EM Comat Questions and Correct Answers
treatment for organophosphate poisoning
✓ ~: atropine
ST segment elevation in leads V5, V6, I and avL
✓ ~: lateral wall infarction
ST segment elevation in leads V3, V4 (also V1 and V2 which would be more septal)
ST segment reciprocal depression in leads (II, III, avF)
✓ ~: anterior wall infarction
ST elevation V1-V6, I, avL
✓ ~: anterolateral wall infarction
ST elevation in V4-V6, II, II, avF
✓ ~: inferolateral wall infarction
why are nitrates contraindicated in acute right ventricular STEMI
✓ ~: decrease the preload and potentially starve the body of blood
signs of posterior infarct
✓ ~: R/S ratio greater in leads V1 and V2
blood supply is left circumflex
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tx this one with MONA
Where is the infarction if ST segments are elevated in II, III, aVF with reciprocal ST segment
depression in (V1-V3)
✓ ~: right inferior (ventricular) wall
ST segment elevation in V3 and V4...what type of infarct
✓ ~: anterior
TIMI risk score
✓ ~:
first thing to do if patient comes in with SVT
✓ ~: vagal maneuvers
medical tx for SVT
✓ ~: adenosine
how does adenosine work
✓ ~: block AV node
what treatment would you use for symptomatic bradycardia
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✓ ~: atropine
atropine is contraindicated in SVT or VTach b/c it can cause increase in HR, worsen an
ischemic episode
person presenting with arrhythmia like Vtach - treatment
✓ ~: cardioversion
what type of fever can present in a patient receiving chemo
✓ ~: neutropenic fever
what type of test should be avoided in a thrombocytopenic patient
✓ ~: DRE- increased risk of bleeding
treatment for patient with thrombocytopenia
✓ ~: give platelets
if renal calculi are less than 4 mm, what is the percentage of spontaneous passage
✓ ~: 80%
contents of carotid sheath
✓ ~: internal jugular vein
common carotid artery