When providing treatment for a patient with signs and symptoms of pulmonary edema, it is important to determine if the cause is noncardiogenic or cardiogenic.  Which of the following would be a cause of cardiogenic pulmonary edema?

When providing treatment for a patient with signs and symptoms of pulmonary edema, it is important to determine if the cause is noncardiogenic or cardiogenic.  Which of the following would be a cause of cardiogenic pulmonary edema?

Assuming a lateral scan plane approach, using the transverse location of the vessels, where would you predict the ICA location in the longitudinal plane? Select and write in one these choices: Near field, Far-field, Anterior, Posterior

A patient has the diagnosis of  Lupus. The PTA knows Lupus has a wide range of symptoms all of the following are symptoms of Lupus except:

Which of the following is the most common cause of acute pericarditis?

A 24-year-old female presents to the ED with a complaint of, “My heart is pounding out of my chest and I’ve been short of breath for 4 hours.” She has had similar episodes, but all have spontaneously stopped. She is in good health and takes no medications. Her blood pressure is 120/80 mmHg and pulse too rapid to count. Her rhythm is shown in the following ECG. ECG2.jpg What is the most appropriate immediate management for this patient?

How would you classify this waveform?

An NP is called to assess a 76-year-old female patient who has a known history of systolic heart failure. The patient is being admitted to the hospital with complaints of couch orthopnea and declining activity tolerance. Oxygen saturations are lower than her usual baseline and a chest x-ray demonstrates pulmonary venous hypertension.  Which is the initial intervention in the treatment of this patient?

WhIich 2D linear measurement is outside the range of normal?  

A 65-year-old female is admitted with complaints of shortness of breath. Shortly after, she requires emergency intubation secondary to hypoxia. Her initial blood pressure was 220/140 mmHg. Chest x-ray shows pulmonary edema. A bedside echocardiogram shows preserved left ventricular (LV) systolic function with hyperdynamic LV. You make a diagnosis of hypertensive emergency with flash pulmonary edema.  How do you treat the condition?