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EMT-Basic FISDAP CardiologyTest Questions and Answers 2023 - 2024 (Verified Answers)
1. Cardiac Arrest Treatment: Rapid CPR and early application of an AED.
Maintain open airway, apply high concentration of oxygen, non rebreather mask.
2. Dyspnea: Shortness of breath, labored or difficulty breathing.
3. AED Indications: Pulseless
Not Breathing Unresponsive
4. AED Use: AED says "analyzing" do not touch patient.
5. Chest Pain: Administer Oxygen
6. AED Shockable Rhythms: V-Tach
V-Fib
- Acute Myocardial Infarction: Often called a Heart Attack. The condition in which
a portion of the myocardium dies as a result of oxygen starvation.
8. Best known heart problem symptom: Chest Pain
- AED Single Shock: After a single shock from an AED, and patient regains pulse, 1 / 3
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place patient in recovery position.
10. Coronary Arteries: Blood vessels that supply the myocardium
- Congestive Heart Failure: Congestive Heart Failure is often a complication with
a heart attack.
12. Cardiogenic Shock: Shock or lack of perfusion brought on by inadequate
pumping action of the heart.
Often the result of a heart attack or congestive heart failure.
- Angina Pectoris: Pain in the chest. In this condition coronary artery disease has
narrowed the arteries that supply the heart.
Occurring when blood supply to the heart is reduced and a portion of the heart muscle is not recieving enough oxygen.
- Coronary Artery Disease: Conditions that narrow or block the arteries of the
heart.
Coronary artery disease is often the result of buildup of fatty deposits on the inner walls of the arteries.
15. Right Sided Heart Failure: Pedal Edema
- Identify Stroke: Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale 2 / 3
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