Medications
These medications are associated with GI bleeding, nephrotoxicity, and worsening heart failure.
What are NSAIDS?
Shortness of breath, increasing oxygen needs, and crackles.
What is pulmonary edema?
Gold standard to diagnose a possible myocardial infarction.
What is a STAT 12-lead EKG?
What is a STAT 12-lead EKG?
Measures to prevent complications in people with heart failure.
What are low sodium diet, medication compliance, healthy lifestyle, daily weights?
This medication is often used to treat heart failure, fluid overload, and pulmonary edema.
What is furosemide?
Four potential causes of hypotension.
What are cardiac dysrhythmias (too fast/too slow), decreased fluid volume, poor cardiac contraction, and poor vascular tone (vasodilation)?
This lab will be elevated in clients with heart failure.
What is a BNP (B-type Natriuretic Peptide)?
Priority interventions for someone with pulmonary edema.
What are respiratory support and STAT IV furosemide (loop diuretic)?
Hypertension, smoking, diabetes, stress, obesity, poor diet, and high cholesterol.
What are modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease?
This medication is used as needed to treat chest pain and can cause hypotension.
What is nitroglycerin?
Radiating pain, diaphoresis, shortness of breath, nausea and vomiting, pallor, extreme fatigue, indigestion, back pain, epigastric pain.
This condition is indicated when the client has acutely elevated creatinine, BUN, urine specific gravity, and hemoconcentration.
What is dehydration/fluid volume deficit/ hypovolemia?
Priority interventions for a pulseless person.
What are calling for help, chest compressions, and defibrillation as soon as possible if indicated?
Serious complication of left heart failure that is potentially fatal if untreated.
What is pulmonary edema?
The indications for medications like apixaban and rivaroxaban.
What is blood clot prevention (stroke, pulmonary embolism, etc.)?
Pain, pallor, pulselessness, paresthesia, paralysis, and/or poikilothermia.
What are the signs and symptoms of acute limb ischemia?
This condition is indicated when the ankle-brachial index (ABI) is less than 0.9.
What is peripheral artery disease?
Priority interventions for a patient who is profoundly hypotensive.
What are call for help, put the head of bed flat, and prepare to infuse an IV fluid bolus (0.9% or LR)?
A sudden, temporary drop in heart rate and blood pressure - often due to bearing down.
What is a vasovagal response?
This medication is an oral positive inotrope that requires an apical pulse assessment prior to administration.
What is digoxin?
Hypotension, confusion, diaphoresis, shortness of breath, nausea, weak pulses, chest pain
What are signs and symptoms of low/inadequate cardiac output?
Kidney labs, allergies, and metformin use should be assessed prior to this diagnostic procedure.
What is an angiogram?
Indications for a synchronized cardioversion.
What is a hemodynamically unstable patient with a tachyarrhythmia? (Low BP with a fast abnormal heart rhythm)
Complications of this condition are stroke and hemodynamic instability (decreased BP d/t low CO).
What is atrial fibrillation?