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Paramedic Cardiology

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  • Left sided heart failure is caused by ?
    Coronary Artery disease, heart attack and hypertension
  • Hypertensive crisis symptoms?
    Chest pain, nausea, confusions, seizures, and shortness of breath
  • How do you overdose on magnesium sulfate?
    Ingested in large quantities (medications)
  • Adult Dosage of Adenosine ?
    1st dose 6mg rapid IV/IO, 2nd dose 12mg rapid IV/IO, 3rd dose 12mg rapid IV/IO
  • Indication for adenosine ?
    PSVT, SVT
  • Firing Rate of the Ventricles
    20-40 bpm
  • Indications of Cardizem?
    A-fib with rapid ventricular rates, atrial flutter, re-entry SVT, Angina Pectoris
  • Firing rate of the SA Node?
    60-100 bpm
  • Hyperkalemia symptoms?
    Abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, chest pain, arrythmias, and heart attack
  • Common causes of Hypocalcemia ?
    Hypoparathyroidism vitamin D deficiency and Kidney Failure
  • When you have right sided heart failure where does the blood and fluids build up?
    Feet, legs, ankles and sometimes abdomen.
  • Adult dose of Atropine for unstable bradycardia ?
    0.5mg IV/IO repeat 3-5 minutes max dose 3mg
  • What does a Calcium Channel Blocker do?
    Does not let calcium ions into the blood or cardiac cells
  • What does the blood pressure have to read to be a hypertensive crisis ?
    180/120 or above
  • Indications for Lasix ?
    CHF, Pulmonary edema, hypertensive crisis
  • What is potassium ?
    Positive charged electrolyte
  • What does Coronary Artery Disease Affect?
    Main blood vessels that supply the heart
  • Another name for kidney failure is?
    Renal Failure
  • What possible changes would you see on and EKG with a person that has hyperkalemia
    PR-Prolongation, QRS Widening and Peaked T waves
  • Coronary Artery Disease symptoms?
    Chest pain, shortness of breath and in a complete blockage heart attack
  • Magnesium sulfate overdose may cause ?
    Muscle weakness, difficulty breathing, mental confusion, irregular heart beat and cardiac arrest
  • Symptoms of cardiogenic shock are
    Rapid breathing, shortness of breath, tachycardia, and hypotension
  • Symptoms of Acute Pulmonary Edema ?
    Difficulty breathing, cough producing frothy sputum, rapid-irregular heart beat, and wheezing.
  • Cardiogenic Shock caused by
    severe heart attack
  • What is hyperkalemia ?
    High potassium levels in the blood
  • What is hypocalcemia?
    Low level of calcium in the blood
  • Dose of aspirin ?
    160mg or 4 baby aspirins for a total of 325mg PO Chewable
  • Pulmonary edema is caused by sometimes of heart issues but can also be caused by
    pneumonia, certain toxins, chest wall trauma, and high elevations.
  • Dose of Cardizem
    0.25mg IV over two minutes with a 2nd dose 15 minutes later 0.35mg
  • Indication for aspirn
    New onset chest pain
  • Indications for Norepinephrine (Levophed)
    Cardiogenic shock, significant hypotension
  • What does fluid and blood do when you have CHF?
    Blood and fluids build up in the lungs, feet and legs overtime
  • Indications for Atropine ?
    Symptomatic Bradycardia, and organophosphate poisoning
  • What does Pulmonary edema do?
    Build up of fluids in the lungs
  • Dose of Amiodarone for adult V-tach with a pulse
    150mg IV/IO infused over 10 minutes
  • Normal Potassium level?
    3.5mg - 5.0 millimoles per liter
  • Firing rate of the AV node?
    40-60 bpm
  • Indications of Nitro
    Acute angina, hypertension, CHF, Pulmonary edema, ischemic chest pain.
  • Indications for Calcium Chloride ?
    Hypocalcemia, hyperkalemia, magnesium sulfate overdose, calcium channel blocker overdose
  • Dose of Amiodarone Adult?
    V-fib/ Pulseless V-tach 300mg IVP/IO repeat 150 mg in 10 minutes
  • Indications of Epinephrine
    cardiac arrest, pulseless v-tach, asystole, PEA, anaphylaxis
  • Dose for Calcium Chloride adult?
    500mg to 1,000mg 5-10ML 10% solution
  • Uses of a Calcium Channel Blocker ?
    Hypertension, chest pain and cardiac arrhythmias
  • Indications for Amiodarone ?
    V-fib, Pulseless V-tach, unstable V-tach