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NSER 7210 - Module 3 Exam Questions AndAnswers Latest 2025
Apply a systematic approach to patients with chest pain and acute
coronary syndromes -
correct answer ✅C - Check pulse = CPR, Crash cart with pads
A - AVPU, Airway Patent, suction, airways
B - WOB, SOB, O2 sat - O2 if <90%
C - ED handshake, skin, IV, Tele, ECG
D - Doctor - this patient is unstable
E - Pacemaker? Hx of cardic surgery?
Describe an aortic dissection, and describe the typical
signs/symptoms -
correct answer ✅A tear in the intimal layer of the thoracic or
abdominal aortic wall
Chest pain maximal at onset, described as "tearing or ripping",
radiates to the back.
Accompanied by neurological or pulse deficit. and/or BP differential
>20mmHg between extremities.
Describe a PE, and describe the typical signs/symptoms -
correct answer ✅Thrombus within pulmonary circulation
,NSER 7210 - Module 3 Exam Questions And
Answers Latest 2025
Pleuritic chest pain, fatigue, dyspnea, syncope, hemoptysis,
tachycardia, cardiac arrest
Describe the typical signs/symptoms of an esophageal rupture -
correct answer ✅Vomiting followed by severe chest pain, SOB and
subcu emphysema, and rapid circulatory collapse
Describe the typical signs/symptoms of a pneumothorax -
correct answer ✅Pain (Sudden and pleuritic) and SOB, absence of
breath sounds
Tension pneumo - deviated trachea way from collapsed lung
Describe the typical signs/symptoms of acute pericarditis -
correct answer ✅Chest pain that may radiate to the back, neck or
shoulders that is worse with inspiration, improved while sitting up
or leaning forward
Dyspnea
ECG changes: concave ST segment elevation, T wave inversions or
PR segment depression that are present in many leads (not
contiguous leads)
, NSER 7210 - Module 3 Exam Questions And
Answers Latest 2025
Describe stable angina -
correct answer ✅AKA demand ischemia. Chest pain triggered by
stress or exertion. Resolves with rest +/- nitro.
No ECG or biomarker changes, no injury to heart tissue
Describe unstable angina -
correct answer ✅Blood flow through a coronary artery is partially
or intermittently blocked.
Symptoms: Symptoms occur and linger at rest
Myocardial ischemia occurs, but no injury.
ECG may show T-wave inversion or ST depression
No change in biomarkers
Describe an NSTEMI -
correct answer ✅Blockage of a coronary artery with collateral
circulation in tact, or a blockage in microcirculation.
Symptoms occur at rest
ECG may show T-wave inversion or ST depression
Biomarkers elevated as tissue injury occurs
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