UPDATED 2024/2025 Cardiology Fisdap Exam for EMT Questions and Answers (Verified Answers).
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A 44-year-old man reports dizziness and lightheadness. His BP is 88/26 mm Hg, his heart rate is 190 beats per minute and weak. His skin is cool clammy and pale. Why is his BP low? - CORRECT ANS decreased ventricular timing
Switching compressors during two-rescuer CPR: - CORRECT ANS sho...
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A 44-year-old man reports dizziness and lightheadness. His BP is 88/26 mm Hg, his
heart rate is 190 beats per minute and weak. His skin is cool clammy and pale. Why
is his BP low? - CORRECT ANS decreased ventricular timing
Switching compressors during two-rescuer CPR: - CORRECT ANS should occur
every two minutes throughout the arrest
Stable angina - CORRECT ANS chest pain that occurs when a person is active
or under severe stress
Unstable angina - CORRECT ANS chest pain that occurs while a person is at
rest and not exerting himself
What occurs during recoil of the chest inbetween compressions - CORRECT ANS
a vacuum is created and blood returns to the heart
A group of symptoms caused by myocardial ischemia; includes angina and
myocardial infarction - CORRECT ANS acute coronary syndrome
A heart attack; death of the heart muscle following obstruction of blood flow to it; in
this context the attack is "new" or "happening right now" - CORRECT ANS acute
myocardial infarction (AMI)
Transient (short-lived) chest discomfort caused by partial or temporary blockage of
blood flow to the heart muscle; also called angina - CORRECT ANS angina
pectoris
a weakness in the wall of the aorta that makes it susceptible to rupture -
CORRECT ANS aortic aneurism
the one way valve that lies between the left ventricle and the aorta keeps blood from
flowing back into the left ventricle after the left ventricle ejects its blood into the aorta;
one of the four heart valves - CORRECT ANS aortic valve
a tracing on an ECG that is the result of interference, such as patient movement,
rather than the heart's electrical activity - CORRECT ANS artifact
the complete absence of all heart electrical activity - CORRECT ANS asystole
the ability of cardiac muscle cells to contract without stimulation from the nervous
system - CORRECT ANS automatically
when the heart fails to generate effective and detectable blood flow; pulses are not
palpable, even if muscular and electrical activity continues in the heart -
CORRECT ANS cardiac arrest
a disorder in which the hear loses part of its ability to effectively pump blood, usually
as a result of damage to the heart muscle and usually resulting in a backup of fluid
into the lungs - CORRECT ANS congestive heart failure
the blood vessels that carry blood and nutrients to the heart muscle - CORRECT
ANS coronary arteries
to shock the fibrillating (chaotically beating) heart with specialized electric current in
an attempt to restore a normal, rhythmic beat - CORRECT ANS defibrillate
swelling in the part of the body closest to the ground, caused by the collection of fluid
in the tissues; a possible sign of congestive heart failure - CORRECT ANS
dependent edema
Widening of a tubular structure such as a coronary artery. - CORRECT ANS
dilation
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