PAD

Question 1

What are the signs and symptoms?

Answer 1

Intermittent claudication, hair loss, thickened toenails, muscle atrophy, pain/numbness at rest, ABI score, Dependent rubor (alleviate with leg dangling), cold, dark (symptoms of arterial insufficiency)

Question 2

PAD

Answer 2

arterial, leg pain when walking, coldness on lower leg, change in color of legs, sores that won’t heal, shiny/smooth

Dangle feet down

Question 3

Do’s and dont’s when you have this disease?

Question 4

PVD

Answer 4

Venous, lower leg edema, sores with irregular borders, yellow slough of ruddy skin

Alleviate through elevation of legs, decreases swelling and helps with blood flow

Question 5

Pulses you check with these issues

Answer 5

check pulses below the hip (posterior and tibial), check capillary refills of each toe

Question 6

How do you live with PAD

Answer 6

Exersing, positing (letting feet dangle), promote vasodilation (warming u7p leg, wear socks), end-vascular intervention, arterial revascularization

Question 7

6 P’s

Answer 7

Pain
Pallor
Pulselessness
Paresthesia
Paralysis
Poikilothermic (coolness)

Question 8

PAD Medication

Answer 8

Warren/Coumadin, heparin