A nurse practitioner visits a patient in a cardiac care unit. she assesses the patient for shock, knowing that the primary cause of cardiogenic shock is a myocardial infarction.
A heart attack also called as the myocardial infarctions occurs when one or more areas of the heart muscle are not provide with the adequate amount of oxygen. It is a reason behind cardiogenic shock.
This usually happens when the to the flow of the blood to the heart muscle is blocked.
Cardiogenic shock refers to a condition that is life threatening in which your heart can't pump sufficient blood that is required to meet your body's needs. It is a rare condition.
The patients are kept in a cardiac care unit.
Such patients requires the doctors or nurses who assesses them for shock.
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