Vocabulary
Amount of blood ejected from the ventricles during systole.
What is Stroke Volume?
Increased levels may be used to determine severity of congestive heart failure (CHF)
What is Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP)?
Slow regular respirations.
What is Bradypnea?
Safe, simple easy to use, can eat and talk without interference. Nasal prongs inserted into nares.
What is a nasal cannula?
These heart valves close with the S1 sound (lub).
What are Tricuspid and Bicuspid (mitral) valves?
Ability of cardiovascular system to pump oxygenated blood to the tissues & return deoxygenated blood to the lungs
What is Perfusion?
What is potassium?
Respirations get faster, deeper, then slow and shallow with periods of apnea.
What are Cheyne-Stokes respirations?
Fits over mouth and nose firmly. Don't allow bag to fully deflate, one way valve with reservoir.
What is a Non-Rebreather or Partial Rebreather mask?
Represented by "P" wave on EKG.
What is the SA node?
What is Ventilation?
Normal range less than 200mg/dL
What is Cholesterol?
Absence of breathing.
What is Apnea?
Administers specific amount of oxygen with humidity. FiO2 24- 50%
What is the Venturi mask?
What are symptoms of left sided heart failure?
Provides information on how effectively CO2 is being eliminated by the lungs.
What is Capnography?
Specific enzyme released when myocardial tissue is damaged.
What is creatine kinase (CK-MB)?
Fast deep respirations with no expiratory pause.
What are Kussmaul's respirations?
Successfully treats obstructive sleep apnea.
What is Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPaP)?
SA node, intra-arterial pathways, AV node, Bundle of His, Purkinje fibers.
What is the heart's electrical conduction system pathway.
When reclining needs multiple pillows or sits leaning forward with arms elevated to assist in breathing.
What is Orthopnea?
Values elevate as early as 3 hours after myocardial injury.
What is Troponin?
Normal rate and rhythm or breathing.
What is Eupnea?
Combustible substance. Requires physician order, keep away from open flames, secure cylinders
What is oxygen?
Amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle each minute.
What is cardiac output?