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Designed for speedy reference, this moveable guide presents sensible, step by step suggestions on find out how to reply to over a hundred and seventy emergency events that may come up in each unit of a healthcare facility. insurance of every emergency starts off with bulleted, quick-scanning, action-oriented fast reaction directions after which proceeds to causes of what triggered the emergency and preventive strategies.
Tables and checklists supply important details at a look. a variety of sidebars and greater than two hundred illustrations describe and display key strategies. Icons spotlight problems and strength hazards that could come up in the course of and after the preliminary response.
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Watch for signs of heart failure (crackles, dyspnea, and jugular vein distention). Monitor intake and output, noting a positive balance and a urine output of less than 30 ml/hr. Monitor blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine levels to assess renal perfusion. Assess vision for blurriness and diplopia. Keep the environment quiet and use low lighting. Preventive steps ➤ ➤ ➤ Instruct patients to practice heart-healthy living, with a heart-healthy diet, stress reduction, regular exercise and preventive care, maintaining a healthy weight, smoking cessation, and abstinence from alcohol.
Qxd 3/17/05 3:53 AM Page 41 Hypertensive crisis ➤ WHAT HAPPENS IN HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS Hypertensive crisis is a severe rise in arterial blood pressure caused by a disturbance in one or more of the regulating mechanisms. If left untreated, hypertensive crisis may result in renal, cardiac, or cerebral complications and, possibly, death. V. antihypertensive therapy, such as sodium nitroprusside, labetalol, nitroglycerin, and hydralazine. ALERT Remember that nitroprusside is metabolized to thio- cyanate, which is excreted by the kidneys.
Provide psychological support for the patient and his family. qxd 3/17/05 3:53 AM Page 48 48 Cardiovascular emergencies ➤ UNDERSTANDING THROMBUS FORMATION A thrombus is a blood clot in a blood vessel or a blood clot in the heart. Ruptured plaque Collagen VW factor Platelet Thrombin Plaque 1. Plaque in coronary artery ruptures or erodes. Activated platelets 3. Platelet activation produces glycoprotein IIb and IIIa receptors that bind fibrinogen. 2. Platelets adhere to the damaged area and become exposed to activating factors (collagen, thrombin, von Willebrand [VW] factor).