REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
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◉ Women's symptoms of MI's will be commonly related to __ and __
Answer: fatigue and indigestion
◉ Who has a better outcome with MI (females or males)? Answer:
MALES
◉ Nurses are charged with maintaining a __ environment for a
patient during this frightening diagnosis. Answer: CALM
◉ What would be the phases of medical management of an MI?
Answer: 1.) O2
2.) Aspirin
3.) Pain Relief
4.) ECHO
◉ The main focus for oxygen saturation is to keep the saturation
over __% Answer: 90
,◉ Oxygen supplementation will be necessary also depending on
physical assessments and patient/provider preferences is between
__ - __% Answer: 90-94
◉ Aspirin will be given in the __ if possible.
How many baby aspirins? Answer: ambulance
4 (81x4=324)
◉ What can the patient do to help quickly absorption of the aspirin?
Answer: CHEW
◉ What can be given for additional pain relief? Answer:
nitroglycerin (under tongue or iv)
◉ Nitroglycerin is what? Answer: vasodilator (decreased BP)
◉ What must you assess with vasodilators? Answer: vital signs
◉ What can vasodilators cause? Answer: intense headaches
◉ If pain is intense, what can be given IV? Answer: MORPHINE
,◉ What will be obtained upon arrival to hospital to diagnose MI?
What will be put on patient? Answer: troponin blood level
12 lead ECG
◉ If the patient stabilizes and does not appear to be having acute MI,
they might be sent for WHAT? __ Answer: STRESS TEST
◉ What agent can be used to stimulate the patient's heart to go
FASTER if they can't partake in a excercise induced stress test?
Answer: Adenosine
◉ What diagnostic test would diagnose a MI and visualize the heart?
Answer: Echocardiogram
◉ Transthoracic echo (TTE): done with ultrasound gel on the __ of
the patient's __ wall to visualize the heart from the __ Answer:
OUTSIDE
CHEST
, OUTSIDE
◉ Transesophageal echo (TEE): Patient is __ and a probe is inserted
into the __ and travels down the __, providing a __ view of the heart.
Answer: sedated
mouth
esophagus
CLOSE
◉ A percutaneous coronary intervention will occur if the patient is
__ or has significant __ elevation. Answer: unstable
ST
◉ If an angiography is done, what can be placed through it to open
the blockage and allow for blood flow to get to that part of the heart.
Answer: STENT