OUT ACCOMMODATE BIGGER VOLUMES FLUID w/o

COMPRESSING HEART

SYMPTOMS

SHORTNESS COMPRESSION o;
CHEST PAIN
BREATH NEAR STRUCTURES
CONSIDERED a MEDICAL EMERGENCY
CAN PROGRESS CIRCULATORY
ACUTE PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE
SHOCk and CARDIAC ARREST
- SUDDEN FLUID ACCUMULATION
- PERICARDIUM CANNOT ADJUST
DRAMATIC INCREASE in PRESSURE
INSIDE PERICARDIAL SAC

CAUSES

RUPTURED
CHEST TRAUMA RUPTURED AORTA
DISTENSION MUFFLED
VENTRICLE
JUGULAR VEINS HEART SOUNDS
AFTER a
(OSMOSIS.org HEART
ATTACK

LOW BLOOD
PERICARDIAL EFFUSION
PERICARDIAL FLUID BUILDS up
SLOWLY OVER TIME ACUTE CARDIAL TAMPONADE
ALLOWS PERICARDIUM STRETCH

PRESSURE

BECk'S

BUILD-UPo; FLUID,
BLOOD, AIRi
n
 DISTENSION MUFFLED the PERICARDIAL SAC
JUGULAR VEINS HEART SOUNDS COMPRESSES HEART

* NOT EVERYONE with CARDIAC TAMPONADE show ALL 3 SIGNS o;

BECk'S TRIAD
* OTHER SIGNS might appear in CARDIAC TAMPONADE, tike TACHYCARDIA and

SHORTNESS BREATH (Osmosts.org

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