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What is the rate of CPR in breaths and compressions: 6 breaths and 110 compressions in a minute What is considered tachycardic for an adult? heart rate more than 100 Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower R...

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What is the rate of CPR in breaths and compressions: - answer 6 breaths
and 110 compressions in a minute


What is considered tachycardic for an adult? - answer heart rate more
than 100


What is considered bradycardic for an adult? - answer Heart rate less than
60


When is nitroglycerin not advised to be administered? - answer if the
systolic blood pressure is less than 100


Where does blood flow after it leaves the left ventricle? - answer it flows
to the aortic arch


What medication is Erectile Dysfunction medications a contraindication? -
answer nitroglycerin


What is the parasympathetic system responsible for? - answer slowing the
heart rate and intestinal activity


What is the function of the carotid artery? - answer it carries blood from
the heart to the head

,Are open ended or close ended questions better to ask? - answer open
ended questions; it avoids the yes/no answer


what delivers blood to the right atrium? - answer the superior and inferior
vena cava


What does diastolic blood pressure refer to? - answer it refers to the
pressure of the vessels during the relaxation phase; bottom of the blood
pressure


What is TIA - answer transient ischemic attack; this is where vessels in the
brain are blocked for a few minutes


When do you change roles during CPR? - answer every two minutes


What is another name for a heart attack? - answer acute myocardial
infarction


What does nitroglycerin do? - answer nitroglycerin dilates the vessels to
reduce the hearts preload


When cells are deprived of oxygen and die they are called? - answer
infarcted cells


What type of heart attack is extremely common in elderly? - answer silent
heart attack


What is arteriosclerosis? - answer thickening of arterial walls


What is pericardial tamponade? - answer the heart is impeded by fluid in
the pericardium

, What happens when someone has a pericardial tamponade? - answer low
blood pressure; muffled heart sound; weak pulse due to the hearts
struggles to pump


If a patient is unresponsive with a pulse you: - answer 2 quick rescue
breaths then breaths 10-12 every minute


what does a sphygmonometer measure? - answer it measures blood
pressure


what is a normal systolic blood pressure for a child? - answer 80-110


what are three things to check if suspicious of a stroke? - answer speech,
facial droop, arm drift


what are the actions of nitroglycerin - answer smooth muscle relaxation,
reduces cardiac workload, dilates coronary arteries, and dilates systemic
arteries


what happens if a patient has preeclampsia? - answer hypertensive;
extremely high blood pressure and swelling in extremeties; susceptible to
seizures


what is an ischemic stroke? - answer blood flow being cut off from part of
the brain


what is the normal heart rate for a child - answer 70-110 beats per minute


what ratio should 2 person cpr on a child be done at? - answer 15:2


what is the correct treatment for someone undergoing aphyxial cardiac
arrest? - answer 5 cycles of CPR prior to retrieving the AED or emergency
response system

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