good article on crush

http://www.snjourney.com/ClinicalInfo/Systems/PDF/NeuroVas%20Assessment.pdf

care of av shunts for renal

http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/default.aspx?page=12467

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vv1yed_urs&feature=related

this a short but good  you tube link on medications for cardiac conditions !-
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drugs gimme drugs !!!1

http://enotes.tripod.com/cardiacRx.htm

http://www.med.yale.edu/library/heartbk/23.pdf  take info the bits  you need explains what a beta blocker is etc but beware its american so watch the language !

drugs

quick aids to remember stuff

Kidney failure

in acute renal failure the assessment of this is by understanding that there is oliguria urine volume in some cases less tan 400 mls per 24 hrs.
anuria no urine passed
decreased urinary output retains certain biochemical substances in the blood  urea and creatinine  so these will be raised
Potassium and sodium chloride concentrations will cause sodium and water retention leading to oedema
this might lead to cardiac failure if not treated
if you cannot regulate urea and elctrolytes this leads to nausea, vomiting drowsiness confusion cardiac arrithmias rapid breathing (Kussmauls breathing)  twitching ....coma