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Nurse Teachings on Cardiac Conduction System Overview

Patient was educated on cardiac conduction system as follows: The cardiac conduction system is the path taken by a normal cardiac impulse initiated in the heart and propagated across the chambers of the heart. Compliance with this normal regular path is important for the normal execution of one way contractile function of the heart. The path consists of 5 elements as listed below Sinoatrial node or SA node Atrioventricular node or AV node Bundle of [...]

Measures to Prevent Exacerbation of Arrhythmia-2

Patient was educated on measures to prevent exacerbation of arrhythmia as follows: Discuss with all your doctors regarding your arrhythmic history and all prescription and supplement medications to validate the safety of these medications. Observe compliance with relaxation techniques, such as, deep breathing, biofeedback, and yoga for better management of stress and anxiety. Avoid active and secondhand smoking. Observe compliance with doctor appointments and intake of all the prescription medications. Diabetic patients should observe compliance [...]

Measures to Prevent Exacerbation of Arrhythmia-1

Patient was educated on measures to prevent exacerbation of arrhythmia as follows: Maintain an ideal body weight for height. Maintain compliance with any physical exercise suggested to cut down the weight. Limit intake of caffeinated drinks, such as, coffee. Limit coffee to no more than one cup a day. Limit intake of alcohol to no more 2 drinks in a week. This might need to be completely avoided based on the severity of the arrhythmia. [...]

Risk Factors for Cardiac Arrhythmias-2

Patient was educated that risk factors for cardiac arrhythmias include any conditions that can lead to excessive and/or abnormal stimulation of heart. These conditions are as follows: Previous open heart surgery Previous surgery on the heart can lead to development of scar tissue, which resists normal conduction of cardiac impulse. This results in abnormal route of conduction of cardiac impulse, resulting in arrhythmias. Stress and Anxiety In conditions of stress and anxiety, excess adrenaline is [...]

Risk Factors for Cardiac Arrhythmias-1

Patient was educated that risk factors for cardiac arrhythmias include any conditions that can lead to excessive and/or abnormal stimulation of heart. These conditions are as follows: Smoking Nicotine stimulates the heart leading to increased heartrate. Elevated blood pressure and heart disease Patients with uncontrolled elevated blood pressure and previous episodes of myocardial infarction can present with damaged heart muscle. This damaged heart muscle resists normal conduction of cardiac impulse, resulting in arrhythmias. Also, scar [...]