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TEST #1: PE AND SHOCK

front 1

WAYS TO PREVENT VTE

back 1

  • SQ HEPARIN OR LMWH
  • LIFESTYLE CHANGES
  • GRADUATED COMPRESSION STOCKINGS/SCD PUMPS TO PREVENT DVT
  • LIFESTYLE CHANGES: HEALTHY WEIGHT, EXERCISE, HYDRATION, NO SMOKING, AVOID SITTING W/ LEGS CROSSED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, WHEN TRAVELING, CHANGE POSITION FREQUENTLY
  • MEDICATION COMPLIANCE
  • EARLY AMBULATION AND LEG EXERCISES
  • INT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES
  • DON'T MASSAGE LEG W/ DVT

front 2

IF A PATIENT CURRENTLY HAS A DVT, SHOULD YOU APPLY ANTI-EMBOLIC STOCKINGS/SCD PUMPS TO AFFECT LEG

back 2

NO!

front 3

WHAT CAN UNSTABLE PE LEAD TO?

back 3

THE SUDDEN INCREASED IN PULMONARY RESISTANCE INCREASES THE WORK OF THE RIGHT VENTRICLE, WHICH CAUSES R SIDED HEART FAILURE W/ CARDIOGENIC SHOCK

front 4

NURSE INTERVENTIONS POST SURGICAL EMBOLECTOMY

back 4

  • MEASURE I'S AND O'S
  • PULMONARY ARTERIAL PRESSURE
  • ASSESS INSERTION OF ARTERIAL CATH FOR HEMATOMA FORMATION AND INFECTION
  • ELEVATE FOOT OF BED
  • ENCOURAGE ISOMETRIC EXERCISES
  • SCDs
  • WALKING

front 5

CAUSES LYSIS OF BLOOD CLOTS

back 5

THROMBOLYTICS

  • ALTEPLASE
  • RETEPLASE

front 6

WHAT MEDICATIONS CAN YOU NOT TAKE WHILE TAKING ALTEPLASE

back 6

OTHER ANTICOAGULANTS

front 7

WHAT LABS ARE CHECKED BEFORE ADMN OF THROMBOLYTICS?

back 7

  • aPTT
  • INR
  • CBC
  • INR

front 8

NURSING ACTIONS WHILE ADMINISTERING THROMBOLYTICS

back 8

  • MONITOR FOR BLEEDING
  • BEDREST
  • AVOID INVASIVE PROCEDURES
  • APPLY MANUAL PRESSURE TO PUNCTURE SITE FOR 30 MINUTES
  • NO IM INJECTIONS/LAB STICKS
  • MONITOR VS AND NEURO CHECKS FREQUENTLY

front 9

PATIENT SHOULD NOT BE RECEIVING ANTICOAGULANTS IF THEY HAVE THIS?

WHAT IS IT?

back 9

IVC FILTER - ALLOWS BLOOD TO FLOW UNOBSTRUCTED W/ LARGE EMBOLI FROM PELVIS OR LE ARE BLOCKED OR FRAGMENTS

front 10

WHAT LAB DO YOU CHECK WITH PATIENTS TAKING HEPARIN AND ENOXAPARIN?

back 10

PLATELETS

front 11

WHAT IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR HEPARIN/ENOXAPARIN?

back 11

PROTAMINE SULFATE

front 12

CAN YOU ADMINISTER WARFARIN CONCURRENTLY W/ HEPARIN/ENOXAPARIN?

back 12

YES, UNTIL INR REACHES 2

front 13

REVIEW SLIDES 24-26

back 13

REVIEW