WorksheetsCardiovascular
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is ACS?
Acute coronary syndrome
Adult care system
Acute cardiac system
Artery care system
STEMI - what is it on an ECG?
I'm not sure
Flattened line on ECG
Raised ST segment on ECG
Cardiac Risk factors:
Family history and smoking
Yes
No
Maybe
In terms of acute management of chest pain, which of the following would you include? (tick all which apply)
Aspirin 30mg
Aspirin 300mg
ECG
GTN spray
Unstable Angina can be described as?
Central chest pain when running
Central chest pain at rest and exercising
No chest pain
Which is the blood test of choice to help indicate an ACS event?
FBC
LFT
Troponin
Hba1c
Lifestyle changes post MI:
Tick those which apply
Smoking cessation
Increase alcohol intake
Attend cardiac rehab
exercise is no longer an option
Reduce salt and sugar intake
Which of the following are complications of ACS?
Heart failure
Depression
Sudden death
Loss of earnings
Your patient asks you about driving - they work for the local bus company - what do you say?
Inform the DVLA but carry on driving
You can't drive for 6 weeks and must inform the DVLA
You don't need to do anything
you can never drive again
Hypertension is....
a persistently raised ventricular BP
a persistently raised arterial BP
a persistently raised atrial BP
Secondary Hypertension can be related to....
Tick which apply
renal causes
vascular causes
endocrine disorders
drugs
Hypertension can cause complications including which of the following?
stroke
retinopathy
aneurysm
renal disease
Your patient attends and their observations noted a BP 151/90mmHg. This is the first attendance noting this - what do you do?
Send to cardiology
Begin on an anti-hypertenive
explore reasons for and reassess
do nothing
Which tests are required for those diagnosed with new hypertension?
ECG
Treadmill test
Fundoscopy
endoscopy
What is Heart Failure?
Heart pumps too much blood
Heart beats normally
Heart does not pump enough blood to meet demand
List some signs and symptoms of heart failure
What can cause heart failure - selected which apply
Hypertension
IHD
Pregnancy
Arrhythmia
Venous Thromboembolism - clot forming in the deep artery - True or false?
False
True
You can get a dvt in any limb - true or false?
True
False
Which of the following are provoking factors for DVT?
Pregnancy
tumour
Surgery to the neck of femur
Sepsis
