Paramedic Fisdap Final Study Guide
Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Percutaneous transtracheal ventilation - Answer-needle cricothyrotomy
what changes in blood gases occur when a patient is hyperventilating? - Answer-
decreased CO2; increased PaO2
what is the primary danger to the infant during a precipitous delivery? - Answer-Cerebral
Trauma
Preload - Answer-stretching prior to contraction
Afterload - Answer-resistance ventricle of the heart has to overcome to eject blood
Chronotropy - Answer-heart rate
inotropy - Answer-how hard the heart contracts
isotropy - Answer-
automaticity - Answer-cells ability to spontaneously depolarize
atherosclerosis - Answer-gradual blockage of an artery by cholesterol and hardened
deposits
syncope - Answer-
which vessel provides blood supply to the SA and AV nodes in most patients? - Answer-
right coronary artery
Impulses that originate in both the atria and ventricles simultaneously, meeting
somewhere in the heart, create a strange appearing complex. What is that complex
known as? - Answer-Fusion beat
ectopic beat - Answer-a heartbeat occurring outside the normal rhythm
what are the most common causes of premature atrial contractions? - Answer-
Stimulants such as caffeine or tobacco
electrical axis of the heart - Answer-mean direction of the action potentials traveling
through the ventricles
Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Percutaneous transtracheal ventilation - Answer-needle cricothyrotomy
what changes in blood gases occur when a patient is hyperventilating? - Answer-
decreased CO2; increased PaO2
what is the primary danger to the infant during a precipitous delivery? - Answer-Cerebral
Trauma
Preload - Answer-stretching prior to contraction
Afterload - Answer-resistance ventricle of the heart has to overcome to eject blood
Chronotropy - Answer-heart rate
inotropy - Answer-how hard the heart contracts
isotropy - Answer-
automaticity - Answer-cells ability to spontaneously depolarize
atherosclerosis - Answer-gradual blockage of an artery by cholesterol and hardened
deposits
syncope - Answer-
which vessel provides blood supply to the SA and AV nodes in most patients? - Answer-
right coronary artery
Impulses that originate in both the atria and ventricles simultaneously, meeting
somewhere in the heart, create a strange appearing complex. What is that complex
known as? - Answer-Fusion beat
ectopic beat - Answer-a heartbeat occurring outside the normal rhythm
what are the most common causes of premature atrial contractions? - Answer-
Stimulants such as caffeine or tobacco
electrical axis of the heart - Answer-mean direction of the action potentials traveling
through the ventricles
