Diagnostic / Definitions
What are the two types of heart failure?
What is left sided and right sided heart failure?
What does it mean when you see a pt with swelling to the lower extremity that stays after palpitation?
What is pitting edema?
What is the primary med you will give a CHF pt.
Nitroglycerine
What is a VAD?
What is ventricular assistance device?
What is Becks triad?
JVD, hypotension, muffle heart sounds
What is a classic home med for heart failure?
What is Lasix?
What is pericardial effusion
What is an increase of fluid around the heart?
What is the main s/s of cardiac tamponade?
What is muffled heart sounds
What is the PEEP setting for CPAP?
5-10 cmH20
What is cor pulmonal?
Right ventricular failure caused by pulmonary disease
What side of heart failure does orthopnea indicate?
Left sided heart failure.
What is the definitive treatment for cardiac tamponade?
Pericardialcentesis
Sudden feeling of shortness of breath that wakes pt while sleeping
What is paraxosymal nocturnal dyspnea
You arrive on scene to find a 16 YOM pink warm dry unresponsive no pulse but breathing wearing a back pack. What should you do?
What is check backpack for a VAD machine/ intructions.
what is a vasopressor used for heart failure?
Dobutamine/ norepinephrine