Cardiac Emergency Terms and Definitions
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| show | treat for shock and transport promptly
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| show | head injury
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| Common side effects of nitroglycerin include: | show 🗑
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| After administering nitroglycerin, always | show 🗑
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| Three causes of cardiovascular emergencies: | show 🗑
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| When the body is subjected to exertion or stress, the heart rate will normally | show 🗑
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| show | atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis
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| show | lack of exercise, cigarette smoking, obesity, hypertension
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| Most cardiac emergencies are due to: | show 🗑
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| show | a pain in the chest
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| Important reason why nitroglycerin is administered to a person with chest pain: | show 🗑
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| show | acute myocardial infarction
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| When a cardiac arrest occurs within 2 hours of the onset of cardiac symptoms. | show 🗑
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| This percentage of patiens who experience a cardiac arrest within 2 hours of the onset of symptoms have no previous history of cardiac problems. | show 🗑
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| Changes in the field care of acute coronary symptoms have made these two procedures the most important treatment methods. | show 🗑
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| show | pulmonary edema
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| show | CPR, defibrillation, advanced care
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| Decrease EMS access time by: | show 🗑
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| The typical cardiac arrest patient is: | show 🗑
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| The most common witness to a cardiac arrest is: | show 🗑
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| The single most important factor in determining survival from cardiac arrest is: | show 🗑
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| show | 8 minutes
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| If you are treating a cardiac arrest patient and there is no ACLS unit in the community, the EMT-B should | show 🗑
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| show | ventricular fibrillation, pulseless ventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia
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| show | pulseless electrical activity
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| A nonshockable rhythm that is commonly called a flatline is named: | show 🗑
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| show | avoid touching the patient
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| show | adults and children with a shockable rhythm
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| show | Red
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| show | give high-concentration oxygen via a nonrebreather mask and transport
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| show | transport the patient
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| 3 general principles of AED use- | show 🗑
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| show | wet, in contact with metal surfaces, have severe blood loss
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| show | wear gloves
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| show | several inches away from the pacemaker battery
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| Four elements of the chain of survival | show 🗑
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