Patient was educated on arteries as follows: Arteries are blood vessels leading from the heart carrying oxygenated blood to various organs of the body. All arteries with an exception of pulmonary arteries, carry oxygenated blood. Arteries have thick muscular wall and pressure is high in the arteries. Arteries do not have valves. Blood flows under high pressure in the arteries.
Patient was educated on effects of protein on Coumadin function as follows: Coumadin is a drug that can be highly bound to protein. Protein bound drug cannot exert the anticoagulant effect and it is the unbound free form of Coumadin that is effective as an anticoagulant. So, any mechanism that will influence the protein binding of Coumadin, will influence the anticoagulant behavior of the medication. For example, a diet high in protein can result in [...]
Patient was educated on depolarization and repolarization due to movement of ions as follows: Depolarization and repolarization are the electrical events brought about by movement of ions in and out of the pacemaker cells and heart muscle cells. The inward movement of calcium ions result in depolarization of pacemaker cell. The depolarization wave spreads from one pacemaker cell to the next. The spread of this depolarization wave along the pacemaker cells results in initiation of [...]
Patient was educated on contraction and relaxation of heart as follows: Contraction and relaxation of the heart muscle are the mechanical changes happening in the heart during one cardiac cycle. Each normal healthy cardiac cycle involves one contraction and one relaxation of the heart. These mechanical events of contraction and relaxation are brought about by movement of ions in and out of the pacemaker and heart muscle cells. The movement of these ions in and [...]
Patient was educated on the details of cardiac conduction system elements as follows: Bundle of His This is a bundleof cardiac muscle fibers located in the upper part of septum between the two ventricles. Impulse from the AV node reaches the bundle of His in the upper part of interventricular septum. This bundle of fibers branch out into left and right bundle branches, spreading the impulse onto the left and right ventricles respectively. Left and [...]
