EMT FISDAP Cardiology Exam with Verified Answers
Early CPR and defibrillation
Resume chest compressions
10 seconds
2.0-2.4 in, 100-150BPM
30:2
Which intervention or interventions
would have the MOST positive impact on
the cardiac arrest patient's outcome?
The AED gives "no shock" message t...
EMT FISDAP Cardiology Exam with Verified Answers
Which intervention or interventions
Early CPR and defibrillation would have the MOST positive impact on
the cardiac arrest patient's outcome?
The AED gives "no shock" message to
Resume chest compressions a patient who is in cardiac arrest. You
should:
What is the maximum amount of time
that should be spent checking for spon-
10 seconds
taneous breathing in an unresponsive
child?
When performing CPR on an adult, you
2.0-2.4 in, 100-150BPM should compress the chest to a depth of
at a rate of .
What is the appropriate compression
30:2 to ventilation ratio for adult two-rescuer
CPR?
When checking for a pulse in an infant,
Brachial
which artery should you palpate?
When performing CPR on an adult or
child, you should reassess the patient
2
for return of respirations/circulation every
minutes.
What is the preferred method of remov-
Chest compressions ing a foreign body in an unresponsive
child?
Inadequate function of the heart muscle Cardiogenic shock is caused by:
Collection of fluid between the pericar-
Pericardial effusion
dial sac and the myocardium
Occurs when blood leaks into the space
between the pericardium and the peri- Cardiac tamponade
cardial sac
Beck triad: the presence of jugular vein
Signs and symptoms of cardiac tampon-
distention, muffled heart sounds, and a
ade:
narrowing pulse pressure where the sys-
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, EMT FISDAP Cardiology Exam with Verified Answers
tolic and diastolic blood pressures start
to merge.
-Skin may be cool, clammy, and ashen
-High BP
-Rapid, shallow breathing Signs of cardiogenic shock:
-Weak, irregular pulse
-Anxiety, nausea
You arrive on scene to find a conscious
58YOF sitting up and reporting severe
chest pain and SOB. She is anxious and
"feels like she's going to die." Her skin is
pale, cool, and clammy and her pulse is
Cardiogenic shock rapid, weak, and irregular. Her breathing
is labored, with a RR of 28 breaths/min.
Her SpO2 is 90%. Lung sounds show
crackles in all fields, and BP is 92/60
mmHg. What is your differential diagno-
sis of the patient?
The heart is divided down the middle into
Septum
left and right sides by the:
Which chamber of the heart receives in-
Atrium
coming unoxygenated blood?
Which chamber of the heart pumps oxy-
Ventricles
genated blood?
Sinoatrial (SA) node Normal electrical impulses begin in the:
What characteristic allows a cardiac
Automaticity muscle cells to contract spontaneously
without an external stimulus?
-increasing HR and RR
The sympathetic nervous system acts on
-constricting blood vessels in the mus-
the body by:
cles
(directly opposes the sympathetic NS)
The parasympathetic nervous system
-decreases HR and RR
acts on the body by:
-constricts blood vessels in muscles
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