Zusammenfassung der Ressource
syncope
- what is it
- Types
- Non-CVS
- vasovagal syncope
- Dehydration
- Hypotension
- Low blood glucose
- CVS
- Ischemia
- severe aortic stenosis
- Cardiac vascular abnormality
- syncope on exercise
- Sick SInus Syndrome
- what is it?
- a group of signs or symptoms
that indicate the sinus node
(natural pacemaker) is not
functioning properly
- causes
- Damage of the heart electrical system
- What is the electrical
system of the heart ?
- Conduction system
- Conduction
system and ECG
- AV node and
bundels
- PR interval
- Purkinjie
fibers/ventricular
myocardium
- QRS complex
- SA node
- P wave
- ECG
- Mean vector
- Quadrant method
- Elctrophysiology
- Cardiac electrophysiology is the
science of elucidating,
diagnosing and treating the
electrical activity of the heart
- scar tissue
- Medications
- Breakdown of the
heart muscles due to
age
- Symptoms
- Bradycardia
- Fatigue
- Weakness
- Dyspnea
- Angina
- Confusion
- Complications
- Arrythmias
- Atrial fibrillation
- Heart failure
- Blood clot
- Stroke
- Treatment
- Pharmacological
- Antiarrhythmic agents
- surgical
- Pacemaker
- Fainting
- Signs and
symptoms
- sweating
- confusion
- paleness
- headache
- nausea
- Pathology
- FirstAid
- CPR
- CAB
- Compressions
- Push hard and
fast on the
victim's chest
- Airway
- Tilt the victim's head
back and lift the chin
to open the airway
- Breathing
- Give
mouth-to-mouth
rescue breaths
- complications
- Fractures
- Rib cartilage separation
- bruising of heart
and lungs
- punctures
- History taking of syncope
- 5 Ps
- Precipitant
- prodrome
- postition
- palpitations
- post- event phenomena
- 5 Cs
- color
- convulsions
- continece
- cardiac problems
- cardiac death family history