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Test Bank for Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care 12th Edition by Robert M. Kacmarek; James K. Stoller; Al Heuer 1124, 0 , 7982, X 1 Early History of Respiratory Care 2 The Profession of Respiratory Therapy 3 Quality, Patient Safety, and Communication 4 Principles of Infection Prevention and Control 5 Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice 6 Physical Principles of Respiratory Care 7 E-Medicine in Respiratory Care 8 Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Research 9 T...

Dilated Cardiomyopathy: most common cause is ____. Others? - Answer- alcohol; may also be idiopathic, myocarditis, or drugs (doxorubicin) -- 1 in 3 cases of heart failure are caused by dilated cardiomyopathy What PE and EKG changes are seen with dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer- PE: S3, JVD, crackles - possible mitral regurg EKG: nonspecific ST and T wave changes, LBBB Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: is due to hypertrophy of the _____. PE reveals mitral regurgitation, a ____heart sound, and ...

Dilated Cardiomyopathy: most common cause is ____. Others? - correct answer alcohol; may also be idiopathic, myocarditis, or drugs (doxorubicin) -- 1 in 3 cases of heart failure are caused by dilated cardiomyopathy What PE and EKG changes are seen with dilated cardiomyopathy? - correct answer PE: S3, JVD, crackles - possible mitral regurg EKG: nonspecific ST and T wave changes, LBBB Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: is due to hypertrophy of the _____. PE reveals mitral regurgitation, a ____hea...

Emergency Medicine EOR Exam (2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct Q: When a patient has a laceration through the eyebrow, should you debride or shave the area? Answer: No. Conserve as much viable tissue as possible. Q: What are signs and symptoms of salicylate toxicity (ASA)? Answer: Early (1-2 hours): tinnitus, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea and hyperpnea (hyperventilation and tachypnea) resulting in respiratory alkalosis Later: altered...

Emergency Medicine EOR Exam (2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: Patients with pericardial tamponade present with Beck's triad. What is that? Answer: muffled heart sounds distended neck veins hypotension Q: How do patients with tension pneumothorax present? Answer: hypotension, distended neck veins, absent breath sounds over affected hemithorax, tracheal deviation Q: In pericardial tamponade, the ECG may show ____as the hear...

TIMI score CORRECT ANSWER a prognostic tool for patients with unstabe angina or NSTEMI Categorizes patient's risk of death and ischemic events & helps clinicians with therapeutic decision-making. A point of one for each of the following: 1) apsirin use in the last seven days 2) ST changes of at least 0.5 mm on EKG 3) Elevated serum cardiac biomarkers 4) Age greater than 65 5) known CAD (coronary stenosis greater than or equal to equal to 50%) 6) At least two angina episodes w...

what is the most common cause of heart failure? specifically left sided? right sided? Answer - -MC is CAD (coronary artery disease) -L sided: *CAD* & HTN -R sided: *L sided HF* & pulmonary dz decreased ejection fraction, thin ventricular walls, dilated LV chamber, and an S3 gallop (filling of dilated ventricle) is associated with systolic or diastolic heart failure? Answer - systolic (MC form of CHF) *(the sound is actually heard in the diastole though) -memory trick: "sys-to-lic" ...

PAEA Emergency Medicine EOR Topics what is the most common cause of heart failure? specifically left sided? right sided? - -MC is CAD (coronary artery disease) -L sided: *CAD* & HTN -R sided: *L sided HF* & pulmonary dz decreased ejection fraction, thin ventricular walls, dilated LV chamber, and an S3 gallop (filling of dilated ventricle) is associated with systolic or diastolic heart failure? - systolic (MC form of CHF) *(the sound is actually heard in the diastole though) -memo...

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