Presentation 5: Cardiac Therapeutic Procedures By: Latoyska Howard
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Procedure that restores oxygen to the lungs
Usually takes place when someone goes into cardiac arrest
Procedure is done when a victim is unconscious
A emergency procedure
Pushes blood out of the heart
Done by one or two CPR trained rescuers
Procedure that converts serious irregular heartbeats, such as fibrillation, by giving electric shocks to the heart using an instrument called a defibrillator. Also called cardioverison .
Helps establish a normal heart rhythm for a patient who has gone into cardiac arrest
Defibrillators are located:
Fire department/police department
And now in service areas
Electrical device that substitutes for the natural pacemaker for the heart. It controls the beating of the heart y a series of rhythmic electrical impulses. An external pacemaker has the electrodes on the outside of the body. An internal pacemaker has the electrodes surgically implanted within the chest wall.
Pacemakers are used to treat Arrhythmias
During Arrhythmia, the heart can beat too fast or slow
The heart may not be able to pump enough blood to the body
Causing symptoms of fatigue, shortness of breath and fainting
These symptoms can damage vital organs and may cause death
Replacement of a diseased or malfunctioning heart with a donor’s heart.
Usually a surgical procedure
For patients who have tried medications and other surgical procedures with no success
When patient is in the process of death
Thousands of transplants done every year in America