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RCIS EXAM REVIEW Correct Answers, Exams of Pharmacology

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If a patient has a high creatinine, what should you consider? - ✔✔-as small amount of contrast as possible -post procedure fluid hydration 3 ml/kg

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RCIS EXAM REVIEW | Correct Answers |
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What is the normal range of potassium in the blood? - ✔✔3.5-5.0
Name some antiplatelet medications? - ✔✔ASA, Ticlid, Plavix
If a patient has a high creatinine, what should you consider? - ✔✔-as small amount of contrast as
possible
-post procedure fluid hydration 3 ml/kg
How does heparin prevent clot formation? - ✔✔- prevents conversion of prothrombin to thrombin
-combines with antithrombin to make it more effective
What is the action of reopro? - ✔✔Inhibits IIB/IIIA receptors
INR measures the levels of which drug? - ✔✔Coumadin
Lovenox impacts what? - ✔✔Antithrombin and Factor Xa
What might be the medication of choice for SVT? - ✔✔Adenosine
What short acting benzodiazepine is commonly used in the cath lab for sedation? - ✔✔Versed
What is a quick and easy way to check a patients clotting time after being given heparin? - ✔✔ACT
How to ticlid and plavix act? - ✔✔they turn off receptor sites on the platelets (super-aspirin)
If a patient is on NPH Insuling, what medication should not be given? - ✔✔Protamine
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What is the normal range of potassium in the blood? - ✔✔ 3. 5 - 5. Name some antiplatelet medications? - ✔✔ASA, Ticlid, Plavix If a patient has a high creatinine, what should you consider? - ✔✔-as small amount of contrast as possible

  • post procedure fluid hydration 3 ml/kg How does heparin prevent clot formation? - ✔✔- prevents conversion of prothrombin to thrombin
  • combines with antithrombin to make it more effective What is the action of reopro? - ✔✔Inhibits IIB/IIIA receptors INR measures the levels of which drug? - ✔✔Coumadin Lovenox impacts what? - ✔✔Antithrombin and Factor Xa What might be the medication of choice for SVT? - ✔✔Adenosine What short acting benzodiazepine is commonly used in the cath lab for sedation? - ✔✔Versed What is a quick and easy way to check a patients clotting time after being given heparin? - ✔✔ACT How to ticlid and plavix act? - ✔✔they turn off receptor sites on the platelets (super-aspirin) If a patient is on NPH Insuling, what medication should not be given? - ✔✔Protamine

What does ASA do? - ✔✔Prevents platelet adhesion TPA acts by? - ✔✔-Dissolving Fibrin

  • Activates plaminogen What labs look at kidney function? - ✔✔-BUN
  • Creatinine
  • GFR
  • Creatinine clearance The most accurate measure of cardiac muscle fiber damage after an MI is what? - ✔✔Troponin Which lab value does not evaluate the extent of an MI? - ✔✔Serum Creatinine Post procedure renal dysfunction is more likely to occur in patients with? - ✔✔-Diabetes
  • Pre procedure dehydration
  • Frequent use of NSAID
  • Ace inhibitors What is a pseudoaneurysm? - ✔✔-False Aneurysm
  • Often a puslatile mass near where the sheath site with a bruit is present If the transducer is positioned to low at the side of the table, the pt's pressure will read? - ✔✔Falsely High If you are checking the radial/ulner pulse when you press and relase one at a time this is called what kind of test? - ✔✔Allen's test What is the best way to calculate a patients pulse rate? - ✔✔Check pulse for one minute

2 .66 diameter catheter is what size catheter? - ✔✔ 8 Fr What device uses saline to dissolve and suction thrombus during acute MI? - ✔✔Angiojet During a rotoblador intervention, what is the most common cause of "no flow"? - ✔✔Distal embolization Where the needle enter for a pericardialcentesis? - ✔✔Sub-xiphoid process What is a possible complication of over tightening the toughy? - ✔✔Unable to inflate the balloon If a patient has a heart rate of 150 , assist on the IABP should be set to what? - ✔✔ 1 : 2 What is the best balloon to use on an artery that has a tendency to close? - ✔✔Perfusion balloon Jugular vein distention can be caused by? - ✔✔-RV Infarct

  • Pulmonary HTN
  • TR Shortness of breath indicates right or left sided failure? - ✔✔Left-sided heart failure Ventricular arrythmias are most common during the injection of which coronary artery? - ✔✔RCA Osmolality refers to the ability of the contrast to? - ✔✔Pull fluid into the intravascular space The ideal contract volume to be given to the patient is? - ✔✔ 3 ml/kg Synchronous (Demand) pacemakers have what unique ability? - ✔✔They sense the hearts intrinsic activity and pace only when needed

In order, the first three letters of the pacemaker NBG code mean what? - ✔✔ 1 - Chamber Paced 2 - Chamber Sensed 3 - Chamber Triggered (Response to sensing) The purpose of bi-ventricular pacemakers is to? - ✔✔Synchronize the contraction of both ventricles The purpose of ICD's is to? - ✔✔Monitor bradycardia, tachycardia, VT, VF and convert if necessary In the terms RAO and LAO the R and the L refer to what? - ✔✔The position of the image intensifier What is the best view to see the LAD and Circ Bifurcation - ✔✔Spider View (LAO Caudal) On an EKG, what shows a "true" posterior infarct? - ✔✔V 7 - V 9 , V 1 - V What catheter does an internal mammary catheter resemble? - ✔✔JR If the pt. has a dilated AO root, which catheter might you need to cannulate the RCA system? - ✔✔JL 5 In a routine PTCA, what might be some complications caused by the handling of the wire? - ✔✔Arterial dissection or perforation What does RAD stand for? - ✔✔Radiation absorbed dose The most important factor in decreasing xray exposure to a patient is to? - ✔✔Decrease time of exposure What is the max dose of radiation a worker can receive a year? - ✔✔ 5 REM What converts the x-rays to light rays? - ✔✔Image intensifier

What does the c wave represent? - ✔✔onset of ventricular contraction Where do you measure thermal dilution cardiac outputs? - ✔✔Inject in the RA and read in the PA What are the 4 anomalies associated with Tetrology of Fallot? - ✔✔-Pulmonic stenosis

  • VSD
  • RVH
  • Overriding AO Which valve has the smallest valve area? - ✔✔Aorta A PDA most likely causes? - ✔✔Increased pulmonary blood flow, possibly pulmonary blood edema What is a sign of right sided heart failure? - ✔✔JVD What is the purpos of IABP? - ✔✔-Increase coronary artery perfusion
  • Decrease afterload How is systolic ejection period measured? - ✔✔-Amount of time the AO valve is open. It is found between the beginning of arterial systole and the dicrotic notch What are the Gorlin's constants used to analyze mitral and aortic valve area? - ✔✔Mitral- 37. Aortic- 44. What is the diastolic filling period (DFP)? - ✔✔Amount of time the mitral valve is open When calculating a L to R shunt occuring in the RA, what formula should be used for mixed venous saturation? - ✔✔Flamm's Equation 3 SVC+ 1 IVC/ 4