Malignant Hyperthermia
Medication required for treatment.
What is Dantrolene?
Documentation required for a Code Blue Event.
What is the Cardiac Arrest Record?
Who performs/documents surgical time out.
What is the Circulator?
Person who monitors the sterile technique and sterile field in the OR.
Who is the Circulator?
How long should prep dry to decrease the fire risk.
What is 3 full minutes?
This is the location of refrigerated IV Fluids.
What is HF Medication Fridge?
Process to get crash cart to the OR.
What is to send a runner to HF medication roo?
Who performs surgical sharps/sponge/instrument counts?
Person responsible for final check of patient chart for consent, H&P, ordered labs, and etc., prior to surgery.
Who is the Circulator?
Where would you place ESU grounding pads.
What is on clean, dry large muscle mass as close to surgical site as possible?
This is the number of Dantrolene Vials CMC keeps on hand.
What is 36?
How often Zoll Defibrillators are checked.
What is weekly?
When do I hand off a surgical inpatient to the Acute Care Team?
What is following PACU I?
Person responsible for wiping down all surfaces in the OR prior to the first case of the day.
Who is the Scrub?
What % should the OR humidity be maintained at?
What is 20%-60%?
5 Signs and Symptoms of MH.
What is Hypercarbia-Increasing End Tidal CO2, Unexplained Tachycardia/Tachypnea, Cardiac Dysrhythmias, Unexplained Masseter Muscle Rigidity, Metabolic Acidosis or Mixed Respiratory/Metabolic Acidosis, Increased Core Temperature-May be a late sign, Skin changes such as erythematous rash or mottling, Altered renal function such as myoglobinuria, Rhabdomyolysis, Cyanosis, Hyperkalemia, Diaphoresis?
Paging process for a Code Blue/
Length of time signed surgical consent is valid.
What is 30 days?
Who is the Scrub?
When should the circulator check safety alarms, equipment functionality, and/or potential damage to equipment?
What is prior to the first case or first use of equipment for the day?
2 PART QUESTION:
OR Room MH cart location and frequency of cart checks.
What is in between the OR's and monthly?
2 PART QUESTION:
This is the location of Code Blue Buttons in OR & the process for getting assistance.
What is OR 1 and OR 2 & Code Blue Button, Overhead Paging?
2 PART QUESTION:
Format used for patient hand-off & length of time before handing off an Outpatient Surgical patient to the Acute Care Team.
What is SBAR & after 4 hours of recovery?
Person responsible for the environmental monitoring and manages inventory, stock rotation and purchasing.
What is Sterile Processing?
2 PART QUESTION:
What does R.A.C.E stand for & where are the fire extinguishers located?
What is Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Evacuate/Extinguish and fire extinguishers are located 1 in each OR, 1 right inside the door by the nurses station, and 1 at the end of the hall past Supply Room?