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Importance of General Impression of Patient - Stable vs Unstable
- RTC vs Non- RTC
- Different ages have different health risks
- Trauma or Medical
- Proper PPE
- Rule D- spine in or out
- Base to work off
Method to Assess Mental Status and LOC - AVPU
PAM Purpose and Goals Identify and correct immediately life threatening conditions.
Difference of Assessment of Trauma vs Medical Patients - Medical Hx takes Precedent;
Trauma secondary takes precedent
4 valves of the heart tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral, aortic
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Coronary Arteries blood vessels that branch from the aorta and carry oxygen-rich blood to
the heart muscle
Diastole Relaxation phase that takes place at the end of cardiac contraction
Systole contraction phase of the cardiac cycle
Preload End diastolic volume and influences the force of the next contraction because of
the stretch it exerts
Stroke Volume The amount of blood ejected from the heart in one contraction.
Afterload the resistance against which the heart must pump
Cardiac Output stroke volume x heart rate
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Chronotropy Heart Rate
Inotropy Contractile Strength
Dromotropy rate of nervous impulse conduction
Electrolytes that affect cardiac function Sodium, calcium, potassium, chloride, magnesium
Intercalated Discs Connect cardiac muscle fibres and conduct electrical impulses quickly
from one muscular fibre to the next
Resting Potential The difference in electrical charge across the cell membrane of a cardiac
cell (inside of the cell more negative than the outside)
Action Potential Change of membrane polarity when the myocardial cell is stimulated and
allows positively charged sodium ions to rush in