VN 201 Medical-Surgical Nursing
I: VASCULAR DISORDERS MASTERY
SYSTEM 2025 (Unitek College
Certified) | *600+ UPDATED EXAM
Q&As*: DVT + PAD + Aneurysms +
Venous Ulcers | Includes NGN
CLINICAL JUDGMENT
SIMULATIONS + DOPPLER
ASSESSMENT
GUIDES + ANTICOAGULATION
SAFETY PROTOCOLS | BONUS:
Compression Therapy Visual Guide
& Vascular Emergency Flowcharts|
100% PASS GUARANTEE
, lOMoARcPSD|57630370
VASCULAR DISORDERS
WHEN THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM IS
COMPROMISED BY VASCULAR DISEASE, THE
HOMEOSTASIS OF THE
BODY IS AFFECTED RISK
FACTORS FOR VASCULAR
DISEASE:
o ADVANCED
AGE o
HEREDITARY
o SMOKING o
OBESITY o
PHYSICAL
INACTIVITY o
HYPERTENSI
ON o
DIABETES
VASCULAR DISEASES CAN AFFECT THE
ARTERIAL AND VENOUS COMPONENT OF THE
CIRCULATION, RESULTING IN PAIN, IMPAIRED
FUNCTION, AND EVEN DEATH
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ARTERIAL EMB OLISM
PATHOPHY SIOLOGY
• POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
• ARTERIAL EMBOLUS USUALLY FORMS IN THE
HEART. A RTOUGHEN ATHEROMATOUS PLAQUE AND
ANY ARTERY CAN LEAD THE THROMBUS FORMATION
(CLOT)
• IF A THROMBUS BREAKS LOOSE IT BECOMES AN
EMBOLUS IT TRAVELS THROUGH THE CIRCULATORY
SYSTEM UNTIL IT LODGES IN A VESSEL THAT BLOCKS
THE BLOOD FLOW DISTAL TO DO OCCLUSION
(BLOCKAGE OF BLOOD VESSEL)
THROMBI FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEART
LODGE INTO THE LUNGS, CAUSING A PULMONARY
EMB OLISM.
THROMBI FROM THE LEFT SIDE USUALLY AFFECT
A LEG
SIGNS AND SY MPTOMS
• EVERYONE HAVE DIFFFERENT S/S (SOME MAY HAVE
NO PAIN, SEVERE OT SOME MAY HAVE TISSUE
ISCHEMIA)
• S/S OF INADEQUATE BLOOD SUPPLE ON LOWER
EXTREMITIES:
❑ SEVERE, ACUTE PAIN
❑ GRADUAL LOSS OF SENSORY AND MOTOR FUNCTION
IN THE AFFECTED AREA
❑ ABSENT DISTAL PULSE
❑ PALLOR AND MOTTLING (IRREG DISCOLOR)
❑ A SHARP LINE OF COLOR AND TEMP DEMACATION
I: VASCULAR DISORDERS MASTERY
SYSTEM 2025 (Unitek College
Certified) | *600+ UPDATED EXAM
Q&As*: DVT + PAD + Aneurysms +
Venous Ulcers | Includes NGN
CLINICAL JUDGMENT
SIMULATIONS + DOPPLER
ASSESSMENT
GUIDES + ANTICOAGULATION
SAFETY PROTOCOLS | BONUS:
Compression Therapy Visual Guide
& Vascular Emergency Flowcharts|
100% PASS GUARANTEE
, lOMoARcPSD|57630370
VASCULAR DISORDERS
WHEN THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM IS
COMPROMISED BY VASCULAR DISEASE, THE
HOMEOSTASIS OF THE
BODY IS AFFECTED RISK
FACTORS FOR VASCULAR
DISEASE:
o ADVANCED
AGE o
HEREDITARY
o SMOKING o
OBESITY o
PHYSICAL
INACTIVITY o
HYPERTENSI
ON o
DIABETES
VASCULAR DISEASES CAN AFFECT THE
ARTERIAL AND VENOUS COMPONENT OF THE
CIRCULATION, RESULTING IN PAIN, IMPAIRED
FUNCTION, AND EVEN DEATH
, lOMoARcPSD|57630370
ARTERIAL EMB OLISM
PATHOPHY SIOLOGY
• POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
• ARTERIAL EMBOLUS USUALLY FORMS IN THE
HEART. A RTOUGHEN ATHEROMATOUS PLAQUE AND
ANY ARTERY CAN LEAD THE THROMBUS FORMATION
(CLOT)
• IF A THROMBUS BREAKS LOOSE IT BECOMES AN
EMBOLUS IT TRAVELS THROUGH THE CIRCULATORY
SYSTEM UNTIL IT LODGES IN A VESSEL THAT BLOCKS
THE BLOOD FLOW DISTAL TO DO OCCLUSION
(BLOCKAGE OF BLOOD VESSEL)
THROMBI FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEART
LODGE INTO THE LUNGS, CAUSING A PULMONARY
EMB OLISM.
THROMBI FROM THE LEFT SIDE USUALLY AFFECT
A LEG
SIGNS AND SY MPTOMS
• EVERYONE HAVE DIFFFERENT S/S (SOME MAY HAVE
NO PAIN, SEVERE OT SOME MAY HAVE TISSUE
ISCHEMIA)
• S/S OF INADEQUATE BLOOD SUPPLE ON LOWER
EXTREMITIES:
❑ SEVERE, ACUTE PAIN
❑ GRADUAL LOSS OF SENSORY AND MOTOR FUNCTION
IN THE AFFECTED AREA
❑ ABSENT DISTAL PULSE
❑ PALLOR AND MOTTLING (IRREG DISCOLOR)
❑ A SHARP LINE OF COLOR AND TEMP DEMACATION
