OMSA Study Guide Questions and Answers with Complete Solutions 100% Correct 2024
Name the 4 valves in the heart - Correct Answer-Tricuspid valve
Aortic Valve
Mitral Valve
pulmonic Valve
Where is the Tricuspid valve located? - Correct Answer-
Between the right atrium and right ventricle
Where is the Mitral valve located? - Correct Answer-Between the left atrium and the left ventricle
Where is the Aortic valve located? - Correct Answer-Between the aorta and the heart's left ventricle
Where is the pulmonic valve located? - Correct Answer-
Between the" right ventricle and the pulmonary artery pg. 1 professoraxe l What is the function of valves in the heart? - Correct Answer-
To prevent the backflow of blood
When you listen to a normal heart beat through a stethoscope
what sound does it make, and what causes this sound? - Correct Answer-Lub-dub; caused by the aortic and pulmonic valves closing
What is angina pectoris? - Correct Answer-Another name for chest pain of cardiac origin
What is angina pectoris caused by? - Correct Answer-Ischemia or lack of oxygen to the heart muscle
How does nitroglycerin affect the body? - Correct Answer-It dilates the coronary arteries and increases the blood flow to the heart
When does angina pectoris turn into a myocardial infarction? -
Correct Answer-When the heart is deprived of oxygen too long and a portion of the heart dies
Death of the heart muscle - Correct Answer-necrosis pg. 2 professoraxe l Risk factors of cardiovascular disease (12) - Correct Answer-
Family history of heart disease
Smokers
Hypercholesterolemia Diabetes Obesity
Sedentary lifestyle Hypertension
Advancing age
History of MI
Congestive heart failure
Heart valve dysfunction
dysrhythmias
Signs and symptoms of Myocardial infarction (MI)
(5) - Correct Answer--Chest pain not relieved by nitroglycerin -Pain radiate down the left arm or up the left jaw
-Blood pressure drop
-weak with thready pulse pg. 3 professoraxe l -nausea or vomiting
What should you do if you suspect a patient is having a MI? - Correct Answer-Morphine
Oxygen
Nitrates
Aspirin Place patient on monitors and start IV asap
What is congestive heart failure? - Correct Answer-The heart cannot pump blood in a forward motion
What happens when there is CHF on the right side? - Correct Answer-Excess blood an fluid backing up systemically; meaning in the rest of the body
What are the symptoms of right sided CHF? - Correct Answer-
Swelling in the ankles and ascetics (belly)
Distended neck veins pg. 4 professoraxe l
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