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The Heart in Detail


Speaker:
Cathy Lockett, RN, MHA, BSN, CCRN-K
Duration:
6 Hours 27 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Feb 11, 2014
Product Code:
PPC075375
Media Type:
Download - Also available: Digital Seminar | DVD


Description

  • The Heart Revealed - The structure and function of components of the mechanical, endocrine, and electrical systems of the heart.
  • Common Cardiac Conditions: How and Why They Upset the Balance – Explore the hemodynamic mechanisms that make the heart respond to differing physical conditions.
  • Less Common Cardiac Conditions: What Makes Them Tick - Discover the pathophysiologic mechanisms behind less common cardiac disorders such as pericarditis, valvular disease, and cardiomyopathy.

 

Did you ever wonder why your patent with a myocardial infarction will have dyspnea?

Or have a hard time explaining how beta-blockers work?

Or become confused about ejection fractions, let alone hemodynamics?

If you have a hard time explaining to your patients about which blood vessel perfuses what part of the heart, or why they have an arrhythmia, or how their heart failure is causing their kidney problems, then you need to go back to the basics with the help of a mentor who can really make the information easy and understandable.

With years of nursing experience, your brain has learned to classify your professional information into “file folders” based on your clinical experiences. Now, when you go back to learn these concepts, your brain will put the information into the correct “folder” to use the next time you encounter a patient with that problem. In other words, you will retain the information now that you have a way to organize it.

Understanding the essential concepts of cardiac anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology will help you find patient complications faster and respond to them more appropriately. In addition:

  • You will communicate more effectively with physicians and your peers
  • You will feel more confident
  • You will provide safer and more effective care

OUTLINE

The Heart Revealed: Understanding the Electrical and Mechanical Functions of the Heart

  • Conduction system review and waveforms
  • Top 12 common arrhythmias
  • Hemodynamic function of the heart
  • Normal heart sounds
  • Abnormal heart sounds
    • Differentiating systolic from diastolic murmurs
    • S3/S4 gallops
  • Compensatory mechanisms for maintaining cardiac output and blood pressure

Monitoring Coronary Artery Perfusion

  • How coronary artery perfusion relates to cardiac musculature and conduction systems
  • Applying leads to cardiac musculature
  • Five-lead monitoring
  • 12-Lead/15-lead/Right-sided ECG

Common Cardiac Conditions: How and Why They Upset the Balance

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
  • Advanced skills for caring for patients
    • Differentiating between ischemia, injury and infarct
    • Systemic approach for ECG detection for injury and ischemia
  • Pharmacological therapies for ACS
  • AHA Guidelines for the when and why of:
    • Dual anti-platelet therapy
    • Beta Blockers
    • ACE inhibitors
    • Anticoagulation
    • Statins
    • Mechanism of action for cardiac medications
  • Heart failure: Which organs are affected
    • Neurohormonal activation
    • Perfusion and congestion assessment
    • Non-invasive diagnostic evaluation
    • What Do BUN and Creatine Tell You?

Less Common Cardiac Diseases

  • Valvular Heart Disease: Why the left side?
    • Stenotic Valvular Dysfunction vs. insufficiency
    • Clues in the physical assessment
    • Pericarditis
    • Cardiomyopathies

Advanced Skills in Clinical Assessment and Decision-Making

  • Creating a hemodynamic profile without a pulmonary artery catheter
  • Assessing volume status
  • Importance of pulse pressure
  • Importance of the heart sound assessment

OBJECTIVES

  • Describe the basic electrophysiology of the heart: Electrical versus mechanical function.
  • Define hemodynamics and the hemodynamic principles in the body.
  • Relate coronary artery perfusion to cardiac musculature and the conduction system.
  • Interpret ischemia, injury and infarction pattern on a 12-lead, 15-lead and rightsided ECG utilizing a systemic approach.
  • Explain the process of valvular dysfunctions and state treatments for aortic and mitral valve disease.
  • Relate physical assessment findings to hemodynamic parameters in a patient with decompensated heart failure.
  • Discuss pericarditis to include causes, ECG changes and treatment modalities.
  • Differentiate dilated from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

 


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CPR CONSULTANTS


Cathy Lockett, RN, MHA, BSN, CCRN-K, has been practicing critical care nursing for over 35 years. Her critical care background includes working in medical, surgical, neuro, cardiac, cardiovascular care, and critical care transport with most of her clinical experience in the areas of medical cardiology and cardiovascular surgery.

She has provided cardiovascular care in the role of staff nurse, preceptor, educator, supervisor and manager. Utilizing her vast knowledge and experience, Cathy has presented on numerous topics related to cardiac and pulmonary care, including advanced and basic EKG interpretation, hemodynamic monitoring, basic and advanced arrhythmia, pulmonary diseases and IABP therapy.

Additionally, Cathy is a Training Center Faculty member for the American Heart Association in the disciplines of Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. Cathy’s teaching style is dynamic, fun and high-energy while remaining informal and easy to understand.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: M. Cathy Lockett is an independent contractor and receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: M. Cathy Lockett has no relevant non-financial relationships.


Target Audience

Nurses, Cardiovascular Technicians

Objectives

  1. Utilize the “Thumbs Technique” to determine the ventricular axis of the heart.
  2. Analyze the more common cardiac arrhythmias and discuss the causes.
  3. Evaluate the comparison of coronary artery perfusion to cardiac musculature and the conduction system.
  4. Differentiate ischemia, injury, and infarction patterns on a 12-lead EKG, 15-lead, and right-sided EKG.
  5. Integrate new evidenced-based guidelines to treat Acute Coronary Syndrome.
  6. Categorize the process of valvular dysfunction and state treatments for aortic and mitral valve disease.
  7. Evaluate the evidenced-based treatments to include medications and invasive procedures for chronic heart failure.

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