Let’s break each of these down and talk about them in excruciating detail…ok just kidding…how about the highlights?
And if a blood clot is already formed, we go with clot-busting drugs (like TPA). In general, we tend to call these “blood thinners” even though, technically, they don’t actually “thin” the blood. To prevent blood clots, we have a two-pronged approach: anticoagulants (like Coumadin or Heparin) and anti-platelet drugs (like Plavix). In this article, we’ll talk about what you need to know about anticoagulants for nursing school. So, it makes perfect sense that we want to prevent blood clots AND treat them when they occur. They can restrict or even completely block blood flow to organs and extremities, causing things like pulmonary embolism, heart attack, stroke, ischemic bowel and even loss of limbs.
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