Question

Review the pathophysiology of PE( Pulmonary Embolism) , then answer and submit the following questions:

1. What places a patient at risk for PE?

2. What care interventions are needed to prevent PE development?

3. Identify PE manifestations that you might observe.

4. What diagnostic tests should be done immediately?

5. How would you prepare the patient for testing?

6. What would you tell the family? The patient?

7. Should you, as the nurse, contact the Rapid Response Team? Why? (If yes, when should you contact them?)

8. What would the patient look like if he/she were in respiratory acidosis? Respiratory alkalosis?

9. Identify the goals of treatment/nursing care.

10. What treatments would you expect for this patient?

11. Identify priority postsurgical care. What complications might you expect? 12. Discuss drug therapy and the impact on lab tests. What complications might you expect?

13. Develop a patient teaching plan for home care and ongoing monitoring of clotting times.

Answer 1

Pulmonary embolism is a condition where blood clots travels from different body parts into arteries of lungs.

1)Risk factors for PE.

Being overweight,smoking,obese,oral contraceptives,ccardiovascular diseases,old age,during pregnancy, inherited blood clotting diseases and no physical activity are the conditions where a person have high risk for developing the disease.

2) Interventions​.

Anticoagulants,physical activities including exercise, compression stockings,maintaining healthy diet changes in lifestyle,consulting doctor before taking oral contraceptives and explain about your risk of blood clots.

3) Manifestation.

Shortness of breath,chest pain,rapid breathing,low blood pressure,fever, fainting,coughing up blood,rapid heart rate.

4)Diagnostic tests.

Pulse oximetry,Pulmonary angiography,chest x ray,arterial blood gas,Ventilation-perfusion scan,Echocardiogram.