BKAT ICU ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● Normal Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure (PAOP) range
Answer: 6-12 mmHg
●● Normal Pulmonary Artery Systolic (PAS) range
Answer: 20-30 mmHg
●● Normal Pulmonary Artery Diastolic (PAD) range
Answer: 5-15 mmHg
●● Normal Pulmonary Artery Mean (PAM)
Answer: 11-20 mmHg
●● Normal Systemic Vascular Resistance (SVR) range
Answer: 800-1200 mmHg
●● Preload
Answer: volume left in the left ventricle at the end of diastole
●● What is preload affected by?
,Answer: venous return to the heart, atrial kick, total volume, and
ventricular compliance
●● What drugs can affect preload?
Answer: Furosemide and nitroglycerin
●● Afterload
Answer: Amount of pressure heart has to overcome to pump blood out
●● What drugs may affect afterload?
Answer: Vasoconstricters and vasodilators
●● Contractility
Answer: the contractile force of the heart, how much will it take to move
the preload out against the afterload
●● What is the appropriate hold time after pulling an arterial line?
Answer: 5-10 min
●● What part of the heart does the PAOP affect?
Answer: Left ventricle
●● What part of the heart does the CVP affect?
, Answer: Right ventricle
●● What does it mean when the PAOP is elevated?
Answer: Increased left ventricular end diastolic pressure that could be
indicative of left ventricular dysfunction or failure
●● What does it mean if CVP is elevated?
Answer: Fluid overload or decreased compliance (such as with ARDS
and COPD)
●● Difference between stable and unstable angina
Answer: Stable angina: pain happens with certain activities but then
goes away with rest. Unstable angina: chest pain can occur at rest,
becomes more sever or frequent, or lasts longer
●● ECG changes with an acute MI?
Answer: ST elevation or depression ECG changes with hyperkalemia
Peaked T waves
●● What conditions may cause elevated cardiac enzymes? Trauma,
acute MI, CABG, and pericarditis
Answer:
●● What is the goal of treatment with cariogenic shock?
COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● Normal Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure (PAOP) range
Answer: 6-12 mmHg
●● Normal Pulmonary Artery Systolic (PAS) range
Answer: 20-30 mmHg
●● Normal Pulmonary Artery Diastolic (PAD) range
Answer: 5-15 mmHg
●● Normal Pulmonary Artery Mean (PAM)
Answer: 11-20 mmHg
●● Normal Systemic Vascular Resistance (SVR) range
Answer: 800-1200 mmHg
●● Preload
Answer: volume left in the left ventricle at the end of diastole
●● What is preload affected by?
,Answer: venous return to the heart, atrial kick, total volume, and
ventricular compliance
●● What drugs can affect preload?
Answer: Furosemide and nitroglycerin
●● Afterload
Answer: Amount of pressure heart has to overcome to pump blood out
●● What drugs may affect afterload?
Answer: Vasoconstricters and vasodilators
●● Contractility
Answer: the contractile force of the heart, how much will it take to move
the preload out against the afterload
●● What is the appropriate hold time after pulling an arterial line?
Answer: 5-10 min
●● What part of the heart does the PAOP affect?
Answer: Left ventricle
●● What part of the heart does the CVP affect?
, Answer: Right ventricle
●● What does it mean when the PAOP is elevated?
Answer: Increased left ventricular end diastolic pressure that could be
indicative of left ventricular dysfunction or failure
●● What does it mean if CVP is elevated?
Answer: Fluid overload or decreased compliance (such as with ARDS
and COPD)
●● Difference between stable and unstable angina
Answer: Stable angina: pain happens with certain activities but then
goes away with rest. Unstable angina: chest pain can occur at rest,
becomes more sever or frequent, or lasts longer
●● ECG changes with an acute MI?
Answer: ST elevation or depression ECG changes with hyperkalemia
Peaked T waves
●● What conditions may cause elevated cardiac enzymes? Trauma,
acute MI, CABG, and pericarditis
Answer:
●● What is the goal of treatment with cariogenic shock?
