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Prehospital Emergency Care Practice Test: Cardiovascular Emergencies
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Here are some cardiovascular emergencies that EMTs may encounter: Cardiac arrest: When the heart stops pumping blood, leading to loss of consciousness and normal breathing. This can be marked by sudden collapse, absence of pulse, and cessation of breathing. Defibrillation: An electrical shock that restores a normal heart rhythm in someone experiencing cardiac arrest. Bradycardia: A heart rate below 60 beats per minute. Symptomatic bradycardia can include dizziness, feeling faint upon standing, shortness of breath, and a low heart rate. Tachycardia: A heart rate above 100 beats per... Show more
Prehospital Emergency Care Practice Test: Cardiovascular Emergencies
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1. A patient has a low platelet count. Based on this finding, which complication is he most at risk for?
2. You are caring for an alert and oriented patient with chest pain. Emergency First Responders have initiated supplemental oxygen, and your EMT partner assisted in the administration of aspirin and two nitroglycerin tablets. Currently, the patient's vital signs are pulse, 76; respirations, 16 breaths/min; blood pressure, 110/56 mmHg; and SpO2, 95%. When transporting this patient on the stretcher, which position is best?
3. Which of these statements would the EMT expect from a patient with unstable angina?
4. Which of these statements made by the patient should the EMT associate with the condition of congestive heart failure?
5. All arteries:
6. A patient with chest pain and shortness of breath informs you that the last time he had a heart attack, he went into heart failure. When performing your secondary assessment, which sign or symptom is most indicative that the patient is in heart failure again?
7. You are assisting a paramedic in the transport of a patient from a community hospital emergency department to a large medical center. The patient was diagnosed with an acute myocardial infarction and received fibrinolytic therapy in the ED. Currently, you are transporting the patient with the fibrinolytic medication infusing through an IV. In regard to the fibrinolytic therapy, you know that during this transport, you will need to closely monitor the patient for which complication?
8. For a patient with a history of an unstable abdominal aortic aneurysm, the EMT should recognize and prepare for:
9. You are caring for a 69-year-old male patient who is short of breath and in acute congestive heart failure. He is alert, anxious, and panicked, with an open airway and rapid shallow respirations. His heart rate is tachycardic, and his skin is cool and diaphoretic, with cyanosis noted to the lips and fingers. There are crackles noted in both lungs, as well as pedal edema in both feet. The patient denies chest pain or discomfort, but is having a difficult time speaking due to the shortness of breath. When caring for this patient, you should:
10. You are completing the prehospital care report and are documenting the fact that you assisted a patient in taking his nitroglycerin pill. How will you document the route of administration?
11. You are by the side of a patient who complains of severe chest pain that radiates into his right arm and neck. He is alert and oriented, with an open airway and adequate breathing. His radial pulse is strong, and his skin is cool and diaphoretic. Your partner reports his pulse rate is 84, respirations are 18 breaths/min, blood pressure is 86/62 mmHg, and SpO2 is 98% on room air. You have obtained a medical history and performed the secondary assessment. The patient states that he has had two heart attacks in the past and is allergic to aspirin and sulfa medications. What should you do next?
12. A patient is very dizzy and has an altered mental status. Vital signs are pulse, 84; respirations, 16 breaths/min; blood pressure, 74/32 mmHg; and SpO2, 93%. Medical direction has ordered the paramedic to start an IV infusion of a medication that causes blood vessel constriction. You would recognize that the medication is benefiting the patient when you observe:
13. Which sign or symptom should the EMT expect in a patient who has a chronically low white blood cell count?
14. Chronic and untreated hypertension will affect which part of the heart first?
15. The primary pacemaker site of the heart is the:
16. When assessing a patient in the prehospital setting, which of these does the EMT recognize as an indication for aspirin?
17. Which of these identifies the major elements of the pathway that blood takes through the heart in the correct sequence?
18. You have just arrived by the side of a 68-year-old male patient who complains of chest pain. After determining his airway is patent and breathing adequate, it is imperative that you perform which action next?
19. In the blood, which component is largely responsible for the formation of blood clots?
20. A 44-year-old male patient is experiencing chest pain. He has a history of angina and is prescribed nitroglycerin, which he has not taken yet. He is also taking another medication. Which of these medications is a contraindication to the administration of nitroglycerin?
21. An obstruction of the pulmonary artery will cause:
22. To save additional heart muscle from dying when a patient suffers an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), which treatment must occur?
23. A patient has chest pain, and you have just assisted him in taking his nitroglycerin tablet. Which of these statements made by the patient is the cause for greatest concern?
24. Dysfunction of the heart's electrical conduction cells from ischemia or infarction may cause:
25. The EMT shows she is correctly administering aspirin to a patient with chest pain when she provides:

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