EMT FISDAP CARDIOLOGY EXAM
1. Cardiogenic shock:
inadequate pumping of heart, from lack of oxygen, lackof power to pump
2. Congestive heart failure:
Increased HR and enlarged left ventricle, cant keepup with demand, lungs
become congested with fluid
3. Hypertensive emergency:
Systolic bp >180, sudden severe headache, nau-sea
4. Aortic aneurysm:
Weakening in wall of aorta from hypertension, which thenbursts
5. ECG:
Basic pattern recognition
6. Coronary artery bypass graft (cabbage):
Chest or leg blood vessel is sewnfrom aorta to coronary artery beyond
obstruction
7. Define hypertension:
Systolic BP > 140 mmHg
Diastolic BP > 90 mmHg
8. What to do during ROSC:
Return of Spontaneous Circulation, use BVM at10-12 RR
9. ischemic stroke:
blood vessel that feeds the brain is blocked
, 10. hemorrhagic stroke:
blood vessel that feeds the brain bursts
11. Warning signs of stroke:
SUDDEN numbness/weakness of face/arm/leg, especially on one side,
confusion/trouble speaking, trouble seeing, trouble walking,severe headache
12. Transient ischemic attack:
warning stroke, temporary ischemic stroke, similarsymptoms
13. Ventricular tachycardia:
A rapid heart rhythm in which the electrical impulsebegins in the ventricle
(instead of the atrium)
14. Ventricular fibbrilation:
The backup pacemakers of the heart are firing, mak-ing the ventricles quiver
instead of beat
15. Non-shockable rhythms:
Asystole and Pulseless Electrical Activity
16. Pulseless Electrical Activity:
Organized electrical activity that results in con-tractions not strong enough to
produce a pulse
17. Pericardium:
Membrane surrounding the heart
18. Cardiac tamponade:
compression of the heart caused by fluid accumulationin the pericardial cavity
19. septic shock BP:
lower
1. Cardiogenic shock:
inadequate pumping of heart, from lack of oxygen, lackof power to pump
2. Congestive heart failure:
Increased HR and enlarged left ventricle, cant keepup with demand, lungs
become congested with fluid
3. Hypertensive emergency:
Systolic bp >180, sudden severe headache, nau-sea
4. Aortic aneurysm:
Weakening in wall of aorta from hypertension, which thenbursts
5. ECG:
Basic pattern recognition
6. Coronary artery bypass graft (cabbage):
Chest or leg blood vessel is sewnfrom aorta to coronary artery beyond
obstruction
7. Define hypertension:
Systolic BP > 140 mmHg
Diastolic BP > 90 mmHg
8. What to do during ROSC:
Return of Spontaneous Circulation, use BVM at10-12 RR
9. ischemic stroke:
blood vessel that feeds the brain is blocked
, 10. hemorrhagic stroke:
blood vessel that feeds the brain bursts
11. Warning signs of stroke:
SUDDEN numbness/weakness of face/arm/leg, especially on one side,
confusion/trouble speaking, trouble seeing, trouble walking,severe headache
12. Transient ischemic attack:
warning stroke, temporary ischemic stroke, similarsymptoms
13. Ventricular tachycardia:
A rapid heart rhythm in which the electrical impulsebegins in the ventricle
(instead of the atrium)
14. Ventricular fibbrilation:
The backup pacemakers of the heart are firing, mak-ing the ventricles quiver
instead of beat
15. Non-shockable rhythms:
Asystole and Pulseless Electrical Activity
16. Pulseless Electrical Activity:
Organized electrical activity that results in con-tractions not strong enough to
produce a pulse
17. Pericardium:
Membrane surrounding the heart
18. Cardiac tamponade:
compression of the heart caused by fluid accumulationin the pericardial cavity
19. septic shock BP:
lower
