Under Pressure
The precise measurement of blood lost during and after surgical D & C or after childbirth using calibrated collectors or weight calculators rather than visual guessing.
What is Quantitative blood loss?
This life-threatening medical emergency involves the complete cessation of breathing.
What is respiratory arrest?
This condition is suspected when a person rapidly develops signs and symptoms involving at least two body systems after exposure to a potential allergen
What is anaphylaxis?
This lipid-based therapy is a key treatment used when managing severe Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity.
What is intravenous lipid emulsion (lipid rescue) therapy?
This code is a life-threatening medical emergency requiring immediate resusitation.
What is a Code Blue?
A life saving innovation used to control bleeding in the uterine cavity
What is an intrauterine foley tamponade (Balloon Tamponade)?
When inserting this device in an adult, it is initially inserted upside down with the tip pointing toward the roof of the mouth before being rotated 180 degrees.
Bonus: The continuous measurement and graphic display of carbon dioxide (CO2) in exhaled breath.
What is an oral airway?
This medication should be administered immediately and should never be delayed while activating emergency response measures.
What is epinephrine (EPINEPHrine)?
This potentially life-threatening complication can occur when local anesthetic levels become too high in the bloodstream, leading to neurological and cardiovascular symptoms.
What is Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST)?
An active assailant in or on the grounds of the SHA facility who is actively engaged in harming others.
What is Code Silver?
An antifibrinolytic agent that works by blocking the breakdown of blood clots, which prevents bleeding
What is tranexamic acid or TXA?
If the person does not respond to the first dose of Narcan, you should wait this many minutes before administering a second dose.
What is 2-3 mins?
This muscle, located in the anterolateral thigh, is the preferred site for intramuscular epinephrine administration.
What is the vastus lateralis muscle?
During a LAST event, maintaining this and providing adequate oxygenation are critical early priorities to help prevent worsening toxicity.
What is airway management?
A potential or actual situation involving an aggressive, hostile or aggressive person in the SHA facility.
What is a Code White?
This second line of hemorrhage medication is administered intramuscularly.
Bonus Question: What is the required dosage of this medication? (Double points)
What is Ergot or Ergonovine?
How long after reversal agents are administered must the patient be continually monitored for.
What is 2 hours?
This is the maximum number of epinephrine doses authorized under the medical directive for anaphylaxis treatment.
What is three doses?
Failure to rapidly identify and treat LAST can lead to this severe patient outcome involving loss of effective circulation.
What is cardiac arrest (or cardiovascular collapse)?
This specific color code is called when there is a hazardous material spill or severe biological contamination.
What is a Code Brown?
What is this called when the muscular wall of the uterus fails to contract (fails to tighten) normally after a surgical D & C and leads to severe and potentially life-threatening bleeding.
What is Uterine atony?
Administered intravenously, this drug is the standard antidote used to rapidly reverse the effects of benzodiazepines.
What is Flumazenil?
If symptoms continue or worsen, epinephrine may be repeated at this interval, to a maximum of three doses.
What is every 5 minutes?
These first three signs and symptoms are warning signs that appear 1 to 5 minutes after the administration of lidocaine as the drug affects the nervous system.
What is numbness and tingling around mouth, ringing in ears, metallic taste in mouth.
This code triggered large-scale emergency which occurs outside hospital setting and a high volume of injured patients is expected to arrive in the ER.
What is Code Orange?