Author Question: An OEC Technician indicates that she understands the difference between stable angina and an acute ... (Read 63 times)

nelaaney · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

An OEC Technician indicates that she understands the difference between stable angina and an acute myocardial infarction (MI) when she states:

a. Stable angina occurs when the heart rate becomes too high; an acute MI is the result of coronary artery disease.
b. Stable angina is not accompanied by other symptoms such as shortness of breath; the chest pain of an acute MI is.
c. The pain in an acute MI is typically described as stabbing; the pain with stable angina is more akin to pressure.
d. An acute myocardial infarction results in the death of cardiac tissue; stable angina causes ischemia to the heart muscle.

Question 2

An alert and oriented 65-year-old woman presents with shortness of breath, noisy respirations, jugular vein distention, and edema in her feet and ankles. Her pulse is 132, her respirations are 24, and her blood pressure is 86/68. Based on these findings, you would suspect that the patient:

a. has an aortic dissection/aneurysm.
b. is having a hypertensive emergency.
c. is experiencing congestive heart failure.
d. Has pericardial tamponade.