Lecture 1 Flashcards
DEF: Analgesia
The diminution or elimination of pain
DEF: Conscious Sedation
Minimally depressed state of consciousness that:
- Retains ability to independently maintain airway and
- Respond appropriately to stimuli/commands
DEF: Minimal Sedation
Minimally depressed state that:
- Retains ability to independently maintain airway
- Respond normally to tactile/verbal stimulation
- Cardio unaffected
DEF: Moderate Sedation
Pt responds PURPOSEFULLY to verbal commands
- Retains ability to maintain airway
- Cardio usually maintained
DEF: Deep Sedation
Pt cannot be easily aroused
BUT responds purposefully to REPEATED or PAINFUL stimuli
- May not be able to maintain airway- may need assistance
- Cardio usually maintained
DEF: General Anesthesia
Pt not arousable, even w/ painful stimuli
- Independent airway often impaired- require assistance via positive pressure ventilation
- Cardio function may be impaired
Enteral Administration Types
Oral, Sublingual, Rectal
Parenteral Administration Types
IM, IV, IN, Inhalation, submucosal, subcutaneous, intraosseous
- Bypass GI tract
Heart orientation in chest
- Rotated 30 deg to the left lateral side
- R. Ventricle is most anterior
Tricuspid Valve
Between R. atrium and R. ventricle
Mitral Valve
Between L atrium and L ventricle
Normal heart’s “pacemaker”
Sinoatrial Node
Normal Cardiac Conduction Pathway
SA Node–> AV Node –> Bundle of HIS–> splits left and right here–> Purkinje Fibers –> to cardiac muscle cells
Intrinsic Rate of SA Node
60-100 bpm
Intrinsic Rate of AV Node
40-60 bpm
Intrinsic Rate of Bundle of His
40-60 bpm
Intrinsic Rate of Purkinje Fibers
20-40 bpm
If SA Node fails to initiate an impulse, what happens?
AV Junction (Consists of AV Node and Bundle of His) takes over as the pain pacemaker and heart rate will have a rate of 40-60 bpm
Characteristics of AV Junction as the Pacemaker
- Rate of 40-60 bpm
- Rhythms have a missing or inverted P-Wave!
What if both SA Node and then AV Junction fail??
The ventricles will fire impulses themselves at a rate of 20-40 bpm
What is the effect on the QRS complex of the heart relying on the ventricles for the pulse rather than the SA node or AV Junction?
QRS complex will be wide - >120ms
Normal is 80-120ms
AKA “fast response AP’s”
Non-Pacemaker AP’s
Have rapid depolarization
AKA “slow response AP’s”
Pacemaker AP’s
Have slow depolarization
Found in SA and AV nodes
Opening of what channels start depolarization in Non-Pacemaker cardiac cells
Na Channels
Opening of what channels start depolarization in Pacemaker Cells
Ca Channels
Which cardiac cells have a true resting membrane potential and what is it?
Non-pacemaker cells
-90 mV
Explain the Non-pacemaker cell AP graph
Phase 4 - resting potential at -90mV due to K leaving cell–>
Cell gets rapidly depolarized to -70mV–>
Phase 0 - Rapid depolarization - Fast Na channels open and K channels close –> membrane potential gets more positive
Phase 1 - Initial repolarization due to opening of transient K channels
Phase 2 - Plateau phase- due to L-type Ca channels still open – prolongs AP
Phase 3 - K channels open and Ca channels close allowing full repolarization back to Phase 4
Non pacemaker cell Phase 1
Initial repolarization due to opening of transient K channels which cause short-lived hyperpolarization