It's all important
cigarette use, obesity, inactivity, high stress job
What are modifiable risk factors
Red, shiny, hot, swelling, painful one leg
What is cellulitis
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
What are arteries
Swelling in extremities
What is edmea
Reddish, blue, purplish color to lower extremities in dependent position
Rubor
Causes the lub dub sound of the heart
What is the opening and closing of the heart valves
Pain in legs after walking a short distance
Intermittent claudication
Smallest and thinnest blood vessels
What are the capillaries
Urinates during the night
What is nocturia
Normal lymph node assessment
What is <1cm, soft, moveable, nontender
Pink should return how fast in the blanching capillary refill test
what is <2sec
Landmark at the left sternal border,, 3rd intercostal space
What is Erb's point
This heart sound is a swishing or whooshing sound
What is a murmur
Swishing sound auscultated anywhere in the heart cycle
What is a murmur
This pulse is located between the first and second toe on surface of the foot
What is the dorsalis pedis pulse
Swelling in only one leg could be a sign of this
What is lymphedema or DVT
Lymph node at the base of the head/neck
occipital
Extra heart sound that can be normal in healthy young adults but abnormal in older adults
What is S3 (Kentucky)
When sac around the heart is inflamed it can cause this sound
What is pericardial friction rub
Deeper pitting with about 4mm depression, disappears in about 10-15 seconds
What is 2+ pitting edema
Two labs that indicate cardiac damage/ischemia
What are CK and Troponin
The five cardiac auscultation landmarks
What are Aortic, pulmonic, Erb's point, tricuspid, and mitral
Turbulent blood flow in carotid artery
What is a bruit
Medical term that means tissue damage from decreased oxygen
What is ischemia
Venous pressure elevation and fluid overload can cause this neck assessment finding
Jugular venous distension