SOLO Wilderness First Responder Practice Exam

In cardiogenic shock, the event that damages heart muscle due to lack of blood supply is called a myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack. This term is the standard medical description for death of heart muscle from ischemia. In this context, the term describing the event itself is myocardial infarction.

Other options aren’t correct descriptors: “Muscle-Heart Death” isn’t a recognized medical term; Angina pectoris refers to chest pain from ischemia but not to tissue death; Congestive heart failure describes a pumping failure state that can result after an MI, but it is not the infarction itself.