These can be large, painful, and look like a hematoma, but may be pulsutile with thrill or bruit.
What is a Pseudoaneursym?
100
Classic sypmtoms of this include distended neck veins, hypotension, and muffled heart sounds sounds.
What is cardiac tamponade?
100
Get one of these if your patient experiences chest pain.
What is a 12 lead EKG?
100
You patient should not brush their teeth with thier affected wrist for 2 days if they had this.
What is a TR band/radial site
200
This closure device sutures the arteriotomy site to achieve immediate hemostasis.
What is a perclose?
200
Your patient tells you they feel wet - like they've peed the the bed.
What is a sign of a re-bleed
200
Signs of this include garbled speech, confusion, facial droop.
What are signs of a stroke?
200
The ACT should be less than this number prior to pulling the sheath.
What is 180?
200
This complication can be decreased by hydrating the patient and holding nephrotoxic drugs before and after a cardiac cath.
What is Contrast induced nephropathy?
300
This closure device uses a collagen plug and suture
What is a angioseal?
300
Signs of this include leg pain, numbness and tingling, pulselessness, pallor, coolness.
What is an ischemic limb?
300
Your patient recieved Versed and Fentanyl in the cath lab. They may be at increased risk for which complications.
What is Falls, respiratory depression, confusion.
300
Don't check an ACT, but wait 2 hours to pull the sheath after this medication has been stopped.
What is angiomax?
300
Your patient had lovenox. How many hours until you can pull the sheath?
What is 8 hours?
400
This closure device includes a polyethylene glycol plug which is inserted into the tissue tract. It is not good for skinny people.
What is a mynx?
400
These are caused by blood in soft tissue and result in a hard area under the skin.
What is a hematoma?
400
This emergent complication ususally occurs within 24 hours after angioplasty. It requires a STAT trip back to the cath lab for repeat angioplasty and thrombectomy.
What is thrombosis?
400
Give this medication if your patient vagals while pulling the sheath.
What is Atropine?
400
This medical therapy is essential for patients post PCI with stent placement.
What is dual anti platelet therapy?
500
This thrombin infused hemostatic patch can be used to decrease hold time.
What is a D-stat?
500
Obese and diabetic patients have an increased risk of this complication at the groin site.
What is infection?
500
A patient with this may have hypotension, decreased H&H, complaints of vague abdominal pain and flank pain.
What is a retroperitoneal bleed?
500
You need a physician's order to use this mechanical compression device.
What is a femostop.
500
The printed report from the cath lab is know as this.