What is the care after thrombolytic therapy for pulmonary embolism?

Pulmonary embolism needs to be treated promptly, otherwise it will greatly affect people's work and life and cause great pain to patients. Currently, the best treatment for pulmonary embolism is thrombolytic therapy, which can effectively control the progression of the disease and has no side effects. Scientific care is needed after thrombolytic treatment of pulmonary embolism, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

1) Psychological care After thrombolysis, patients will feel that their symptoms have been alleviated and they all have varying degrees of desire to get out of bed and move around. At this time, patients should understand that they still need to stay in bed and rest after thrombolysis to prevent the thrombus from falling off and causing re-embolism.

2) After effective braking and thrombolysis of acute pulmonary embolism, the deep vein thrombosis in the lower limbs loosens and is very easy to fall off. You must stay in bed for 2 weeks and avoid doing any strenuous movements or massages on your lower limbs. In addition, factors that increase abdominal pressure should be avoided, such as upper respiratory tract infection, and active treatment should be given to prevent increased abdominal pressure when coughing, which may cause blood clots to fall off; smokers should be advised to quit smoking; all outpatient examinations during bed rest should be picked up and dropped off by stretcher.

3) Take good care of the skin. After thrombolysis of acute pulmonary embolism, the patient will have to stay in bed for a long time. You should pay attention to protecting the patient's skin. For example, the hardness of the mattress should be moderate, and the skin should be kept dry and the sheets should be flat. With the assistance of nursing staff, turn the baby over once every 2 to 3 hours. Avoid long-term pressure and damage to local skin.