EMT UCLA CARDIOLOGY EXAM WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS
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Describe the mechanism of action, indications, side effects, and contraindications for aspirin administration in a patient suffering from chest pain. - ACCURATE ANSWERS Vasodialates. Anti-platelet; stops clotting factor and prevents existing clots from exacerbating.
Indication: Chest Pain
Side Ef...
EMT UCLA CARDIOLOGY EXAM
EMT UCLA CARDIOLOGY EXAM WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Describe the mechanism of action, indications, side effects, and
contraindications for aspirin administration in a patient suffering from
chest pain. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Vasodialates. Anti-platelet;
stops clotting factor and prevents existing clots from exacerbating.
Indication: Chest Pain
Side Effects: Nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, bleeding
Contrindications: Hypersensitivity; recent stomach bleeding
Describe the mechanism of action, indications, side effects, and
contraindications for nitroglycerine administration in a patient suffering
from chest pain. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Vasodialates.
Medication given sublingual (under the tongue). Assess every 5 minutes
Indication: Chest pain
, Contraindications: Drops BP (Don't give if the patient is hypotensive, if
they already have a low BP; systolic less than 100), if taken an ED or
sexually enhancing medications within the last 24 hours
Side Effects: Headache, hypotension, nausea
Systole - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Ventricles contracting; Higher
pressure. Semilunar valves will be open. AV valves closed
Diastole - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Ventricles relaxing as the atrium
contracts; Lower pressure. Semilunar valves closed; AV valves open
Describe the signs and symptoms of a patient suffering from myocardial
infarction. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Nausea/vomiting, chest,
pain/jaw/shoulders/back, epigastric pain/ indigestion, diaphoresis (poor
skin), dyspnea, irregular pulse, weakness, hypotension/hypertension
List the common risk factors for myocardial infarction. - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Sudden blockage of the coronary artery and prolonged
ischemia
Dysrhythmias of all types, heart failure/ acute pulmonary edema,
cariogenic shock, cardiac arrest: sudden death (due to dysrhythmias- V.
Fib most common cause)
Define acute coronary syndrome. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Disease that leads to ischemia of the heart due to the lack of blood flow;
A clot. Leads to myocardial infarction.
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