What is Heart Failure? | Heart Failure (Part 1)

Welcome to the 1st lesson in our new series on Heart Failure. In this lesson we start off with the basics and talk simply about what is heart failure. The goal of this lesson isn't to go too in-depth just yet, but to give you a good overview of what exactly is going on with your patient when they have heart failure.

We start the lesson off with a quick overview of the role of the heart and then dive in to some astonishing facts about the prevalence of heart failure in not only our patients, but the entire population.

From there we take a 10,000ft view at the heart failure pathophysiology. We give a quick intro to the 2 dysfunctions, systolic and diastolic heart failure, as well as explain how these can manifest on the left side, right side, or as bi-ventricular failure.

Next we talk about the cause of heart failure. We save more specific causes for future lessons, but for this one, we mainly talk about how some other underlying disease process leads to the death of muscle cells and thus decreased cardiac output, and as a result, starts the cyclical progression of heart failure.

Finally, we cover the 3 types of compensation that you will see in your patients and what is happening with these mechanisms to try and make up for the lost cardiac output. We further show though how unfortunately these mechanisms which were designed to help our patients out actually end up having a negative impact and feed in to the cycle of progression. This leads in to the last thing we discuss which is decompensation and how these compensation mechanisms are really the basis for our patient progressing in to this state of decompensation.

Our hope by the end of this lesson is that you have a pretty good overview of heart failure in your patients and that you will be able to take this information and carry it forward in to the remaining lessons to further advance your understanding!

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As well as check out the next lesson in this series in which we take a deeper dive in to talking about the differences between systolic and diastolic heart failure here: **COMING SOON**

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[rebeccaforbes]

I have just been diagnosed with heart failure with severely impaired systolic function and am only 36... Thought I would listen so I can understand my condition

[thirdmonkey]

I recently lost my Father to heart failure, I'm just trying to process and understand why this happened. Thank you for this.

[craigmeier]

3 months ago my primary and cardiologist got together and sent me home with literature on heart failure. Didn’t think too much of it then but have my next appointment this coming Monday. Have been more fatigued and winded but the dozing off every time I sit down has improved. Hoping they are going to tell me things are stable and the new med is helping. Thank you for the video, also. Has explained things better or should say I understand better some of what they are telling me. Will watch the rest of your videos.

[pattybrown]

Great explanation about the interrelationship between the various conditions.

[jademaree]

I love how easy but comprehensive these videos are, I'm an ICU RN in NZ and currently doing a critical care postgrad paper. These videos have helped me so much with my study and the competencies I need to get ticked off. Love the combination of diagrams alongside clear and succinct explanations without feeling overwhelmed with info. Thanks so much, have definitely subscribed :)

[ICUAdvantage]

Thank you guys so much for watching! Please leave us a like if you enjoyed the video. We truly do appreciate it! Also we love hearing your comments so feel free to tell us what you think of the video. We hope that after this lesson, you will have a good understanding of the basic concepts in regards to what heart failure is and means for your patients. The goal is for you to have a good overall understand of this condition so that moving forward with the rest of the lessons in the series, you will have a good foundation upon which to continue building your understanding!


Don't forget to check out these other great lessons that we have available!

[Jenny-jdyd]

Thank you for this! I’m not a nurse, but I work in a AHF and Heart Transplant clinic, and this series helped me understand better how to support our patients the best I can as a coordinator. Thanks again!

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Patient. Really explains what is going on for me. Very helpful.

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I seriously appreciate this video. Didn’t even step foot in school yet and I have such a great understanding of it all. Thank you so much

[chaitramurthy]

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[elliotrazor]

I've watched many videos on this topic but this is the only explanation which has me understand heart failure. Thank you sensei.

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You cant believe the answer 😅could be a clue closer to healing ❤❤❤❤❤

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I'd love to see a video explaining more about cardiac tamponade and treatments!