attention. Atrial Fibrillation is one of the more frequently seen types of dysrhythmias (NIH, 2011). The best way to diagnosis a heart condition is by reading a cardiac strip (Ignatavicius &Workman, 2013). Cardiac strips play an chief part in the nursing world allowing the nurse and other trained medical professionals to interpret what the heart is doing. In a normal strip, one can clearly identify a P wave before every QRS complex, which is then followed by a T wave; in Atrial Fibrillation, the Sinoatrial
In today days Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac dysrhythmia that is often seen in clinical practice. There are 700,000 strokes in the USA each year and 15% of it caused by Atrial Fibrillation. For a long period of time warfarin was the only oral anticoagulant available in the US for patients with atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke events. Recently a new oral anticoagulants, including apixaban, dabigatran, and rivaroxaban have been developed and became available in the US for
known as atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is a common heart condition that affects the heart’s ability to pump blood at a regular pace. This includes heartbeats that are too rapid or irregularly. (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2014). Atrial fibrillation, also known as AF or Afib is the most prevalent heart arrhythmia with 2.7 million affected in the United States alone (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2014; American Heart Association 2012b). Sufferers of atrial fibrillation
Introduction Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a cardiac arrhythmia. It is the most common arrhythmia and it has implications for patients and anaesthetists alike. The anaesthetist must take into consideration the physiological and pharmacological implications of this common arrhythmia. In a healthy individual receiving a general anaesthetic, the anaesthetist must be aware of the causes and treatment of acute onset AF, both intra-operatively and peri-operatively. Patients with AF often develop a decline
Recently seen arrhythmia in medical practice is, atrial fibrillation (AF). Nowadays, several reports have been made based on anxiety in AF individuals. The purpose of this review is to (1) describe the incidence of anxiety having AF by studying related literature, (2) examines the effect of anxiety on persons which are having AF,(3) give such evidences that show hypothetical relationship among pathophysiology of AF and anxiety, (4) assess the advantage of AF on anxiety treatment, (5) and provide
a person living with atrial fibrillation (afib), experiences during an afib episode (1). Atrial fibrillation, a very serious heart arrhythmia, is found in over two million people living in the United States (2 What is 1). According to Gary Riddle, doctor at Memorial Hospital Health Care Center, he cares for roughly 40 patients diagnosed with afib each year in Ferdinand, Indiana (Riddle 1). People the age of 40 and over have a one in four chance of getting atrial fibrillation (2 What is). Knowing
Nursing Care Plan CLIENT CLINICAL PICTURE Mr. GB is a 78 year old white male admitted to Bay Pines VAMC on 6/18/96. for " atypical chest pain and hemoptysis". V/S BP 114/51, P 84, R 24, T 97.4. He seems alert and oriented x 3 and cheerful. Bowel sounds present x 4. Pt. has a red area on his coccyx. Silvadene treatments have been started. Pt. Has a fungal lung infection with a pleural suction drainage tube inserted in his chest . Pt is extremely thin with poor skin turgor with
Atrioventricular node reentrant tachycardia Other than atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, this is the most common supraventricular tachycardia seen in practice.11 A large minority of adults (up to 40% in some cohorts) are born with 2 pathways that can conduct electricity in the AV node, rather than 1. Under the right conditions, AV node reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) can be initiated by a premature atrial or ventricular beat. If the 2 pathways are able to sustain a stable circuit, the atrium
Thursday 8-9:20 a.m. Introduction Attention getter: There are 2.6 million people in the United States that have atrial fibrillation. This number of people is about the size of the population of Chicago, Illinois. Central idea: Atrial fibrillation is a heart condition that can be unbearable but affects each patient differently. Credibility statement: My dad had atrial fibrillation. He has been rushed to the hospital many times. His experience with it was so debilitating that when he tried the
Patient Overview: Mrs M is a 78 year old female who lives at home with her husband. She has never smoked and has reduced her alcohol consumption due to her health conditions. Mrs M eats a well-balanced diet with small meals throughout the day and exercises by walking 3 times a week for 30 minutes. She manages her own medications and uses weekly pill boxes and timers creating a strict routine to remind her when to take her medications. Mrs M doesn’t have any difficulties with her medications such
Through the process of each heartbeat, cardiac muscle contraction follows an electrical sequence. This sequence is initiated at the SA node generating an impulse which spreads through the AV node causing atrial systole. The electrical impulse then follows the AV bundle, bundle branches and the purkinje fibers producing ventricular systole. Series of electrical currents through the heart are able to be traced on the body surface by an electrocardiogram or ECG machine, a device that records voltage
Commotio cordis occurs after a blunt, non-penetrating blow to the precordial area of the chest wall that results in the induction of an often fatal ventricular fibrillation in a heart that does not have a preexisting structural or electrophysiological cardiovascular disease (Yabek, 2011). The blow is often perceived to be irrelevant, yet can cause a debilitating injury or even death. Death may be sudden or after a brief period of lucidity with purposeful movement prior to collapse (Yabek, 2011).
(analyzes) the victim's heart rhythm through adhesive electrodes (some AED models require you to press an ANALYZE button). The computer analyzes the heart rhythm and advises the operator whether a shock is needed. AEDs advise a shock only to ventricular fibrillation and fast ventricular tachycardia. The electric current is delivered through the victim's chest wall through adhesive electrode pads. Why are AEDs important? AEDs are important because they strengthen the Chain of Survival. They can restore a
in this hi tech world (Zheng et al 2001). Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) may increase survival and reduce the amount of neurologic damage after cardiac arrest. According to the recent guidelines, comatose survivors of out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest should be cooled with internal or external cooling techniques to a target temperature of 32 °C to 34 °C (patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest or other primary rhythms may also be cooled. This target temperature should be maintained
The records have been reviewed. The member is an adult male with a birth date of 02/09/1959. He has a diagnosis of ischemic cardiomyopathy. His treating provider, Maria Costanzo, MD, recommended the Zoll LifeVest (wearable cardioverter defibrillator) for the following dates of service 09/02/2015, 10/02/2015, 12/02/2015, 01/02/2016-02/02/2016 (totaling 4 units). The carrier has denied coverage for the Zoll LifeVest as experimental and/or investigational and not medically necessary. A letter from
into is having a defibrillator on site of any athletic activity. A defibrillator can be used when someone undergoes a sudden cardiac arrest. The defibrillator will deliver an electric shock to the heart to try to get it to stop the ventricular fibrillation which is when your heart rate increases and does not produce enough blood to the brian or other organs. A defibrillator was used in the case of Wes Leonard, but unfortunately it was not enough. As of right now I do not believe that there is a clear
ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia. Many people have played a big role in creating this device to become more efficient, smaller and easier to use for the general public. Here are just to name a few that played a part in the creation for this device: Claude Beck, James Rand, Paul Zoll, and Frank Pantridge. The first use of a defibrillator on a patient was in 1947 on a 14 year old boy. Claude Beck was performing a open-chest surgery when the boy went into fibrillation. Beck manually
a patient while administering therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. The patient L.E. is a 73 year old male. The patient has no history of coronary artery disease or any problems with his heart. Yet, he suffered an event of ventricular fibrillation which he was shocked for followed by a massive heart attack while unaccompanied at a restaurant. Upon arrival to the Southcoast Hospital he went into ventricular tachycardia in the Emergency Room and was shocked a second time. According to the
This syndrome increase blood flow causes the heart to pump blood to the lungs at an increasing rate and destroys the blood vessels in the lungs. Several Heart defects that causes disorder is ventricular septal defect (VSD), atrial septal defect (ASD), Patent ductus arteriosus (PDS), and Atrioventricular canal defect (ACD) (Mayo Clinic,2016) This hole usually causes symptoms that include blue or gray skin pigments, shortness of breath, extreme fatigue, chest pains, racing or
Down syndrome also known as “trisomy 21” is a genetic condition in which a child is born with an extra chromosone which causes certain features and delays in development. In sexual reproduction (meiosis) the new cell will have half of the mothers chromosones 23 and half of the fathers chromosones 23 to make a total of 46 (23 pairs) in the new cell (zygote). In a child with Down Syndrome they will have an extra chromosone 21 making a total of 47 chromosones. There is no specific reason why this