Patient was educated on how to manage everyday life with heart failure as follows: The most important thing to keep a watch with heart failure is signs and symptoms of fluid retention. Check for any signs of edema, especially bilateral pedal edema. Report any unresolving edema to your doctor promptly. Check for any deteriorating shortness of breath, which needs to be reported. Take a weight reading every day and maintain a log of the same. [...]
Patient was educated on systolic heart failure as follows: Systole is the phase of heartbeat when the heart contracts and pumps the blood out. Systolic heart failure is an inability of the heart to pump blood out of the heart during contraction of the heart. This typically is the failure of lower chamber on the left side (left ventricle), whose contraction results in pumping of blood from the heart. When the heart is in failure [...]
Patient was educated on diastolic heart failure as follows: Diastole is the phase of heartbeat when the heart relaxes and fills with blood. Diastolic heart failure is an inability of the heart to relax and accommodate inflow of blood into the chambers. When the heart is in failure and not functioning optimally, fluid backs up in the pulmonary circulation and peripheral circulation. This results in increased pressure in pulmonary blood vessels and peripheral veins, resulting [...]
Patient was educated on the characteristics of heart beat as follows: Rate This is the number of beats per minute. Usually, this number is at 60 – 100 beats per minute. Rhythm This is the property of normal heartbeat, that shows successive heartbeats are evenly spaced out. If the beats are unevenly spaced, this indicates an underlying rhythm problem, where the beats are being initiated from structures other than the natural pacemaker of the heart. [...]
Patient was educated on ectopic heart beat as follows: Ectopic beat is a disturbance in the conduction system of the heart. This is a cardiac rhythm in which the heart beat will arise from structures other than the natural pacemaker of the heart, which is the SA node. There are 2 major types of ectopic heart beats Premature Atrial Contractions (PAC) Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVC) These ectopic beats often result in some extra or skipped [...]