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The pulmonary artery is the only artery that carries deoxygenated blood.
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The AV node is the normal pacemaker of the heart.
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Impulsivity is the ability of the heart muscle cells to contract spontaneously without stimulus from the nervous system.
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The sympathetic nervous system prepares the body to handle stress by increasing heart rates, and dilating blood vessels in the muscles.
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The formula for cardiac output is stroke volume x respiratory rate
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Atherosclerosis allows the coronary arteries to easily accommodate increased blood flow and helps to prevent chest pain during exertion.
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You can still use an AED on a patient that is unconscious, unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic but has an implanted internal pacemaker.
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Nitroglycerin works to relieve cardiac related chest pain by constricting coronary arteries to increase blood flow.
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You can give Nitroglycerin to a patient if it is prescribed to a family member of the patient.
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A patient that has blood pressures that differ on each arm, should be suspected of having unstable angina.
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The pain from a dissecting aortic aneurysm comes when the walls weaken and the layers of the aorta suddenly contract.
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A patient experiencing a hypertensive emergency will have a systolic blood pressure greater than 160 mmHg, and may also have a bounding pulse, dizziness, and a severe headache.
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A patient with left sided heart failure will commonly have dependent edema.
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Cardiogenic shock is a fluid problem.
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Key words such as "shallow respirations," "labored breathing," and "reduced tidal volume," should que you to put a NRB on your patient.
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Ventricular tachycardia is a normal rhythm that produces adequate cardiac output.
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Unlike the pain associated with AMI, the pain of Angina will subside with rest.
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