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cardiac and periphe.
cardiac and peripheral
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| non modifiable risk factors of heart problems? | ethnicity, genitics, heridatary, gender |
| modifiable risk factors of heart problems? | diet, stop smoking, exercise |
| right atrium | veins bring back blood from the body and bring it to this part of the heart |
| right ventrical | blood enters from the atrium. blood leaves this part of the heart and goes to the lungs |
| left atrium | blood from the lungs enter this part of the heart and goes down to the ventrical |
| left ventrical | blood leaves this part of the heart and goes back into the body |
| What is the S1 "lub" sound? | tricuspid/mitral valves close |
| What is the S2 "dub" sound? | Aortic/Pulmonic valves close |
| what is the heart murmur sound when auscultation? | valve not closing, swishing sound, back flow of blood |
| Dysrhythmia | irrigular heart rate |
| tachycardia | too fast heart rate |
| bradycardia | too slow heart rate |
| top of heart? | base |
| bottom of heart? | apex |
| where is the PMI ? | Fifth intercostal space, left midclavicular line. |
| aortic value? | right 2nd intercostal space |
| pulmonary valve? | left 2nd intercostal space |
| Erb's Point? | left 3rd intercostal space |
| Tricuspid area? | left 4th intercostal space |
| Mitral area? | left 5th intercostal area |
| education for risk factors of heart issues? | diet, avoid 2nd hand smoke, cholesterol and triglyceride levels tested, low dose aspirin |
| when test both arms for bp what is too much of a difference? | anything more than 10 |
| when testing both arms for bp which # do you go with ? | go with the bp that is the highest |
| hx to look for in vascular issues? | Leg cramps, numbness, tingling in extremities, cold hands/feet, pain, swelling, cyanosis of feet/ankle/hands, fatigue Tight fitting socks Leg crossing habits |
| who is at high risk for cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease? | diabetics because the sugar affects those blood vessels |
| Carotid bruit | Narrowed blood vessel creates turbulence, causes blowing/swishing sound. |
| which reflects the heart function better peripheral artery or carotid artery? | carotid artery |
| for vascular issues what medical hx are we looking for ? | heart disease, HTN, phlebitis, DM, or varicose veins. |
| what do you use to listen to the carotid artery? | bell of the stethoscope |
| DVT | blood clots form in a deep vein leaving a dark red color on legs (can be a medical emergency because if it breaks off i can cause a pulmonary embolism and die) |
| arterial disease | veins with plaque build up leaving legs with bright red color on leg |
| phlebitis | inflammation of the veins |
| varicose veins | damaged veins from too much pressure in the vein leaving them twisted an enlarged with back flow of blood |
| pitting edema | retaining to much fluid leaving the legs swollen and leaving marks with palpating the skin |
| what do you use if you can not palpate a pulse? | use a doppler |
| how are you checking capilarry refills? | palpating the nail bed and seeing what color it turns |
| Cardiovascular Changes with Aging | Hypertension (HTN),Congestive Heart Failure (CHF}, Atherosclerosis, Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), Poor Peripheral Circulation |
| dysnpea? | difficult breathing |
| which of the followingn statements describes the cardiovascular system the most? | it is a double pump circulating blood out to the lung and boy |
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