PE

Question 1

3 Common blood clot places

Answer 1

DVT
Afib
Pelvic blood clot

Question 2

PE

Answer 2

Any occlusion in your lungs

Question 3

PE takes about how much air?

Answer 3

20cc - goes up against the valve and blocks it - can’t go through valve/blood also can’t go through

Question 4

Fat emboli usually occurs

Answer 4

24-72 hours after after a long bone fracture

Question 5

Types of fat emboli

Answer 5

Femur
Humerus
Pelvis

Question 6

What happens when fat breaks off into the bloodstream…

Answer 6

Plt are attracted to the fat - fat globules - can lodge into the lungs

Question 7

Petechia rash

Answer 7

Occlusion of the dermal capillaries

Question 8

Mill-wheel Murmur..

Answer 8

turning of water and air together in a air emboli

Question 9

Specific symptoms of fat emboli

Answer 9

Petechia to the chest and axilla

Question 10

Specific symptom of pulmonary emboli

Answer 10

Elevated D-Dimer

Question 11

Specific symptom to air emboli

Answer 11

Right sided HF and a continuous drum-like mill-wheel murmur

Question 12

Risk factors for blood emboli

Answer 12

Immobility
Pregnancy
Age

Question 13

Risk factors for air emboli

Answer 13

Diving
Central line insertion
Defective IV tubing

Question 14

Pulmonary embolism affects the..

Answer 14

vasculature not the intake of air

Question 15

Blood Clots Tx:

Answer 15

Heparin Therapy

tPA - if very large

Question 16

Air Emboli Tx:

Answer 16

Left lateral decubitus position - will reposition the air from against the valve to the left side of the heart - air can get around the bubble

Aspiration of the R. Ventricle

Question 17

Fat Emboli Tx:

Answer 17

Prevention: Early splinting or reduction

Intubate