ENA: Cardiovascular Emergencies,
Part 2 questions and answers
Which drug reduces preload and afterload?✔✔Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat)
Which drug is administered to treat acutely decompensated heart
failure?✔✔Nesirititde (Natrecor)
The left circumflex branch supplies which are of the heart?✔✔Lateral wall of
the left ventricle
Which medication is infused to improve cardiac contractility?✔✔Dobutamine
(Dobutrex)
In addition to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, sodium bicarbonate is the
treatment for cardiac arrest caused by which disorder?✔✔Tricyclic
antidepressant overdose
After an acute myocardial infarction, which cardiac biomarker returns to
baseline last?✔✔Troponin T
The right coronary artery supplies which area of the heart?✔✔Posterior
surface of the left ventricle
Hyperkalemia-induced cardiac arrest requires which treatment in addition to
cardiopulmonary resuscitation?✔✔Calcium chloride
You should expect to administer ibuprofen (Motrin) to a patient with which
disorder?✔✔Pericarditis
Part 2 questions and answers
Which drug reduces preload and afterload?✔✔Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat)
Which drug is administered to treat acutely decompensated heart
failure?✔✔Nesirititde (Natrecor)
The left circumflex branch supplies which are of the heart?✔✔Lateral wall of
the left ventricle
Which medication is infused to improve cardiac contractility?✔✔Dobutamine
(Dobutrex)
In addition to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, sodium bicarbonate is the
treatment for cardiac arrest caused by which disorder?✔✔Tricyclic
antidepressant overdose
After an acute myocardial infarction, which cardiac biomarker returns to
baseline last?✔✔Troponin T
The right coronary artery supplies which area of the heart?✔✔Posterior
surface of the left ventricle
Hyperkalemia-induced cardiac arrest requires which treatment in addition to
cardiopulmonary resuscitation?✔✔Calcium chloride
You should expect to administer ibuprofen (Motrin) to a patient with which
disorder?✔✔Pericarditis
