Atrial Fibrillation Columbia Basin College Table of Contents Table of Contents…………………………………...………………….………………………….2 Condition….………………...…………………………………………………………………….3 Predisposing Factors………………………………………………………………………………3 Onset and Duration………………………………………………….……………………….....…3 Signs and Symptoms……………………………………………………………………………....4 Diagnostic Tests…..……………………………………………………………………………….4 Therapies and Pertinent Medications……………………………………………………………..5 Surgical and Medical Treatments…………………………………………………………………6
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Atrial fibrillation screening in North East London pharmacies From 2nd June to the 15th July 2014‚ the innovative North East London LPC conducted a screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) within their local community. Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia with an overall prevalence of approximately 5%‚ rising from 1% in the age group 55-59 years to 18% in those aged 85 years and above 1. Individuals with AF have a 5-fold increased risk of stroke‚ and one in five of all
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Known CPR The Right Way One thing that ever person on earth should know is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).A person will never know when or were it my come in to use. A lot of people say that they know how to give CPR but‚ most of them will not give it in the create way or will panic and freeze up when the time comes. Hopefully this course will teach you the create process in CPR training. Hopefully you will never need to perform CPR but if you do you will now have the skills to save someone
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Approximately 2.2 million adults in the United States are affected by atrial fibrillation making it the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia (Ryder & Benjamin‚ 1999). Atrial fibrillation describes a condition where the electrical signals of the heart are conducted in a rapid and disorganized manner. This uncoordinated conduction causes the two upper chambers of the heart‚ the atria‚ to contract very fast and irregularly‚ thus allowing blood to pool in the two atria. Independent Risk Factors
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Atrial Fibrillation And Nursing Considerations As a nurse one must provide holistic care. To better understand aspect of providing holistic nursing care one must have an in-depth understanding of primary body systems and their pathology. This paper will educate the prudent nurses who read it with detailed information about the specific cardiac pathology of atrial fibrillation. Written with a basic understanding of human heart function/structure as a prerequisite‚ this paper will first
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different waves that correspond with myocardial activity. The first wave is the P wave which occurs in response to atrial depolarization. Next the QRS complex occurs as a result of ventricular depolarization and may or may not include Q and S portions of the wave. Finally‚ the T wave is in response to ventricular repolarization. Atrial repolarization is not typically seen on the ECG because it happens around the same time as the QRS complex(reference text book). In order to record an ECG
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Exercise Electrocardiogram Lab Purpose The purpose of this lab is to understand the concepts of an electrocardiogram of a normal person as well as understand what a normal ECG and an exercise ECG look like when performing a Bruce protocol treadmill test. Methods Materials- Test subject‚ ECG-12lead‚ 10 electrodes‚ treadmill The subject must have the electrodes properly connected before starting the treadmill test. Remove any hair from the subject before placing the electrodes on. The
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Essay on EKG Replacement for missing work By Mohammad Chenchar http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/electrocardiogram http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1924/einthoven-bio.html http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghist.html EKG is an electrocardiogram‚ a machine used to check on problems with your electrical activity with your heart. An electrocardiogram machine translates the heart’s electrical pattern into lines that specific professionals can read
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improve circulation in damaged heart muscles. He also developed ways to revive heart attack victims‚ including the defibrillator and CPR (AED). In 1947‚ Beck successfully defibrillated his first patient‚ a 14-year-old boy whose heart went into fibrillation after an operation. The defibrillator used on this patient was made by James Rand‚ a friend of Beck. It had silver paddles (the size of large tablespoons) that were used in
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MED294 | Ventricular Septal Defect | VSD | Ashley Shutz 10/7/2010 | Bibliography 1. www.righthealth.com/topic/Septal_Defect 2. www.medterms.com/script 3. www.bing.com/health/article/mayo 4. www.AHA.com/ventricularseptaldefect 5. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventricular_septal_defect 6. www.childrenshospital.org Ventricular Septal Defect or VSD is commonly called the “hole in the heart.” It is a defect in the septum between the two ventricles of the left and
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