RCIS REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2023 COMPLETE
What is the normal range of potassium in the blood?
3.5-5.0
Name some antiplatelet medications?
ASA, Ticlid, Plavix
If a patient has a high creatinine, what should you consider?
-as small amount of contrast as possible
-post procedure fluid hydration 3 ml/kg
How does heparin prevent clot formation?
- prevents conversion of prothrombin to thrombin
-combines with antithrombin to make it more effective
What is the action of reopro?
Inhibits IIB/IIIA receptors
INR measures the levels of which drug?
Coumadin
Lovenox impacts what?
Antithrombin and Factor Xa
What might be the medication of choice for SVT?
Adenosine
What short acting benzodiazepine is commonly used in the cath lab for sedation?
Versed
What is a quick and easy way to check a patients clotting time after being given
heparin?
ACT
How to ticlid and plavix act?
they turn off receptor sites on the platelets (super-aspirin)
If a patient is on NPH Insuling, what medication should not be given?
Protamine
What does ASA do?
Prevents platelet adhesion
TPA acts by?
-Dissolving Fibrin
-Activates plaminogen
What labs look at kidney function?
-BUN
-Creatinine
-GFR
-Creatinine clearance
The most accurate measure of cardiac muscle fiber damage after an MI is what?
Troponin
Which lab value does not evaluate the extent of an MI?
Serum Creatinine
Post procedure renal dysfunction is more likely to occur in patients with?
, -Diabetes
-Pre procedure dehydration
-Frequent use of NSAID
-Ace inhibitors
What is a pseudoaneurysm?
-False Aneurysm
-Often a puslatile mass near where the sheath site with a bruit is present
If the transducer is positioned to low at the side of the table, the pt's pressure will
read?
Falsely High
If you are checking the radial/ulner pulse when you press and relase one at a time
this is called what kind of test?
Allen's test
What is the best way to calculate a patients pulse rate?
Check pulse for one minute
If the patients IV site is infilatrated what should you do?
Shut it off
Metabolic acidosis has a low level of what?
Bicarb
A pH less than 7.35 or greater than 7.45 is called what?
Uncompensated
What would be the appropriate intervention for a patient with respiratory
acidosis?
Increase Ventilations
The primary drive to breathe comes from the patients?
CO2 level
Hyperventilating a patient to suctioning is done to ?
Increase arterial PO2
A High CO2 will impact pH how?
It will lower the pH
Increased bicarb will do what to the pH?
Increase pH
What is the most common form of cardiac tumor?
Atrial myxoma located in LA
The innermost layer of an artery is what?
Intima
What type of intervention is best used for a CALCIFIED lesion?
Rotoblador
What type of balloon is best used on a calcified lesion?
Cutting balloon
The symptoms of increased HR, decreased BP, and shortness of breath during a
biopsy indicate what?
Cardiac perforation
What diagnositc catheter is best used for visualizing the LAD when the patient
has a dilated AO root?
JL5
2023 COMPLETE
What is the normal range of potassium in the blood?
3.5-5.0
Name some antiplatelet medications?
ASA, Ticlid, Plavix
If a patient has a high creatinine, what should you consider?
-as small amount of contrast as possible
-post procedure fluid hydration 3 ml/kg
How does heparin prevent clot formation?
- prevents conversion of prothrombin to thrombin
-combines with antithrombin to make it more effective
What is the action of reopro?
Inhibits IIB/IIIA receptors
INR measures the levels of which drug?
Coumadin
Lovenox impacts what?
Antithrombin and Factor Xa
What might be the medication of choice for SVT?
Adenosine
What short acting benzodiazepine is commonly used in the cath lab for sedation?
Versed
What is a quick and easy way to check a patients clotting time after being given
heparin?
ACT
How to ticlid and plavix act?
they turn off receptor sites on the platelets (super-aspirin)
If a patient is on NPH Insuling, what medication should not be given?
Protamine
What does ASA do?
Prevents platelet adhesion
TPA acts by?
-Dissolving Fibrin
-Activates plaminogen
What labs look at kidney function?
-BUN
-Creatinine
-GFR
-Creatinine clearance
The most accurate measure of cardiac muscle fiber damage after an MI is what?
Troponin
Which lab value does not evaluate the extent of an MI?
Serum Creatinine
Post procedure renal dysfunction is more likely to occur in patients with?
, -Diabetes
-Pre procedure dehydration
-Frequent use of NSAID
-Ace inhibitors
What is a pseudoaneurysm?
-False Aneurysm
-Often a puslatile mass near where the sheath site with a bruit is present
If the transducer is positioned to low at the side of the table, the pt's pressure will
read?
Falsely High
If you are checking the radial/ulner pulse when you press and relase one at a time
this is called what kind of test?
Allen's test
What is the best way to calculate a patients pulse rate?
Check pulse for one minute
If the patients IV site is infilatrated what should you do?
Shut it off
Metabolic acidosis has a low level of what?
Bicarb
A pH less than 7.35 or greater than 7.45 is called what?
Uncompensated
What would be the appropriate intervention for a patient with respiratory
acidosis?
Increase Ventilations
The primary drive to breathe comes from the patients?
CO2 level
Hyperventilating a patient to suctioning is done to ?
Increase arterial PO2
A High CO2 will impact pH how?
It will lower the pH
Increased bicarb will do what to the pH?
Increase pH
What is the most common form of cardiac tumor?
Atrial myxoma located in LA
The innermost layer of an artery is what?
Intima
What type of intervention is best used for a CALCIFIED lesion?
Rotoblador
What type of balloon is best used on a calcified lesion?
Cutting balloon
The symptoms of increased HR, decreased BP, and shortness of breath during a
biopsy indicate what?
Cardiac perforation
What diagnositc catheter is best used for visualizing the LAD when the patient
has a dilated AO root?
JL5
