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Q = quality/ quantity
Quality = high pressure, constriction, heaviness accompanied by a crushing sensation and oppression
R = region/ radiation
Quantity = it depends (on a scale of 1 to 10)
Region = precordial (heart)
P = causes / decreases / worsens
Causes = at rest or effort, physical or emotional stress
Radiation = diffuse widely in the chest, painful functional impairment in the shoulders and hands, numbness of the left arm
Decreases = morphine and restauration of irrigation of the coronary artery
Worsens = unstable angina, coronary heart disease
S = signs/ symptoms
Signs =high blood pressure, high pulse, high respiration, low pulse saturation in oxygen
Symptoms = apprehension, dyspnea, diaphoresis and cold sweats, nausea and vomiting, extreme fatigue and lightheadedness or fainting
What is a retrosternal pain ?
T = time/ duration
Time = spontaneous appearance
Duration = 30 minutes to 2 hours
What is a heart stroke?
U = understanding
Understanding = person says would rather die than to experience such pain again
P = causes, decreases, worsens
Q= quality (burning, stabbing, cramps, tearing, soaring, weighing, tingling, pinching, biting, tightening, waving) and quantity (on a scale of 1 to 10)
R= region and radiation
S= signs and symptoms
T = time and duration
U= understanding
Presented by Jessica Bossé (future RN)