Shock
The heart cannot pump blood around the body unless a certain volume of blood is present. Blood volume describes the total amount of blood in the body.
What is hypovolemic shock?
My HR can be between 100-250 bpm, commonly 120 bpm, and my QRS complexes are wide (equal to or greater than 0.12 seconds) and bizarre or distorted, and occur due to an electrical impulse originating in the ventricles rather than normal conduction, while the P waves are often absent or not related to the QRS complexes
What is v tach (ventricular tachycardia)?
I reduce aldosterone secretion to help the kidneys retain potassium; I help to lower BP, reduce heart workload, and protect kidney function. What am I?
What is an ACE inhibitor?
I allow fluid backup and do not allow oxygen rich blood to flow and cause SOB, fatigue and swelling. What am I?
What is congestive heart failure?
I am invasive, used to detect blockages by injecting contrast dye via a catheter into a vessel to map coronary artery disease. What am I?
What is a cardiac angiogram?
This happens when the heart suddenly can't pump enough blood to meet the body's needs and is often caused by a large or severe heart attack.
What is cardiogenic shock?
I am referred to as having rapid, identical undulating waves called F waves that flutter like a sawtooth appearance with atrial HR 250-250 bpm; Ventricular rate is often slower. Rhythm is irregularly regular.
What is atrial flutter?
I am used for HTN, heart failure, arrhythmias, and to prevent future heart attacks. I block adrenaline that slows the heart rate to reduce BP, and I can be used for anxiety, migraines, and tremors. What am I?
What are beta-blockers?
I can appear suddenly or develop over days and can differ significantly between men and women. I show up as chest pain/discomfort: pressure, tightness, squeezing, or aching in the center or left side of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes or goes away and returns as well as radiating pain especially left side. What am I?
What is a myocardial infarction (MI) or heart attack?
I use a therapeutic dose of electric current to the heart at a specific moment in the cardiac cycle to restore activity of the electrical conduction. 2 pads are used with conductive gel. It is often correlated to the cardiac cycle at the R wave of the QRS complex on the ECG to hopefully prevent shock. What am I?
What is synchronized electrical cardioversion?
What is it when your immune system overreacts to an infection and starts harming your body with symptoms of extremely low blood pressure and organ failure, even with fluid treatment, as well as the body's cells aren’t using oxygen properly, and your body's use of energy is disrupted.
What is septic shock?
I have a regular rhythm with a rate of 140-220 bpm with a QRS Duration normal but narrow. P Wave is most often buried in the preceding T Wave. What am I?
What is SVT (supraventricular tachycardia)?
I treat chest pain (angina), manage irregular heartbeats, not to allow an electrolyte to enter the heart and vessel cells, allowing them to relax and open. I can cause swollen ankles and dizziness. What am I?
What is a calcium channel blocker?
I am a key important sign with the following: Low blood pressure (hypotension), distended/bulging neck veins, and muffled/distant heart sounds and cause this emergency. What am I?
What is Beck's Triad and cardiac tamponade?
use of inserting a needle and catheter into the pericardial sac to drain excess fluid compressing the heart (pericardial effusion) and done to prevent hemodynamic collapse
What is pericardiocentesis?
I am a critical medical condition resulting from disruption of the autonomic nervous system, often due to spinal cord injuries, leading to severe hypotension and inadequate blood flow to vital organs. What am I?
What is neurogenic shock?
I have a regular rhythm rate of 80, P wave is upright and regular and P-R interval with one P wave for each QRS. What am I?
What is a normal sinus rhythm?
I help to widen blood vessels by treating chest pain. What am I?
What is a nitrate?
I have symptoms such as claudication (Classic Symptom), leg numbness/weakness, lower leg coldness, one more than the other, shiny skin, or am hairless with almost no pulse. What am I?
What is peripheral artery disease (PAD)?
I record the heart's electrical activity to assess irregular rhythms, heart damage, or structural issues. What am I?
What is an EKG?
This Prolonged shock can cause progressive failure of organs due to sustained hypoperfusion and hypoxia, what am I?
What is Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS)?
I am a life-threatening, rapid, and irregular heart rhythm primarily caused by a prolongation of the heart's QTc interval, leading to dizziness, syncope, or sudden cardiac arrest
What is Torsades de Pointe (polymorphic ventricular tachycardia)?
I protect blood vessels that are blocked. What am I?
What is a statin?
I cause skin changes like being pale and cold, bluish, or discolored skin on feet/toes, slow-healing wounds, varicose veins, and cause erectile dysfunction. What am I?
What is peripheral vein disease (PVD)?
You are to give Aspirin immediately upon suspicion of MI. Then rapid diagnosis (ECG, cardiac enzymes) and timely reperfusion (PCI or thrombolytics for STEMI) are prioritized. Other interventions are tailored to the patient’s condition, not applied routinely as in the past.
What is universal protocol for cardiac treatment?