1. Use the workbook and the internet
sites listed on the online course to help
you define the essential components of
heart anatomy and physiology to include:
a. the chambers of the heart
b. pathway of blood flow
c. coronary blood supply
d. conduction system of the heart
2. Differentiate between angina and
myocardial infarction.
3. Discuss the following options
for failing hearts:
a. Heart transplant
b. Intra-aortic balloon device
c. Ventricular assist device
4. Define the following terms:
a. ischemia
b. arteriosclerosis
c. cholesterol and relationship to
plaque formation
d. angina
e. hypertension
5. Outline and define the physiologic/pathophysiologic
sequence of events
that lead to an acute myocardial
infarction (AMI).
6. List the critical parameters of
assessment and treatment emergency
responders (a paramedic or EMT) must
perform when first attending to a
patient with an acute myocardial
infarction.
7. List common symptoms in an acute
myocardial infarction (AMI).
8. Describe the information each of the
following tests provide an ER
(critical care) physician or cardiac
specialist when presented with a patient
with a suspected AMI.
a. electrocardiogram
b. echocardiogram
c. creatine kinase (CPK-MB), LDH isoenzymes,
troponin-1
9. Define the following as to their
prevention or treatment of an AMI:
a. angiogram
b. angioplasty
c. coronary bypass surgery
d. beta blockers
e. thrombolytics such as heparin and
streptokinase
f. aspirin
g. streptokinase
10. Describe the key roles the following
health professionals provide in the
care of a patient with an acute heart
attack:
a. EMT/Paramedics
b. Clinical laboratory personnel
c. Critical care (ER) physicians
d. Critical care and coronary care
nurses
e. Radiologic technologists and
cardiovascular technologists
f. Family physician (follow-up)
11. Briefly define procedures and
medications that may be used to reduce the
mortality from an AMI. Define factors
that influence treatment decision
making processes.
12. List the contributing factors in the
patient's lifestyle that led to his first
heart attack. List reasonable changes
that need to be made in the future to
reduce further episodes
