Cath lab nursing

Coronary anatomy

Finished the first two brain sheets for Cardiac Section of the full size brain sheet book. Working on Pulmonary Next!If your not a member join today this will be published in the Summer!

Find out how to become a cardiac cath lab registered nurse, as well as average salaries, career outlook and any requirements needed.

Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms Direct measurements ● Central venous pressure (CVP) ● Right-sided intracardiac pressures (RA, RV) ● Pulmonary arterial pressure (PAp) ● Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) ● Cardiac output (CO) ● Mixed venous oxyhemoglobin saturation (SvO2) Indirect measurements ● Systemic vascular resistance (770-1500 d/s/cm5) (SVR = 80 x [mean artery pressure – CVP]/CO) ● Pulmonary vascular resistance (20-120 d/s/cm5)…