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NR341 Final Exam Review 1 / 14 1. Cardiac output: heart rate x stroke volume 2. Preload: -amount of blood in the ventricles before contractions 3. Afterload: -how hard the heart needs to pump to push blood out 4. Contractility: -force and velocity of ventricle ejection 5. Compliance: -ability of the heart to stretch 6. PA (Swan-Ganz) catheter: -used to get direct measurements in the heart 7. CVP/RAP: -Right atrium preload -normal is 2 to 8 8. PAP: -pulmonary artery pressure -afterload of the right ventricle - 15-25/8-15 9. PAOP (wedge): -left ventricle preload -6 to 12 mmHg 10. A line pressure: -left ventricle afterload -100-120/60-80 11. Hypervolemia interventions: -Diuretics -fluid restriction -slowdown infusion rate -listen to lung sounds -edema -JVD 12. Hypovolemia interventions: -Give fluids -blood products -oxygen -vasopressors -monitor electrolytes 13. PA Catheter placement: -goes into the right atrium of the heart -right 4th intercostal space mid axillary line 14. Zero device of PA catheter: -Phlebo-static access device levels the transduc- er -The transducer must be aligned with the phlebo-static access 15. Normal CO: 4-8L/min 16. Cardiac index: 2.2-4L/min/squared 17. SVR: 800-1200 dynes/sec/cmNR341 Final Exam Review 2 / 14 18. PVR: 10% of TBSA -burns involving the face,