Basics
What color is oxygenated blood
What is red
Where is the beginning entry point for blood into the heart?
What is the IVC and SVC
Normal oxygen saturation should be 90-100%
What is the main lab level to look at for children with heart defects?
What is lactate.
What is a ventricular septal defect?
What is a hole in the septum that separates the left and right ventricle
What color is de-oxygenated blood?
What is blue
What does oxygen poor blood travel once it has left the right atrium?
What is the right ventricle
The heart has five valves
What is false; 4
What panel should all children with a heart defect have taken?
What is an electrolyte panel
What is an atrial septal defect?
What is a hole between the septum that separates the left and right atrium
What is the function of the heart?
What is to pump blood throughout the body to all vital organs and extremities.
After the right ventricle where does blood travel?
What is through the pulmonary arteries into the lungs in order to get re-oxygenated.
The right side of the heart hosts de-oxygenated blood
What is true
What lab value is important to look at in an electrolyte panel for those with an ASD or VSD?
What is Potassium
How does a VSD affect the heart?
How many atrium's are in a normal heart?
What is two
Once oxygenated blood re-enters the heart through the lungs where does it travel?
What is the blood re-enters through the pulmonary veins and go into the left atrium.
The left side of the heart sends blood into the lungs
What is false; the left side of the heart receives blood from the lungs
Besides a lactate level and electrolytes, which other panel is important for those with an ASD or VSD
What is a blood gas panel.
How does an ASD affect the heart?
What is oxygenated and de-oxgenated blood mix
How many ventricles are in a normal heart?
What is two
What is the last course of travel for blood once it leaves the left atrium?
The heart will always pump blood through the path of least resistance, no matter the direction
What is true.
What does a high lactate indicate?
What is cardiac cell destruction or death.
How does mixed blood affect an oxygen saturation?
What is the mixed blood can cause lower oxygen saturation in children.