Cardiac function chapter 26 Flashcards
upper chambers
atria
lower chambers
ventricles
- thicker muscle
- higher pressure because it must pump blood to all of the body tissues
left side
serves the lower-resistance pulmonary system
right side
period when the ventricles contract and eject blood.
systole
- the period between contractions
- twice as long as systole, allows the heart muscle to relax and its chambers to fill with blood.
diastole
uses potassium, sodium, and calcium to generate a electrical impulse that determines the rate at which the heart beats. It is called the “pacemaker” of the heart.
SA node
-refers to the amount of blood pumped by the heart each minute.
-approximately 3.5-8 L per minute.
=Heart Rate x Stroke Volume
Cardiac output
the number of times the heart beats each minute
Heart rate
refers to the amount of blood the heart ejects with each beat
stroke volume
normal rate of newborn 130-160 bpm and rhythm is commonly irregular.
HR of less than 100 is cause for concern.
-in infant 80-150 bpm
-blood pressure is not routinely assessed but the systolic is in the low 40’s in newborns and 80-90 by 1 months
newborns and infants
- 70-110 bpm.
- After age 3 BP should be assessed if the childs BP is above the 95 percentile a follow-up evaluation should be done for HTN.
toddler and preschooler
- boys have slightly higher BP than girls
- by age 19 the BP should have stabilized
- 120/80, 60-80 bpm
child and adolescent
- likely to experience calcification, fatty degeneration and diminished elasticity of the blood vessels.
- BP and HR may be slightly higher.
adult and older adult
factors that cannot be altered such as age, gender and heredity.
non-modifiable risk factors