Cardiac Care
Name 3 Cardiothoracic Surgeons here at AHBD
Who are Dr. Paw; Dr. Peck; Dr. Purewal
20% -30% of cardiac output is generated from
Atrial Kick
What is a normal CVP
What is 4-10 cm H20; 2-6 mmHg
What is the most common preventable arrhythmia post-operative
What is atrial fibrillation
What does CO stand for?
What is Cardiac Output?
The presence of a paradoxical pulse is often indicative of
What is Cardiac Tamponade?
The resistance, impendence or pressure the ventricle must overcome to eject blood from ventricle is
Afterload
Name 3 premature contractions
What are premature atrial contraction; premature junctional contraction; premature ventricular contraction
HR X SV= this
What is Cardiac Output?
Symptomatic Bradycardia or Asystole may develop after surgery. Which intervention should be expected?
Transvenous pacing
Your patients SVO2 has decreased form 75%-50% in last hour. What should you do first?
What is check ABG,SPO2,H & H and Hemodynamics?
Time is measured on the EKG graph paper on the horizontal line. What is measured on the vertical line...
What is Voltage?
Best intervention to increase Preload is
What is Colloids ( ie: Albumin) and Blood
All hemodynamic reading should be read at which point in the respiratory cycle..
What is End Expiration?
Positive inotropic therapy to improve cardiac output includes?
What is Dobutamine, Milrinone and IABP
0.12-0.20 sec measures what on the EKG strip
What is a normal PR interval?
Daily Double!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Frank-Starling Law illustrates relationship between
Fluid status and cardiac function
Your patient's blood pressure on arrival is 70/40; HR 110; CVP 5; PCWP 7/ CO 3.8; CI 1.7; SVR 1800.
Your best treatment is:
What is Hang Albumin?
Daily Double!!!!!!
Which of the following is an expected hemodynamic effect of hypothermia?
1.IABP, Milrinone, Labetalol
2. Dobutamine, Milrinone and IABP
What is Dobutamine, Milrinone and IABP
Name the correct conduction pattern as impulses travel through the heart (name the 6 steps)
What are SA node: Intra-atrial and intermodal pathways; AV node; Bundle of His; Bundle Branches; Purkinje Fibers