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24 Cards in this Set
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Apothecary System
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A system of weights and measures used by physicians & Pharmacists.
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Handbreadth
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Use the size and surface of one's hand to measure distance on a PT for injections
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Metric System
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A system of weights and measures based upon the meter as the unit of measurement
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Untowed effect
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An unexpected or adverse reaction of a PT to a medication
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Clark's Rule
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Rule that is based on the weight of the child
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Fried's law
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Law that is used for children under the age of 1yr. Principle based on months.
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Young's Rule
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Rule used for children who are over the age of 1yr.
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West's nomogram
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Used for sick/underweight children considered most accurate.
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Parenteral
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Entering body not by alimentary track but by another means.
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Needle gauge
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Width of the needle
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Lumen/Bevel
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Hole through the shaft of the needle/diagonal opening at end of needle
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Barrel
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Medication is held before injection.
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Plunger
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Pushes medication through needle and into PT tissue.
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Intramuscular
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Administered into the muscle tissue.
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Subcutaneous
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Used to administer a small dose of aqueous medication (fatty tissue)
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Intravenous
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Route: 25 degree angle IV
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Intradermal
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Administer just under skin, used for allergy and TB testing.
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Tuberculin syringe
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Smallest syringe.
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Insulin syringe
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Smallest syringe that is calibrated into units.
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Ampule
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A small sealed glass tube which contains medication.
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Deltoid muscle
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Top of the arm on the upper outer surface
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Vastus lateralis muscle
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Thigh muscle
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Dorsogluteal (gluteus medius) muscle
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Most commonly used when a deep intramuscular IM injection is needed for injecting irritating or viscaus (thick) medications
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Ventrogluteal (Gluteus Medius) muscle
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Is considered safer than Dorsogluteal site since the gluteus medius muscle does not contain major nerves and blood vessels.
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