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EMT FISDAP Cardiology Exam: 2025 Questions and Verified Solutions, Exams of Nursing

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A comprehensive set of 83 questions and answers related to cardiology for emt fisdap exams. It covers various topics, including heart anatomy, physiology, common cardiac conditions, and emergency procedures. The questions are designed to test knowledge and understanding of essential concepts in cardiac care.

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EMT FISDAP CARDIOLOGY EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS| ABSOLUTE SUCCESS
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1. You are dispatched to a 60YOM with chest pain and SOB. The patient
has angina and is taking NTG, furosemide, and atorvastatin. You hear
crackles when listening to his breath sounds. The patient's difficulty
breathing and crackles are due to blood backing up in which part of the
body? - correct answer - The lungs
2. What is the most effective way to assist a person with CHF to breathe
effectively and avoid the use of an invasive airway management
technique? - correct answer - CPAP
3. You are treating a 50 YOF who has just finished a 10K run. She is
complaining of crushing pain in the chest radiating down her left arm and
nausea, which came on suddenly. She is sweating profusely. What
condition should you suspect? - correct answer - Angina pectoris
4. Which dysrhythmia is the most common cause of sudden death? -
correct answer - Vfib
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EMT FISDAP CARDIOLOGY EXAM

2025 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED

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  1. You are dispatched to a 60YOM with chest pain and SOB. The patient has angina and is taking NTG, furosemide, and atorvastatin. You hear crackles when listening to his breath sounds. The patient's difficulty breathing and crackles are due to blood backing up in which part of the body? - correct answer - The lungs
  2. What is the most effective way to assist a person with CHF to breathe effectively and avoid the use of an invasive airway management technique? - correct answer - CPAP
  3. You are treating a 50 YOF who has just finished a 10K run. She is complaining of crushing pain in the chest radiating down her left arm and nausea, which came on suddenly. She is sweating profusely. What condition should you suspect? - correct answer - Angina pectoris
  4. Which dysrhythmia is the most common cause of sudden death? - correct answer - Vfib
  1. You are treating a 63YOM male with the following vital signs: P 140BPM and irregular, RR 28, BP 90/50mmHg. He is complaining of chest pain. Given this information, why would NTG be contraindicated? - correct answer - His blood pressure is too low
  2. You are transporting a patient with angina, and he loses consciousness on the way to the hospital. When you check, you cannot feel a pulse. What should you do? - correct answer - Have your partner pull over the ambulance
  3. Cardiogenic shock following AMI is caused by: - correct answer - Decreased pumping force of the heart muscle
  4. Most patients are instructed to take up to ____ doses of NTG before calling EMS. - correct answer - Three
  5. A 60YOM is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should: - correct answer - Begin CPR until an AED is available
  6. Why would an EMT give aspirin to a patient? - correct answer - Aspirin reduces the blood's ability to clot and works to prevent further clot formation in patients with chest pain
  1. What is the maximum amount of time that should be spent checking for spontaneous breathing in an unresponsive child? - correct answer - 10 seconds
  2. When performing CPR on an adult, you should compress the chest to a depth of ___ at a rate of ___. - correct answer - 2.0-2.4 in, 100- 150BPM
  3. What is the appropriate compression to ventilation ratio for adult two- rescuer CPR? - correct answer - 30:
  4. When checking for a pulse in an infant, which artery should you palpate? - correct answer - Brachial
  5. When performing CPR on an adult or child, you should reassess the patient for return of respirations/circulation every ____ minutes. - correct answer - 2
  6. What is the preferred method of removing a foreign body in an unresponsive child? - correct answer - Chest compressions
  7. Cardiogenic shock is caused by: - correct answer - Inadequate function of the heart muscle
  1. Pericardial effusion - correct answer - Collection of fluid between the pericardial sac and the myocardium
  2. Cardiac tamponade - correct answer - Occurs when blood leaks into the space between the pericardium and the pericardial sac
  3. Signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade: - correct answer - Beck triad: the presence of jugular vein distention, muffled heart sounds, and a narrowing pulse pressure where the systolic and diastolic blood pressures start to merge.
  4. Signs of cardiogenic shock: - correct answer - - Skin may be cool, clammy, and ashen
    • High BP
    • Rapid, shallow breathing
    • Weak, irregular pulse
    • Anxiety, nausea
  9. You arrive on scene to find a conscious 58YOF sitting up and reporting severe chest pain and SOB. She is anxious and "feels like she's going to die." Her skin is pale, cool, and clammy and her pulse is rapid, weak, and irregular. Her breathing is labored, with a RR of 28 breaths/min. Her SpO2 is 90%. Lung sounds show crackles in all fields,
  1. The parasympathetic nervous system acts on the body by: - correct answer - (directly opposes the sympathetic NS)
    • decreases HR and RR
    • constricts blood vessels in muscles
  4. Increased oxygen demand in a normal heart is supplied by ______ of the coronary arteries. - correct answer - Dilation
  5. The heart itself is supplied by blood through what vessels? - correct answer - Coronary vessels
  6. The iliac arteries descend into the: - correct answer - femoral arteries
  7. Which veins bring blood back to the right atrium? - correct answer - Venae cavae
  8. Systolic pressure is the: - correct answer - maximum pressure generated in the arteries during contraction of the left ventricle
  1. Pulses felt in the extremities are called: - correct answer - Peripheral pulses
  2. Pulses felt near the trunk of the body are called: - correct answer - Central pulses
  3. Decrease in blood flow to the heart is called: - correct answer - ischemia
  4. Disorder in which calcium an cholesterol build up and form a plaque inside the walls of the blood vessels is called: - correct answer - Athersclerosis
  5. Occlusion: - correct answer - Complete blockage of an artery
  6. A blood clot that floats through blood vessels until it reaches an area too narrow to pass, causing it to stop and block blood flow is called: - correct answer - Thromboembolism
  7. If a blockage occurs in a coronary artery, the condition is known as: - correct answer - Acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
  1. Unstable angina is characterized by: - correct answer - pain in the chest of coronary origin that stays regardless of rest/NTG/O
  2. Signs and symptoms of AMI: - correct answer - - sudden onset of weakness, nausea, sweating
    • chest pain, discomfort, or pressure that is either crushing or squeezing and doesn't change with each breath
    • Pain, discomfort, pressure in lower jaw, arms, back, abdomen, neck
    • irregular HR
    • Syncope
  7. Dysrythmia: - correct answer - Abnormal heart rhythm
  8. Tachycardia: - correct answer - HR of greater than 100 BPM
  9. Bradycardia: - correct answer - HR of less than 60 BPM
  10. Rapid heart rhythm, usually at a rate of 150-200BPM. - correct answer - Ventricular tachycardia
  11. Disorganized, ineffective quivering of the ventricles. - correct answer - Ventricular defibrillation
  1. If a defibrillator is not immediately available for a patient in ventricular fibrillation, you should: - correct answer - Initiate CPR until an AED arrives
  2. If uncorrected, unstable VT or VF will lead to: - correct answer - Asystole
  3. A disorder in which the heart 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 in the lungs/body. - correct answer - Congestive heart failure
  4. Signs and symptoms of CHF: - correct answer - - JVD (right side)
    • Dependent edema (right side)
    • Use of accessory muscles (left side)
  7. High BP, rapid HR, rapid RR
    • Fluid in the lungs (crackles) (left side)
  9. One of the most common signs of a hypertensive emergency: - correct answer - Sudden, severe headache
  1. Nitroglycerin action: - correct answer - Activates the sympathetic NS, relaxes the muscles of blood vessel walls, dilating coronary arteries, increasing blood flow and the supply of oxygen to the heart
  2. Contraindications of NTG: - correct answer - Use of ED drugs within the past 24-48 hours, maximum dose has already been given, BP is below 100
  3. Non-shockable rhythms: - correct answer - Asystole, pulseless electrical activity
  4. Only apply the AED to: - correct answer - Pulseless, unresponsive patients
  5. After the shock is delivered to a cardiac arrest patient, you should: - correct answer - Continue CPR for 5 cycles (2 minutes) and analyze rhythm again.
  6. If ALS is not responding to the scene and your local protocols agree, you should begin transport when: - correct answer - 1. The patient regains a pulse
    1. 6-9 shocks have been delivered
    1. the machine gives 3 separate messages that no shock is advised
  1. If you are traveling to the hospital and a pulse is not present: - correct answer - 1. Stop the vehicle
    1. If the AED is not available, perform CPR
    1. Call ALS
    1. Analyze rhythm
    1. Deliver one shock (if indicated) and resume CPR
    1. Continue resuscitation according to protocol.
  7. If you are en route with a conscious adult patient who is having chest pain and becomes unconscious: - correct answer - 1. Check for a pulse
    1. Stop the vehicle
    1. Perform CPR until the AED is ready
    1. Analyze the rhythm
    1. Deliver one shock (if indicated) and resume CPR
    1. Begin compressions and continue resuscitation according to protocol