Chapter 21- Peripheral Vascular System & Lymphatic System
- Veins carry deoxygenated blood except the pulmonary & umbilical vein
- Arteries carry oxygenated blood except the pulmonary & umbilical artery
- Clubbing is as a result of decreased perfusion of oxygenated blood to the ngers
- For oxygen to return to our heart, the skeletal muscles squeeze blood up the veins
- When the valves in our veins don’t work properly, this results in the back ow of blood
and eventually blood pooling which causes the vein to stretch (this is causes varicose
veins)
- The rst thing that you do after a patient had surgery/DVT/Peripheral Artery Disease
[PAD] is check the distal pulses (femoral, pedal, popliteal artery pulses)
- A doppler is a device used to check a pulse
- Modi ed Allen Test: 1) Have the patient open and close hand as quickly as possible
then form a st. 2) Compress both radial and ulnar arteries then let the patient open
their hand after which you should only release the radial pulse. 3) Blood should quickly
re ll in hand. 4) Re-perform the procedure this time only releasing the ulnar pulse.
- Veins carry deoxygenated blood except the pulmonary & umbilical vein
- Arteries carry oxygenated blood except the pulmonary & umbilical artery
- Clubbing is as a result of decreased perfusion of oxygenated blood to the ngers
- For oxygen to return to our heart, the skeletal muscles squeeze blood up the veins
- When the valves in our veins don’t work properly, this results in the back ow of blood
and eventually blood pooling which causes the vein to stretch (this is causes varicose
veins)
- The rst thing that you do after a patient had surgery/DVT/Peripheral Artery Disease
[PAD] is check the distal pulses (femoral, pedal, popliteal artery pulses)
- A doppler is a device used to check a pulse
- Modi ed Allen Test: 1) Have the patient open and close hand as quickly as possible
then form a st. 2) Compress both radial and ulnar arteries then let the patient open
their hand after which you should only release the radial pulse. 3) Blood should quickly
re ll in hand. 4) Re-perform the procedure this time only releasing the ulnar pulse.
