NUSA 401 Exam 3 Study Guide |Questions with
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preload - ✔️✔️the load of blood that stretches cardiac muscle prior to contraction
afterload - ✔️✔️vascular resistance against which the ventricle must contract
Ejection Fraction (EF) - ✔️✔️percentage of blood volume in the ventricles at the end of diastole
that is ejected during systole; a measurement of contractility
55-70% good
under 39% indicate poor cardiac output
under 35% may indicate imminent heart failure
transient-syncope - ✔️✔️fainting episodes
apical pulse - ✔️✔️fourth or fifth intercostal space midclavicular
landmarks for valves - ✔️✔️aortic: right 2nd intercostal space
pulmonic: left 2nd intercostal space
erb's point (S1 S2) left 3rd intercostal space
tricuspid: lower left sternal border 4th intercostal
mitral valve: left 5th intercostal medial to midclavicular line
Palpate Lungs - ✔️✔️anterior chest wall, tenderness or lumps, skin turgor, temperature,
moisture, crepitus, friction rub
, Auscultate lungs - ✔️✔️
Palpate heart - ✔️✔️apical pulse, thrills, heaves, pulsations, lifts
Auscultate heart - ✔️✔️Aortic-Right 2nd intercostal
Pulmonic-Left 2nd Intercostal
Erb's point: left third intercostal
Tricuspid-Left 4th intercostal
Mitral (apical)- left 5th midclavicular
rate and rhythm
dysrhythmia if any
Normal Vital Signs - ✔️✔️Blood pressure: 90/60 mm Hg to 120/80 mm Hg.
Breathing: 12 to 18 breaths per minute.
Pulse: 60 to 100 beats per minute.
Temperature: 97.8°F to 99.1°F (36.5°C to 37.3°C); average 98.6°F (37°C)
Arm veins - ✔️✔️superficial and deep
Leg veins - ✔️✔️deep (femoral and popliteal)
superficial (great and small saphenous)
perforators
Without lymphatic drainage - ✔️✔️fluid would build up in the interstitial spaces and produce
edema
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preload - ✔️✔️the load of blood that stretches cardiac muscle prior to contraction
afterload - ✔️✔️vascular resistance against which the ventricle must contract
Ejection Fraction (EF) - ✔️✔️percentage of blood volume in the ventricles at the end of diastole
that is ejected during systole; a measurement of contractility
55-70% good
under 39% indicate poor cardiac output
under 35% may indicate imminent heart failure
transient-syncope - ✔️✔️fainting episodes
apical pulse - ✔️✔️fourth or fifth intercostal space midclavicular
landmarks for valves - ✔️✔️aortic: right 2nd intercostal space
pulmonic: left 2nd intercostal space
erb's point (S1 S2) left 3rd intercostal space
tricuspid: lower left sternal border 4th intercostal
mitral valve: left 5th intercostal medial to midclavicular line
Palpate Lungs - ✔️✔️anterior chest wall, tenderness or lumps, skin turgor, temperature,
moisture, crepitus, friction rub
, Auscultate lungs - ✔️✔️
Palpate heart - ✔️✔️apical pulse, thrills, heaves, pulsations, lifts
Auscultate heart - ✔️✔️Aortic-Right 2nd intercostal
Pulmonic-Left 2nd Intercostal
Erb's point: left third intercostal
Tricuspid-Left 4th intercostal
Mitral (apical)- left 5th midclavicular
rate and rhythm
dysrhythmia if any
Normal Vital Signs - ✔️✔️Blood pressure: 90/60 mm Hg to 120/80 mm Hg.
Breathing: 12 to 18 breaths per minute.
Pulse: 60 to 100 beats per minute.
Temperature: 97.8°F to 99.1°F (36.5°C to 37.3°C); average 98.6°F (37°C)
Arm veins - ✔️✔️superficial and deep
Leg veins - ✔️✔️deep (femoral and popliteal)
superficial (great and small saphenous)
perforators
Without lymphatic drainage - ✔️✔️fluid would build up in the interstitial spaces and produce
edema
