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ABCDE mnemonic
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Allergies
Bleeding Cortisone/steroid Diabetes Emboli |
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What is malignant hyperthermia?
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Life threatening, hereditary reaction to inhaled anesthesia.
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S/S of malignant hyperthermia
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Fever, muscle tetany, perspiration, lactic acidosis, or hypoxemia.
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What is the treatment for malignant hyperthermia?
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Dantrolene/Dantrium
Pack in ice. May run iced saline into stomach or bladder. |
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What may a person with chronic pain look like?
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Flat affect, fatigue, decreased physical movement or mobility, socially withdrawn, irritable.
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What does the PQRST of pain stand for?
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Provokes, palliative, precipitating
Quality (Sharp, dull, achy, tight) Region, radiation Severity (0/10) Timing (AM, PM) |
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How does Albumin affect medications?
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If Albumin is low, a person may be malnourished. This may not give the medication enough protein to bind to, causing toxicity.
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If the hematocrit is high?
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The person may be dehydrated. Blood would be more concentrated with RBC.
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If hematocrit is low?
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The person may have too much fluid, or may be bleeding. Blood would contain less RBC.
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If the person is anemic after surgery, what must we know?
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Estimated blood loss
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What is hypercapnia?
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Increased CO2 levels. Caused by not breathing deep enough.
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What is the cause of hypoventilation?
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CNS depression caused by anesthesia, decreased resp muscle tone, less resp effort.
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What is the first thing to assess if PT is confused?
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O2 sats
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What can a decrease in cardiac output lead to?
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Pulmonary edema
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What is atelectasis?
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Alveolar colapse
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S/S post op pneumonia
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Crackles in lobes, fever, chest pain, productive cough, increase in WBC's.
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S/S of pulmonary emboli
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Chest pain, SOB, increased HR and RR, decreased BP, pallor, cyanosis, decrease in O2 sats, and death.
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S/S of DVT
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Pain, redness, warmth, heat, swelling, edema
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Why should we not raise the knees of a post op patient?
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It decreases venous return.
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What kind of medications cause urinary retention?
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Opioids, anesthesia, or anticholinergics
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What is wound dehiscence?
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Separation of the wound edges.
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What is wound evisceration?
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When the wound opens up and internal structures or organs protrude.
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