oajahskans

1. INTENSIVE CARE
PRESENTATION
Salma Abdala
Sitta Malenya
Catherine Deo
Naibeth Rafael
Neema Benedict
Victoria Chitunda

2. ACUTE HEART FAILURE
PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES
 Define acute heart failure
 Etiology of acute heart failure
 Signs and symptoms
 Complications of acute heart failure
 Physiotherapy management of acute heart
failure

3. ACUTE HEART FAILURE
 Acute heart failure is a sudden decrease
in output of blood from both ventricles
causes acute reduction in the oxygen
supply to all the tissues
 Is the life threatening condition in which
the heart is unable to do its work thus
requires emergency medical care.
 The heart can be still beating but it cannot
deliver enough oxygen to meet the body`s
needs

4. ETIOLOGY OF ACUTE HEART
FAILURE
1) SEVERE DAMAGE TO AN AREA OF
CARDIAC MUSCLES
 The damage of the cardiac muscles can
be the cause of heart failure due to
ischemic caused by sudden occlusion of
one of the larger coronary arteries by
atheroma with thrombosis

5. Cont.. Etiology of acute heart
failure.
2) PULMONARY EMBOLISM
 Pulmonary embolism causes pressure in
the right side of the heart to increase ,this
means the right side of the heart will work
harder than it should. Over time the result
will be the acute heart failure.
3) ACUTE MYOCARDITIS
 This means the inflammation of the
myocardium muscles which can be caused
by viral infections, rheumatic fever or
exposure to radiation or certain chemicals
or medication.

6. 4) SEVERE CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA
 The rapid heart rate doesn`t allow the
ventricles to properly fill with blood. As a
result ,the heart can`t pump enough blood
to the body.
 When the heart beat is below than 60
beats/min, the heart cant pump enough
oxygen-rich blood to the body.

7. Cont.. causes of acute heart
failure
5) RUPTURE OF HEART CHAMBER OR VALVE
 The valves prevents back flow of blood ,due to
their rupture can lead to lack of enough blood
supply to the body hence low oxygen supply
which can lead to acute heart failure.
6) ALCOHOLISM
 Long term alcohol abuse weakens and thins the
heart muscles, affecting its ability to pump blood
,hence leads to lack of blood flow ,which can
lead to acute heart failure.

8. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
 Shortness of breath
 Fatigue and weakness
 Swelling of lower limbs and abdomen
 Rapid or irregular heart beats
 Reduced ability to exercise
 Persistent cough or wheezing
 Chest pain
 Tight chest
 Loss of consciousness

9. COMPLICATIONS OF
ACUTE HEART FAIRULE
 Chronic heart failure
 Heart attack
 Stroke
 Peripheral artery disease
 Cardiac arrest

10. PHYSIOTHERAPHY
MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE
HEART FAIRULE.
 Aerobic exercise
 Massage and elevation of lower limbs
 Flexibility training.
 appropriate position
 medication
 oxygen therapy
 maintain vital signs
 cardiopulmonary resuscitation