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pressure points
- arm - inner brachial
- leg - femoral groin
-
intermittent claudication
pain, legs, arteries
-
renauds disease
hands - digital arteries
-
renauds disease triggered by
cold weather
-
arterial thrombosis
- clot artery
- no distal pulse
-
-
venous thrombosis
hand
- warm/red extremities
- pain when held low
-
common leg vein clots
- saphenous vein
- vericose veisn
-
surgery vericose veins
- ambulate early
- stimulate circulation
-
disecting aneurysms
- inner layer vessel tear
- collection of bld bw layers
-
-
MI
occlusion of coronary arteries
-
MI process
- touchy time frame
- onset 3rd day
- dysrythmias
-
MI vs angina
- angina goes away
- mi severe and longer
-
thrombolytic agents
dissolve clot in coronary art to reduce mi effects
-
valsalva manuever
- vagus response
- MI pts dangerous
- hr↓
- bradycardia
-
dysrythmias
- ↓cardiac output
- ↓coronary art bld flow
- ↑o2 need
-
electrical impulses
- start at sa node - normal
- pt w bradycardia & pacemaker - less than 60
- tachy over 100
-
atrial fib
- atrium quiver
- rapid atrial activity
-
complete heart block
atrial and vent function wo relation to the other
-
-
PVC occurance leading to serious event
when have mult pvcs in a row
-
leg dressing
uniboot
cold mottled toes = too tight
-
preventing a fib
baby aspirin
-
thrombolytics
watch for
bleeding
-
electrocardio version
- awake but sedated
- rapid dysrythmias
-
-
beurger's disease
stop
smoking
-
renauds
must dos
stop smoking, clothed wel, no stress
-
pt risk for aortic aneurysm
- monitor bp
- if ruptured = bp decr
-
stable vs unstable
- with rest goes away
- unstable doesnt
-
ekg myocardia injury
st elevation
-
triponin
specific marker for mi
-
fibrin elytics
dissolve clot
-
pt cardiac output prob
br priveledges
10 beats incr after potty okay
-
angina tx
- sublingual nitro up to 3 tab q 5 minutes
- if pain not relieved seek help
-
atropine
bradycardia 30s and 40s example
-
digoxin
- a fib
- hold less than 60
- risk for blood clots = teaching
-
lidocaine
heart pvc runs - iv
-
how to know if pacemaker is working
-
sinus tachy
activity, stress, anxiety
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-
area not return bld to heart
- collateral circulation protection from damage
- automatic
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