correct answers:Pseudoaneurysm is a false aneurysm
Often a pulsatile mass near the sheath site with a bruit present
If the transducer is positioned to low at the side of the table after it has been zeroed, the pt's pressure
will read. - correct answers:Falsely high
What is the normal range of potassium (K+) in the blood? - correct answers:3.5-5.0
Potassium level < 3.5 - correct answers:Hypokalemia
potassium level >5.0 - correct answers:hyperkalemia
Name some antiplatelet medications? - correct answers:ASA, Plavix, Brillenta, Effient, Integrelin, Reopro
Remember: Heparin is NOT an antiplatelet
If a patient has a high creatinine, what should you consider? - correct answers:use as small amount of
contrast as possible, pre-procedure fluid hydration, 3 ml/kg
How does heparin prevent clot formation? - correct answers:converts prothrombin to thrombin,
combines with antithrombin to make it more effective
What is the action of Reopro? - correct answers:inhibits IIb/IIIa receptors
INR measures the levels of which drug? - correct answers:coumadin
Lovenox impacts what? - correct answers:Antithrombin and Factor Xa
What might be the medication of choice for SVT? - correct answers:Adenosine
What short acting benzodiazepine is commonly used in the cath lab for sedation? - correct
answers:Versed (Midazolam)
What is a quick and easy way to check a patients clotting time after being give heparin? - correct
answers:ACT
, How does Plavix work? - correct answers:turns off recptor sites on the platelets (super aspirin)
If a patient is on NPH Insulin, what medication should not be given? - correct answers:Protamine
What does ASA (aspirin) do? - correct answers:prevents platelet adhesion
tPA act by? - correct answers:dissolving fibrin, activating plasminogen
What labs look at kidney function - correct answers:BUN, Creatinine, GFR, Creatinine clearance
The most accurate measure of cardiac muscle fiber damage after an MI is what? - correct
answers:troponin
Which lab value does not evaluate the extent of an MI?
-SGOT (AST)
-Serum Creatinine
-CK-MB
-LDH - correct answers:serum creatinine
Post procedure renal dysfunction is more likely to occur in patients with? - correct answers:diabetes, pre-
procedure dehydration, frequent use of NSAID, Ace Inhibitors
Pseudoaneurysm - correct answers:Pseudoaneurysm is a false aneurysm
Often a pulsatile mass near the sheath site with a bruit present
If the transducer is positioned to low at the side of the table after it has been zeroed, the pt's pressure
will read. - correct answers:Falsely high
