Pulse (beats per minute) Infants 120-160 Toddlers 90-140 Preschooler 80-110 School age 75-100 Adolescent 60-90 Adult 60-100 Blood Pressure and pulse are two most prominent numbers when initiating a cardiac assessment. Blood PressureSystolic Diastolic (mmHg) Normal 160 >100 2. OTHER RISK FACTORS Preexisting DM Lung disease Obesity HypertensionĪ Cardiac Assessment Inspection and Palpation 1. PERSONAL HISTORY Congestive heart failure Congenital heart disease Coronary artery disease Dysrhythmias murmurs LIFESTYLE What physical demands or emotional stress exists?įAMILY HISTORY Heart Disease DM High Cholesterol Hypertension Stroke Rheumatic Heart Disease MEDICATIONS Are you taking prescription medications to treat blood pressure or irregular heart rhythm? Capillaries, on the other hand, are so small that it takes ten of them to equal the thickness of a human hair.ĭo you smoke? Drink alcohol? What is your caffeine intake per day? Do you use prescription or recreational drugs? Do you exercise? Describe your dietary patterns. The aorta, the largest artery in the body, is almost the diameter of a garden hose. Even at rest, the muscles of the heart work hard-twice as hard as the leg muscles of a person sprinting. Your heart beats about 100,000 times in one day, 35 million times in a year, and more than 2.5 billion times during an average life span. It's tipped slightly so that a part of it sticks out and taps against the left side of the chest, which is what makes it seem as though it is located there. Most people think the heart is located on the left side but it is actually located almost in the center of the chest, between the lungs. According to German researchers, the risk of heart attack is higher on Monday than any other day of the week. The left side of the heart receives this oxygen-rich blood from the lungs, which it then pumps through the aorta to the body.įun facts about your heart! By the time you turn 70, your heart will have beat some two-and-a-half billion times (figuring on an average of 70 beats per minute.) The left lung is smaller than the right lung to make room for the heart. The left side of the heart consists of the left atrium (upper chamber) and the left ventricle (lower chamber). The right side receives blood that is low in oxygen from all the veins in the body, and then it pumps that blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs, where it will become re-oxygenated. The right side of the heart is made up of the right atrium (upper chamber) and the right ventricle (lower chamber). The term cardiac (as in cardiology) means "related to the heart" and comes from the Greek kardia, for "heart”. The heart is a muscular organ found in all vertebrates that is responsible for pumping blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions. The heart is a muscular organ found in all vertebrates that is responsible for pumping blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated,"- Presentation transcript:
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