Cardiac & Vascular Disorders – Self-Quiz I Info from notes on 01/22/2013 ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Name the 4 chambers of the heart‚ and where they receive blood from: Name the 3 muscle layers of the heart‚ give an example of where you would find these: Name the 2 AV Valves (Atrioventricular) and the 2 SV Valves (semilunar). Valves keep blood flowing in one direction‚ keeping blood in one chamber until the next chamber is ready. The first heart
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Cardiac Arrests In Athletes Team Work‚ Perseverance‚ Leadership‚ Commitment are all traits you need to become an athlete‚ yes when I say athlete the first thing that comes to mind is someone being athletic someone who can play sports with the best of them. Being an Athlete is great to everyone including me. People love to make that game winning shot or catching that huge touchdown pass or scoring that game winning goal as the buzzer sounds off. What people do not realize is that it could all
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My career goals are to work within cardiology or a career that focuses on cardiac sciences. The occupation I hope to attain is Cardiac Physiologist (CP). Work values are characteristics of work that are important to one person’s job satisfaction and fulfillment. I am aware that I value other components in the workplace environment more than others. The components I value and prefer more are learning and skill development‚ ethics‚ teamwork‚ structure and client contact. Work values provide a sense
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Assessment 2 – Congestive Cardiac Failure 1. Mr Wright’s admission states that he has CCF (congestive cardiac failure). Clearly define CCF. What organs and which body systems are affected by this disorder? Congestive cardiac failure defined Congestive cardiac failure (CCF) is a progressive disease of the heart‚ which involves loss of pumping ability by the heart. Congestive cardiac failure occurs when the myocardium loses its ability to pump enough blood to meet the body’s metabolic needs and is
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2. What is an objective from each of the learning domains for a 75-year old female who is two weeks post hospitalization for cardiac bypass surgery? 1) Cognitive: dealing with intellectual abilities She will participate in problem-solving to develop a plan of care for her rehabilitation and post CABG lifestyle changes. I will present information the patient will need to control her condition in words the patient understands. If the patient understands why she had surgery in the first
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Invent Brain-Controlled Prosthetic Arm". STUDY Magazine. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2011-09-24. W. H. Bancroft‚ Jr.‚ “Kinetocardiography: past and present‚” Bibl.Cardiol. 37‚ 58–72 (1979). R. Maniewski‚ Magnetic Examinations of Electrical and Mechanical Cardiac Activity‚ Ossolineum‚ Wroclaw (1987). Bronzino‚ Joseph D. (April 2006). The Biomedical Engineering Handbook‚ Third Edition. [CRC Press]. ISBN 978-0-8493-2124-5. M. Zyczkowski et al.‚ “Using modalmetric fiber optic sensors to monitor the activity of
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Cardiac Rehabilitation Cardiac rehabilitation is a medically supervised program to help heart patients recover quickly and improve their overall physical‚ mental and social functioning. The goal is to stabilize‚ slow or even reverse the progression of cardiovascular disease‚ thereby reducing the risk of heart disease‚ another cardiac event or death. Cardiac rehabilitation programs include: Counseling so the patient can understand and manage the disease process Beginning an exercise program
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Maintaining Normothermia Post-Cardiac Arrest?NUR 2243 Management of Nursing Care IS THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA MORE BENEFICIAL? Is Therapeutic Hypothermia More Beneficial Than Maintaining Normothermia Post-Cardiac Arrest? To what extent does inducing hypothermia benefit patients? What exactly are the benefits‚ and do they come with risks? There have been many trials dealing with therapeutic hypothermia that exhibit advantageous neurological outcomes post-cardiac arrest. Most of these trials lead
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Cardiac Catheterization and Kidney Function In many hospitals‚ the use of cardiac catheterization is used to determine if a patient has occluded arteries or grafts. This procedure saves many lives every day and helps prevent myocardial infarctions in many cases. The procedure itself is rather simple and safe for the most part‚ but one thing that many fail to realize is how hard the procedure is on kidney function due to the dye used intra-procedure. According to the NIH‚ kidney damage caused by
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Describe the Cardiac Cycle The Cardiac cycle is a description of the activities that take place in the period from the start of one heart the next. The conducting system autonomically controls the heart beat impulses it is also called the cardiac conduction system or the nodal system. It is made up of six main components the sinoatrial node (SA-Node)‚ internodal paths‚ atrioventricular node (AV-Node)‚ atrioventricular bundle (AV bundle) or bundle of His‚ bundle branches and Purkinje fibres. Contractile
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