Cardiology Fisdap Exam for EMT
A 44-year-old man reports dizziness and lightheadness. His BP is 88/26 mm
Hg, his heart rate is 190 beats per minute and weak. His skin is cool
clammy and pale. Why is his BP low? - correct answer decreased
ventricular timing
A 44-year-old man reports dizziness and lightheadness. His BP is 88/26 mm
Hg, his heart rate is 190 beats per minute and weak. His skin is cool
clammy and pale. Why is his BP low? - correct answer decreased
ventricular timing
Switching compressors during two-rescuer CPR: - correct answer should
occur every two minutes throughout the arrest
Switching compressors during two-rescuer CPR: - correct answer should
occur every two minutes throughout the arrest
Stable angina - correct answer chest pain that occurs when a person is
active or under severe stress
Stable angina - correct answer chest pain that occurs when a person is
active or under severe stress
Unstable angina - correct answer chest pain that occurs while a person is
at rest and not exerting himself
Unstable angina - correct answer chest pain that occurs while a person is
at rest and not exerting himself
What occurs during recoil of the chest inbetween compressions - correct
answer
a vacuum is created and blood returns to the heart
What occurs during recoil of the chest inbetween compressions - correct
answer
a vacuum is created and blood returns to the heart
A group of symptoms caused by myocardial ischemia; includes angina and
myocardial infarction - correct answer acute coronary syndrome
A group of symptoms caused by myocardial ischemia; includes angina and
myocardial infarction - correct answer acute coronary syndrome
A heart attack; death of the heart muscle following obstruction of blood flow
to it; in this context the attack is "new" or "happening right now" - correct
answer acute
myocardial infarction (AMI)
, Cardiology Fisdap Exam for EMT
A heart attack; death of the heart muscle following obstruction of blood flow
to it; in this context the attack is "new" or "happening right now" - correct
answer acute
myocardial infarction (AMI)
, Cardiology Fisdap Exam for EMT
Transient (short-lived) chest discomfort caused by partial or temporary
blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle; also called angina - correct
answer angina pectoris
Transient (short-lived) chest discomfort caused by partial or temporary
blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle; also called angina - correct
answer angina pectoris
a weakness in the wall of the aorta that makes it susceptible to rupture -
correct answer aortic aneurism
a weakness in the wall of the aorta that makes it susceptible to rupture -
correct answer aortic aneurism
the one way valve that lies between the left ventricle and the aorta keeps
blood from flowing back into the left ventricle after the left ventricle ejects
its blood into the aorta; one of the four heart valves - correct answer
aortic valve
the one way valve that lies between the left ventricle and the aorta keeps
blood from flowing back into the left ventricle after the left ventricle ejects
its blood into the aorta; one of the four heart valves - correct answer
aortic valve
a tracing on an ECG that is the result of interference, such as patient
movement, rather than the heart's electrical activity - correct answer
artifact
a tracing on an ECG that is the result of interference, such as patient
movement, rather than the heart's electrical activity - correct answer
artifact
the complete absence of all heart electrical activity - correct answer
asystole
the complete absence of all heart electrical activity - correct answer
asystole
the ability of cardiac muscle cells to contract without stimulation from
the nervous system - correct answer automatically
the ability of cardiac muscle cells to contract without stimulation from
the nervous system - correct answer automatically
when the heart fails to generate effective and detectable blood flow; pulses
are not palpable, even if muscular and electrical activity continues in the
heart - correct answer cardiac arrest
A 44-year-old man reports dizziness and lightheadness. His BP is 88/26 mm
Hg, his heart rate is 190 beats per minute and weak. His skin is cool
clammy and pale. Why is his BP low? - correct answer decreased
ventricular timing
A 44-year-old man reports dizziness and lightheadness. His BP is 88/26 mm
Hg, his heart rate is 190 beats per minute and weak. His skin is cool
clammy and pale. Why is his BP low? - correct answer decreased
ventricular timing
Switching compressors during two-rescuer CPR: - correct answer should
occur every two minutes throughout the arrest
Switching compressors during two-rescuer CPR: - correct answer should
occur every two minutes throughout the arrest
Stable angina - correct answer chest pain that occurs when a person is
active or under severe stress
Stable angina - correct answer chest pain that occurs when a person is
active or under severe stress
Unstable angina - correct answer chest pain that occurs while a person is
at rest and not exerting himself
Unstable angina - correct answer chest pain that occurs while a person is
at rest and not exerting himself
What occurs during recoil of the chest inbetween compressions - correct
answer
a vacuum is created and blood returns to the heart
What occurs during recoil of the chest inbetween compressions - correct
answer
a vacuum is created and blood returns to the heart
A group of symptoms caused by myocardial ischemia; includes angina and
myocardial infarction - correct answer acute coronary syndrome
A group of symptoms caused by myocardial ischemia; includes angina and
myocardial infarction - correct answer acute coronary syndrome
A heart attack; death of the heart muscle following obstruction of blood flow
to it; in this context the attack is "new" or "happening right now" - correct
answer acute
myocardial infarction (AMI)
, Cardiology Fisdap Exam for EMT
A heart attack; death of the heart muscle following obstruction of blood flow
to it; in this context the attack is "new" or "happening right now" - correct
answer acute
myocardial infarction (AMI)
, Cardiology Fisdap Exam for EMT
Transient (short-lived) chest discomfort caused by partial or temporary
blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle; also called angina - correct
answer angina pectoris
Transient (short-lived) chest discomfort caused by partial or temporary
blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle; also called angina - correct
answer angina pectoris
a weakness in the wall of the aorta that makes it susceptible to rupture -
correct answer aortic aneurism
a weakness in the wall of the aorta that makes it susceptible to rupture -
correct answer aortic aneurism
the one way valve that lies between the left ventricle and the aorta keeps
blood from flowing back into the left ventricle after the left ventricle ejects
its blood into the aorta; one of the four heart valves - correct answer
aortic valve
the one way valve that lies between the left ventricle and the aorta keeps
blood from flowing back into the left ventricle after the left ventricle ejects
its blood into the aorta; one of the four heart valves - correct answer
aortic valve
a tracing on an ECG that is the result of interference, such as patient
movement, rather than the heart's electrical activity - correct answer
artifact
a tracing on an ECG that is the result of interference, such as patient
movement, rather than the heart's electrical activity - correct answer
artifact
the complete absence of all heart electrical activity - correct answer
asystole
the complete absence of all heart electrical activity - correct answer
asystole
the ability of cardiac muscle cells to contract without stimulation from
the nervous system - correct answer automatically
the ability of cardiac muscle cells to contract without stimulation from
the nervous system - correct answer automatically
when the heart fails to generate effective and detectable blood flow; pulses
are not palpable, even if muscular and electrical activity continues in the
heart - correct answer cardiac arrest
