Cardiac Unit Competency Crossword

A condition that elevates risk for adverse effects of epidural analgesia.
Equipment used to keep the airway open, improving gas exchange and reducing or eliminating the need for intubation.
RT must be notified for increasing _______________ requirements.
Cardiac ablation comes with a risk for this fatal complication.
A common complication of TAVR surgery.
Cardiac patients have higher risk of ______________ than most of the general population.
A collection of blood outside of a blood vessel.
A reading of <65 of this clinical measure is critical and requires RRT activation.
A symptom of cardiac tamponade
Having a patient lean forward may be helpful in differentiating chest pain of an MI from __________________.
A medicine commonly used to treat pericarditis.
This type of pacing improves symptoms of heart failure by coordinating both ventricles.
A device used to decrease risk of stroke in patients with afib.
Over time, this condition leads to heart failure
A type of ablation performed for dysrhythmias
Prior to sending a patient for an ablation, which medication should be given?
A type of ablation often performed along with open heart surgery.
A health-risk behavior that is one cause of heart disease.
A type of communication that aides in preventing sentinel events.
Vital signs are imperitive before and after giving each dose of this medication.
Antithrombotic medication may be necessary for a few weeks prior to this procedure.
Beta Blockers may mask this condition.
Sotolol has a black box warning for tachycardia due to?
It is important to check and normalize potassium and magnesium prior to giving ________________.
What drug category is required for 4-6 weeks after placing a bare metal stent?
Patients with which type of MI can wait to go to the cath lab if anticoagulation cardiac demand reduction is given?