Basic Knowledge Assessment Tool (BKAT) Exam Study (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)
Question:
What is the initial treatment for chest pain?
Answer:
REST
Question:
What is the most prominent EKG change that occurs in acute MI?
Answer:
ST segment elevation in two or more contiguous leads
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Question:
Cardiac enzymes are elevated in which conditions? in contrast, not elevated in what conditions?
Answer:
MI
Pericarditis
Myocarditis
not so much elevated in congestive heart failure
Question:
What is normal chest tube drainage PER HOUR?
Answer:
no more than 100 mL/hr
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Question:
what conditions commonly cause heart murmurs?
Answer:
- Aortic dissection
- Aortic regurgitation (both acute and chronic)
- Mitral valve regurgitation (both acute and chronic)
- Mitral valve stenosis
Question:
What are drugs that INCREASE preload?
Answer:
•Colloids
•Crystalloids
•Blood Hetastarch
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Question:
Drugs that DECREASE preload?
Answer:
•Dilators:
• Nitroglycerin • Nitroprusside • Amrinone • Alpha and Calcium Channel blockers
Question:
Drugs that increase contractility?
Answer:
INOTROPES
-dobutamine -dopamine -milrinone -digoxin
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