AMC Chapter 5

Which of the following is a medication used to treat and/or prevent arrhythmias?

• Antiarrhythmic

• Antitussive

• antilipidemic

How many classes of antiarrhythmics are there?

• 4

• 3

• 2

Which antiarrhythmic class prevents sodium into the cell during depolarization, causing a decrease in excitability and contractility?

• Class I Sodium Channel Blocker

• Class III Potassium Channel Blocker

• Class II Beta-Blockers

Which antiarrhythmic class prevents calcium into the cardiac cell, slows AV, conduction, and decreases contractility?

• Class I Sodium Channel Blocker

• Class III Potassium Channel Blocker

• Class IV Calcium Channel Blockers

Which antiarrhythmic class treats supraventricular and/or ventricular arrhythmia?

• Class I Sodium Channel Blocker

• Class III Potassium Channel Blocker

• Class IV Calcium Channel Blockers

Which antiarrhythmic slows the heart rate by blocking the sympathetic nervous system's?

• Class II Beta-Blockers

• Class III Potassium Channel Blocker

• Class IV Calcium Channel Blockers

Match the following

• for patients with high risk of clotting

• anti-hypertension meds

• treat high blood pressure

• narcan/naloxone

• used for relief of ischemic chest pain

• nitroglycerin

• emergency med for overdose

• blood thinners

Which of the following are examples of beta-blockers?

• esmolol, propranolol, metoprolol, labetalol

• hydralazine, nitroglycerin, diltiazem

• Warfarin, coumadin

What does a vasodilator do?

• dilate blood vessels making them larger

• relax the walls of the arteries/veins

• constrict blood vessels making them smaller

Which of the following medications are anticoagulants?

• warfarin/coumadin

• narcan

• nitroglycerin