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🫀 Myocardial Infarction

🫀 Myocardial Infarction

$39.00

One Patient Scenario

Follow a patient through the acute phase of myocardial infarction care in the emergency department.

Estimated Time

Stand alone activity takes about 25-35 minutes to complete.Time is extended to 45-60 minutes with debriefing suggestions provided in the answer key!

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Includes identifying components of an EKG, clinical decisions around administering nitroglycerin, cardiac-specific lab value analysis, heparin administration and calculation, and managing a change in condition (rhythm change to v-tach).

Created for Small Groups

One deck is ideal for 4-6 students. Students manage one patient at a time.

Getting Started

How it works

Once you receive the deck in the mail, get your students in small groups. They will work together to complete the case study.

Learn to Play

Watch the Instructional Video

Students scan a QR code to learn how to play the game.

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Get to Work

Complete the Case Study

Through interactive puzzles within the deck and QR codes that connect to online questions, students must use teamwork, communication, and clinical judgment to complete patient care.

Learning Objectives

  • Assess a patient with chest pain
  • Interpret an EKG rhythm for abnormalities
  • Prioritize orders for a critical patient with MI
  • Analyze lab values for a patient with chest pain
  • Complete medication calculations for IV heparin
  • Prepare the transport the patient to cath lab for life-saving intervention

Practice Alternative Format Questions

The deck is a unique way to present Next-Gen NCLEX-style questions to students through an unfolding scenario.

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Try an Online Puzzle

Types of alternative question formats include:

  • Drop-down CLOZE
  • Drop-down table
  • Multiple choice
  • Matrix multiple choice
  • Select all that apply
  • Short answer

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Answer Key and Debriefing Guide

A debriefing guide for the instructor and an answer key accompanies the deck.

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