RCIS 2022 Glowacki.

RCIS 2022 Glowacki & Sommers (330
Questions and Answers.
1. What is the normal range of Potassium (K+) in the blood? - Verified
Answer 3.5 - 5.O

2. What is the name for Potassium <3.5 - Verified Answer Hypokalemia

3. What is the name for Potassium >5.0 - Verified Answer Hyperkalemia

4. Name some Antiplatelet meds - Verified Answer ASA, Plavix, Brillenta,
Effient, Integrelin, and Reopro

5. Adenosine causes what - Verified Answer Max Hyperemia

6. When the patient has a vasovagal reaction, what do you do? - Verified
Answer Give Fluids
Trendelenburg position
Atropine .5mg- 1mg IV push

7. When a patient has a vasovagal reaction, what do you see? - Verified
Answer BP Decreases
HR Decreases
SV Decreases

8. If a patient has a high Creatinine, what should you consider? - Verified
Answer Pre-Op Fluid Hydration
Use as small amount of contrast as possible
:3Ml/Kg or 3 times the GFR

9. How does heparin prevent clot formation? - Verified Answer by
preventing the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin
Heparin combines with antithrombin to make it more effective

10. What is the initial dose of Versed for Sedation? - Verified Answer .5
mg - 1mg

,11. what is the action of Reopro? - Verified Answer Reopro inhibits IIb/IIIa
receptors

12. INR measures the levels of which drug? - Verified Answer Coumadin

13. Most commjon access point to perform a myocardial biopsy? - Verified
Answer R IJ

14. What are the landmarks to preform an IJ access? - Verified Answer
the IJ lies between the medial and lateral heads of the sternocleidomastoid
muscle and lateral to the carotid artery

15. Lovenox impacts what? - Verified Answer Antithrombin and Factor Xa

16. What might be the medication of choice for SVT? - Verified Answer
Adenosine

17. What short acting benzodiazepine is commonly used in the cath lab for
sedation? - Verified Answer Versed (Midazolam)

18. Steps to place a distal protection device? - Verified Answer 1. place
the device distal to the lesion
2.cross the lesion with stent/ balloon
3.deploy the Stent
4.remove stent balloon
5.remove the protection device

19. how to you check a patient's clotting time after being given heparin? -
Verified Answer ACT
If not available, draw PTT

20. Prior to a procedure, what information must be found on the patient's
chart? - Verified Answer H&P with 30 days
Informed consent
specific cath lab procedure order set

21. How does plavix act? - Verified Answer Plavix turns off receptor sites
on the platelets (super-aspirin)

, 22. If a patient is on NPH insulin, what medication should not be given? -
Verified Answer Protamine

23. which procedure require venous access? - Verified Answer ASD/PFO
Mitral Clip
Watchman
Mitral Valveplasty
Right heart cath
heart biopsy
permanent pacemaker
temporary pacemaker
afib ablation/EP
ICE catheter

24. Which procedure require arterial access? - Verified Answer Left heart
cath
PCI
TAVR
Impella
IABP

25. What does ASA do? - Verified Answer ASA prevents platelet adhesion

26. TPA acts by? - Verified Answer Dissolving fibrin
Activates Plasminogen

27. Which procedures require the use of the ICE catheter - Verified
Answer ASD/PFO
Mitral Valvuloplasty
Mitral Valve Clip
EP Ablations
In place of TEE in TAVR

28. What labs look at kidney function? - Verified Answer BUN and
Creatinine
GFR
Creatinine clearance

29. The most accurate measure of cardiac muscle fiber damage after an MI
is what? - Verified Answer Troponin