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Chapter 17a- Cardiovascular Emergencies

Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Twelfth Edition
Horizontales
The ability of cardiac muscle cells to contract without stimulation from the nervous system
A blood clot that has formed within a blood vessel and is floating within the bloodstream.
A fainting spell or transient loss of consciousness
A heart attack; death of heart muscle following obstruction of blood flow to it. "Acute" in this context means "new" or "happening right now."
The main artery, which receives blood from the left ventricle and delivers it to all the other arteries that carry blood to the tissues of the body
A group of symptoms caused by myocardial ischemia; includes angina and myocardial infarction
One of the two lower chambers of the heart
A weakness in the wall of the aorta that makes it susceptible to rupture.
A tracing on an ECG that is the result of interference, such as the patient movement, rather than the heart's electrical activity.
Verticales
A disorder in which cholesterol and calcium build up inside the walls of blood vessels, eventually leading to partial or complete blockage of blood flow.
A rapid heart rate, more than 100 beats/min
The one way valve that lies between the left ventricle and the aorta and keeps blood from flowing back into the left ventricle after the left ventricle ejects its blood into the aorta; one of the four heart valves
Transient (short-lived) chest discomfort caused by partial or temporary blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle; also called angina.
The complete absence of all heart electrical activity.
A rapid heart rhythm in which the electrical impulse begins in the ventricle (instead of the atria), which may result in in inadequate blood flow and eventually deteriorate into cardiac arrest.
One of the two upper chambers of the heart.
The front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position.
Disorganized, ineffective quivering of the ventricles, resulting in no blood flow and a state of cardiac arrest.