Cath lab nursing

Coronary anatomy

Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms Direct measurements ● Central venous pressure (CVP) ● Right-sided intracardiac pressures (RA, RV) ● Pulmonary arterial pressure (PAp) ● Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) ● Cardiac output (CO) ● Mixed venous oxyhemoglobin saturation (SvO2) Indirect measurements ● Systemic vascular resistance (770-1500 d/s/cm5) (SVR = 80 x [mean artery pressure – CVP]/CO) ● Pulmonary vascular resistance (20-120 d/s/cm5)…

Finished the first two brain sheets for Cardiac Section of the full size brain sheet book. Working on Pulmonary Next!If your not a member join today this will be published in the Summer!

Swan Ganz - Pulmonary Artery Catheter Basics Nick Mark MD @nickmmark #PA #SwanGanz #Pulmonary #Artery #Catheter #Basics #Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare #ICU #pressures

Something that can be confusing at first is understanding Heparin, Coumadin, and the labs to draw to monitor them appropriately. This guide will help.

MedicoNotes for Medical Notes on Instagram: “Normal levels of Troponin (whether T or I) are zero, as or close to zero as you can get. Labs may utilize different assays which may have…”