EMT FISDAP CARDIOLOGY EXAM 2 PRACTICE
STUDY GUIDE 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Switching compressors during two-rescuer CPR: Answer: should
occur every two minutes throughout the arrest
◉ Stable angina Answer: chest pain that occurs when a person is
active or under severe stress
◉ Unstable angina Answer: chest pain that occurs while a person is
at rest and not exerting himself
◉ What occurs during recoil of the chest inbetween compressions
Answer: a vacuum is created and blood returns to the heart
◉ A group of symptoms caused by myocardial ischemia; includes
angina and myocardial infarction Answer: acute coronary syndrome
◉ A heart attack; death of the heart muscle following obstruction of
blood flow to it; in this context the attack is "new" or "happening
right now" Answer: acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
, ◉ Transient (short-lived) chest discomfort caused by partial or
temporary blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle; also called
angina Answer: angina pectoris
◉ a weakness in the wall of the aorta that makes it susceptible to
rupture Answer: aortic aneurism
◉ the one way valve that lies between the left ventricle and the aorta
keeps blood from flowing back into the left ventricle after the left
ventricle ejects its blood into the aorta; one of the four heart valves
Answer: aortic valve
◉ a tracing on an ECG that is the result of interference, such as
patient movement, rather than the heart's electrical activity Answer:
artifact
◉ the complete absence of all heart electrical activity Answer:
asystole
◉ the ability of cardiac muscle cells to contract without stimulation
from the nervous system Answer: automatically
◉ when the heart fails to generate effective and detectable blood
flow; pulses are not palpable, even if muscular and electrical activity
continues in the heart Answer: cardiac arrest
STUDY GUIDE 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Switching compressors during two-rescuer CPR: Answer: should
occur every two minutes throughout the arrest
◉ Stable angina Answer: chest pain that occurs when a person is
active or under severe stress
◉ Unstable angina Answer: chest pain that occurs while a person is
at rest and not exerting himself
◉ What occurs during recoil of the chest inbetween compressions
Answer: a vacuum is created and blood returns to the heart
◉ A group of symptoms caused by myocardial ischemia; includes
angina and myocardial infarction Answer: acute coronary syndrome
◉ A heart attack; death of the heart muscle following obstruction of
blood flow to it; in this context the attack is "new" or "happening
right now" Answer: acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
, ◉ Transient (short-lived) chest discomfort caused by partial or
temporary blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle; also called
angina Answer: angina pectoris
◉ a weakness in the wall of the aorta that makes it susceptible to
rupture Answer: aortic aneurism
◉ the one way valve that lies between the left ventricle and the aorta
keeps blood from flowing back into the left ventricle after the left
ventricle ejects its blood into the aorta; one of the four heart valves
Answer: aortic valve
◉ a tracing on an ECG that is the result of interference, such as
patient movement, rather than the heart's electrical activity Answer:
artifact
◉ the complete absence of all heart electrical activity Answer:
asystole
◉ the ability of cardiac muscle cells to contract without stimulation
from the nervous system Answer: automatically
◉ when the heart fails to generate effective and detectable blood
flow; pulses are not palpable, even if muscular and electrical activity
continues in the heart Answer: cardiac arrest
