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WorksheetsChapter 16 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Amiodarone can be used to treat arrhythmias originating in all locations EXCEPT the
sinus node.
atrium.
AV junction.
ventricle.
Atropine has what effect on the heart?
It increases the heart rate.
It decreases the heart rate.
It minimizes atrial kick.
It has no effect on the heart.
Atropine would NOT be appropriate in the treatment of
junctional bradycardia with heart rate of 38.
third-degree AV block with heart rate of 32.
idioventricular rhythm with heart rate of 28.
supraventricular tachycardia with heart rate of 167.
Beta-blockers have what effect on heart rate and contractility?
Increased heart rate and contractility
Decreased heart rate and contractility
Increased heart rate and decreased contractility
Decreased heart rate and increased contractility
Propranolol (Inderol) is a
beta-blocker.
cardiac glycoside
calcium channel blocker
sodium channel blocker.
Digitalis is a
calcium channel blocker.
beta-blocker.
sodium channel blocker.
cardiac glycoside.
Epinephrine has what effect on heart rate and contractility?
Increased heart rate and contractility
Increased heart rate, decreased contractility
Decreased heart rate and contractility
Decreased heart rate, increased contractility
Beta-blockers must be used with caution in patients with
supraventricular tachycardia.
asthma or chronic lung disease.
hypertension.
atrial tachycardia.
Which of the following is NOT used in the treatment of rapid ventricular arrhythmias?
Lidocaine
Amiodarone
Procainamide
Digitalis
In a cardiac arrest emergency, epinephrine should be given in which of the following ways?
Via a slow-release skin patch
Intravenously
Orally
Intramuscularly
Certain glaucoma medications can cause
bradycardias.
an increase in heart rate.
ST segment elevation.
hemiblocks.
Which combination of medications would be appropriate to use for the patient in asystole?
Atropine and lidocaine
Epinephrine and amiodarone
Verapamil and digitalis
Atropine and epinephrine
Which of the following medications blocks vagus nerve effects on the heart?
Digitalis
Epinephrine
Atropine
Verapamil
Hypoxia is treated with the administration of
digitalis.
verapamil.
epinephrine.
oxygen.
Which of the following interferes with the movement of calcium ions through the cardiac cell membranes?
Propranolol
Diltiazem
Digitalis
Nitroglycerin
What is epinephrine's effect on blood pressure?
No effect
Increases blood pressure
Decreases blood pressure
Causes a sudden increase in BP, then a profound drop in BP
Which of the following directly causes increased tissue oxygenation?
Lidocaine
Oxygen
Epinephrine
Atropine
Your 46-year-old patient, Mr. Joseph, is brought by ambulance to the ER. There are no P waves or QRS complexes at all on his rhythm strip—only a flat line. Which of the following medications is INAPPROPRIATE for treating this rhythm?
Atropine
Epinephrine
Oxygen
Propranolol
When Mrs. Hoffstetter passed out at the mall, paramedics found her heart rate to be 34. Which of the following medications would be appropriate to give to cause the heart rate to increase?
Digitalis
Propranolol
Adenosine
Atropine
Your patient is in ventricular tachycardia with a heart rate of 124. His blood pressure is stable but he's complaining of mild dizziness. Appropriate treatment for THIS PATIENT AT THIS TIME is
immediate defibrillation.
amiodarone to decrease ventricular irritability and help convert the rhythm back to sinus.
immediate electrical cardioversion.
CPR.
