Acute coronary syndrome Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A patient has an open and sucking chest wound. You should apply which type of dressing? - Answer Occlusive dressing A patient has an open wound with several organs protruding through the wound. Which of the following should you do first? - Answer Summon more advanced medical personnel A patient has fallen off a step ladder. During the fall, his chest hit the side of the ladder. You suspect that he may be experiencing internal bleeding. Which of the following helps support your suspicions? -...

The process by which the body break down and coverts a medication into active subtance is know as metabolism The term NOT associated with the pharmacokinetics of a drug is Pharmacodynamics R ationale: Pharmacokinetics can be simply described as the study of 'what the body does to the drugs' and includes: the rate and extend to which drugs are absorbed and distributed to body tissue; the rate and pathways by which drugs are eliminated from the body by metabolism and excretion; and the relations...

• New in onset • Occurs at rest • Worsening pattern • Increase in frequency • Easily provoked • Unpredictable correct answer: unstable angina EKG changes of unstable angina correct answer: ST depression, T wave inversion unstable angina symptoms may be more vague in... correct answer: women unstable angina is a correct answer: medical emergency Partial occlusion of coronary artery correct answer: UA or NSTEMI Total occlusion of coronary artery correct answer...

Types of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) - Answer ST-elevation ACS: acute chest pain and persistent (>20 mins) ST-segment elevation. Most develop ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Non-ST-elevation ACS: acute chest pain without persistent ST-segment elevation. - unstable angina: normal troponin levels as no necrosis (although occasionally there can be minor rises in troponin signifying increased risk of subsequent cardiac events). - non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI...

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When ischemia is prolonged and not immediately reversible, what develops and encompasses the spectrum of unstable angina (UA), non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)? correct answers acute coronary syndrome (ACS) Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is associated with deterioration of a once stable what? correct answers atherosclerotic plaque What is the disease progress of acute coronary syndrome? correct answers Deteriorat...

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Exams A and B 2023 A+ l Please do not mark on this exam. Record the best answer on the separate answer sheet. 1. Which type of atrioventricular block best describes this rhythm? A. First-degree B. Second-degree type I C. Second-degree type II D. Third-degree 2. Your patient is in cardiac arrest and has been intubated. To assess CPR quality, which should you do? A. Monitor the patient’s PETCO2 B. Obtain a 12-lead ECG C. Chec...

Acute Coronary Syndrome Includes - ANSWER MI Unstable Angina Angina - ANSWER Myocardial Anoxia - decreased 02 through coronary arteries Exertional Angina - ANSWER Four "E's" Exercise Emotional States After Eating Extreme Temperature Higher rates of MI during thanksgiving night, and first day of snow, etc. Prinzmetal's Angina or Variant Angina - ANSWER Pain that occurs possibly from Coronary Vasospasm during Rest. Stable Angina - ANSWER Pain that is re

The client with unstable angina has received education about the acute coronary syndrome. Which of the following indicates that he understood the teaching? 1. "This is a big warning, I must modify my lifestyle or risk having a heart attack in the next year." 2. "Angina is just a temporary interruption of blood flow to my heart." 3. "I need to tell my wife I've had a heart attack." 4. "Because this was temporary, I will not need to take any medications for my heart." correct answers...