GRADED A+
◉ How do you know if there is not enough blood being received in
the tissue. Answer: Check temp, color, appearance, cap refill, etc of
peripheral extremities
◉ tissue ischemia. Answer: point at which tissues receive
insufficient oxygen and perfusion which can then result in gangrene
or amputation
◉ Anemia. Answer: A condition in which the blood is deficient in red
blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume.
Can be due to chronic bleeding or maybe deficient in iron or folate in
the diet
◉ myocaridal infarction. Answer: condition characterized by dead
tissue areas in the myocardium; caused by interruption of blood
supply to the area; heart attack
◉ Sign of MI. Answer: Sudden, crushing, substernal chest pain which
often radiates to back, neck, jaw, and right shoulder
◉ MONA. Answer: Morphine
, Oxygen
Nitroglycerin
Aspirin
◉ What causes MI. Answer: smoking, lack of exercise, high
cholesterol, and unhealthy diet, stress,
◉ cardiomegaly. Answer: enlargement of the heart
◉ heart failure. Answer: a chronic condition in which the heart is
unable to pump out all of the blood that it receives
◉ Left sided heart failure causes. Answer: -HTN
-Obesity
-Previous MI
-Diabetes
-Family history
-Substance abuse
-Valvular disease
-Cardiomyopathy
-CAD