for a patient who is short of breath and is experiencing cardiac problems, tripod position may be a helpful position.
for a patient who is short of breath and is experiencing cardiac problems, tripod position may be a helpful position.
for a patient who is short of breath and is experiencing cardiac problems a helpful position may be?
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the tripod position is a physical stance often assumed by people experiencing respiratory distress (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients) or who are simply out of breath (such as a person who has just run a sprint). in tripod position, one sits or stands leaning forward and supporting the upper body with hands on the knees or on another surface. among medical professionals, a patient adopting the tripod position is considered an indication that the patient may be in respiratory distress. in the setting of chest pain without labored respirations, the tripod position may indicate acute pericarditis.
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in a study relating to relationship of neurocardiology of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, they hypothesized that the individual with a diseased heart has a greater likelihood of experiencing cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death when the neurocardiac axis is activated. an arrhythmia is defined as any disturbance in the cardiac activation sequence or any deviation from accepted limits of rate or regularity of the normal impulse. the main types of arrhythmia leading to sudden cardiac death are tachyarrhythmias and bradyarrhythmias. tachyarrhythmias are associated with ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. bradyarrhythmias are associated with complete atrioventricular blockage and sudden asystole. the underlying cause of sudden cardiac death is unclear, despite the understanding that heart disease causes arrhythmias, which in turn produce sudden cardiac death. lown describes the heart as the target, and the brain is called the trigger. sudden cardiac death is triggered by an electrical accident, which can be treated with ventricular defibrillation.
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