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Name the 4 valves in the heart
Tricuspid valve
Aortic Valve
Mitral Valve
pulmonic Valve
Where is the Tricuspid valve located?
Between right atrium and right ventricle
Where is the Mitral valve located?
Between left atrium and the left ventricle
Where is the Aortic valve located?
Between the aorta and the left ventricle of the heart
Where is the pulmonic valve located? -Answer Between the" right ventricle and the
pulmonary artery
What are the functions of valves in the heart? -Answer To prevent the backflow of blood
When you auscultate a normal heart beat through the stethoscope what sound does it
make and what causes it? -Answer Lub-dub; aortic and pulmonic valve closed
Angina Pectoris - An easier term to understand would be chest pain of cardiac origin.
,What is the Cause of Angina Pectoris? Ischemia or lack of oxygen to the heart muscle
How does Nitroglycerin Affect the Body? It dilates the coronary arteries and increases
the blood flow to the heart
When does angina pectoris become a myocardial infarction? - Answer When the heart is
deprived of oxygen too long and a portion of the heart dies
Death of the heart muscle - Answer necrosis
Risk factors of cardiovascular disease (12) - Answer Family history of heart disease
Smokers
Hypercholesterolemia
Diabetes
Obesity
Sedentary lifestyle
Hypertension
Advancing age
History of MI
Congestive heart failure
Heart valve dysfunction
dysrhythmias
Signs and symptoms of Myocardial infarction (MI)
(5)-Answer- Chest pain not relieved by nitroglycerin
-Pain radiate down the left arm or up the left jaw
-Blood pressure drop
, -weak with thready pulse
-nausea or vomiting
What do you do if you suspect a patient is having a MI? - Answer Morphine
Oxygen
Nitrates
Aspirin
Place patient on monitors and start IV asap
What is congestive heart failure?-Answer The heart cannot pump blood in a forward
motion
What occurs when there is CHF on the right side? -Answer Excess blood an fluid
backing up systemically; meaning in the rest of the body
What are the symptoms of right sided CHF? -Answer Swelling in the ankles and ascetics
(belly)
Distended neck veins
What happens when there is CHF on the left side? -Answer Fluid backing up into the
lungs causing pt to cough pink frothy sputum.
What are the symptoms of left sided CHF? -Answer Shortness of breath and wakes up in
the middle of the night gasping for air
What is the normal treatment for CHF? -Answer Diuretics; so the patient pees out the
excess fluid
How is the cardiovascular system monitored? -Answer By using tone pulse, blood
pressure and the EKG
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