CVP BASIC EXAM REVIEW QUESTION SET
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
◉ What is the typical duration a Port-a-Cath can remain in place?
Answer: Months or years, providing long-term access for
treatment.
◉ What is the advantage of a CVC in administering TPN?
Answer: It allows for the administration of high concentrations of
nutrients directly into a large vein.
◉ What is the purpose of an Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter?
Answer: To prevent blood clots from traveling to the lungs and
causing a pulmonary embolism.
◉ What is thrombolytic therapy?
Answer: A medication treatment that dissolves blood clots.
◉ Name a thrombolytic agent used for stroke and heart attack.
Answer: Alteplase (tPA - Tissue Plasminogen Activator).
◉ What is the mechanism of action of Alteplase?
Answer: It activates plasmin, an enzyme that dissolves blood clots.
, ◉ What condition is Tenecteplase commonly used for?
Answer: Acute ischemic stroke and STEMI heart attacks.
◉ What is Reteplase primarily used for?
Answer: To dissolve clots that block coronary arteries during a
heart attack.
◉ What is Urokinase used to treat?
Answer: Pulmonary embolism and to clear blocked catheters.
◉ What is the main use of Streptokinase?
Answer: To dissolve blood clots in conditions like heart attacks
and pulmonary embolism.
◉ What is transvenous cardiac pacing?
Answer: A temporary pacing method where a wire is inserted
through a vein into the heart.
◉ What is intravenous stenting?
Answer: Placement of a small tube-like structure inside a blood
vessel to keep it open.
◉ What does a low Central Venous Pressure (CVP) indicate?
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
◉ What is the typical duration a Port-a-Cath can remain in place?
Answer: Months or years, providing long-term access for
treatment.
◉ What is the advantage of a CVC in administering TPN?
Answer: It allows for the administration of high concentrations of
nutrients directly into a large vein.
◉ What is the purpose of an Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter?
Answer: To prevent blood clots from traveling to the lungs and
causing a pulmonary embolism.
◉ What is thrombolytic therapy?
Answer: A medication treatment that dissolves blood clots.
◉ Name a thrombolytic agent used for stroke and heart attack.
Answer: Alteplase (tPA - Tissue Plasminogen Activator).
◉ What is the mechanism of action of Alteplase?
Answer: It activates plasmin, an enzyme that dissolves blood clots.
, ◉ What condition is Tenecteplase commonly used for?
Answer: Acute ischemic stroke and STEMI heart attacks.
◉ What is Reteplase primarily used for?
Answer: To dissolve clots that block coronary arteries during a
heart attack.
◉ What is Urokinase used to treat?
Answer: Pulmonary embolism and to clear blocked catheters.
◉ What is the main use of Streptokinase?
Answer: To dissolve blood clots in conditions like heart attacks
and pulmonary embolism.
◉ What is transvenous cardiac pacing?
Answer: A temporary pacing method where a wire is inserted
through a vein into the heart.
◉ What is intravenous stenting?
Answer: Placement of a small tube-like structure inside a blood
vessel to keep it open.
◉ What does a low Central Venous Pressure (CVP) indicate?
