1. Review the general A/P related to the heart, cardiac circulation, peripheral circulation, the lungs, ventilation, and perfusion. 2. Discuss the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic test, complications, and medical treatment associated with myocardial infarction, heart failure, shock, peripheral vascular disease (hypertension, PVD, PAD, Varicose veins, aneurysm, valvular heart diseases, Rheumatic heart diseases, endocarditis, pericarditis, pericardial effusion, COPD, common cold, upper respiratory disorders/ inflammations, asthma, emphysema, acute and chronic bronchitis, atelectasis, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pulmonary emboli ARDS, SARs, lung cancer, anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukemia, polycythemia, leukocytosis, DIC

3. Compare and contrast a "pink puffer and blue bloater of COPD. How does COPD cause right-sided heart failure?

4. What is the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension? What are the complications of the disorder?

5. Discuss acute and chronic asthma. What is status asthmaticus?

6. Discuss the structural changes of the lung in asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis. What are the clinical manifestations of these disorders? What are the complications?

7. How does the inflammatory response and acid-base imbalances relate to respiratory disorders?

8. Discuss the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, complications of TB. What diagnostic tests are used to identify TB. What does a positive skin test mean?

9. Discuss the development of a pneumothorax. Compare and contrast a spontaneous, tension, traumatic pneumothorax, and hemothorax. Discuss the clinical manifestations. What is the treatment for pneumothorax?

10. Discuss the occurrence of ARDS. How does the disease occur; what are the clinical manifestations, medical treatments?

11. Describe the difference between restrictive, obstructive, and infectious lung disorders.

12. Describe the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of pneumonia and other infective disorders of the lungs.

13. How are cardiovascular and respiratory disorders inter-related? Discuss the relation between ventilation and perfusion. Describe compensation mechanisms in response to poor oxygenation and decreased blood flow in the body.

14. Discuss the development of hypertension. Discuss atherosclerosis/ arteriosclerosis. What are the complications of poorly treated or untreated hypertension? How does hypertension cause damage to organs?

15. Compare and contrast the various types of shock. What is the medical treatment for different types of shock? What are the classic signs and symptoms of shock? What are the stages of shock? Why/how do they occur (pathophysiology)?

16. What are the common clinical manifestations that distinguish arterial disorders from venous disorders?

17. Discuss the clinical manifestations of arterial occlusive disease. Why/ how does each occur? What diagnostic studies are used to identify arterial disorders? What is the treatment for arterial disorders?

18. Discuss the clinical manifestations of an MI. Compare and contrast angina, MI, silent MI. What complications can occur with an MI? Identify the dysrhythmias that can occur with an MI.

19. Differentiate the types of angina.

20. What are STEMI, Non-STEMI, and coronary artery syndrome?