Wheres the pain?
This is the Quadrant that would likely be presenting with pain with hepatitis.
What is the Right Upper Quadrant?
This is the Quadrant that would likely be painful with a ruptured spleen.
What is the Left Upper Quadrant?
If the patient is over 35 years of age and the pain is above the umbilicus, make sure to do this.
What is a 12 lead ECG?
This is the dose of Dimenhydrinate for nausea and vomiting.
What is 50 mg SIVP/IM/IO.
This is the area of the abdomen that would likely be painful with peptic ulcers.
What is the epigastric area?
This is the area in the abdomen that would likely be painful in pancreatitis.
What is the Epigastric area?
This pain med is contraindicated because of the abdo pain.
What is nitrous oxide?
This is the volume of fluid we can administer to the nausea vomiting patient.
What is 20 ml/kg up to 1000ml?
This is the Quadrant that would likely be painful with a Gallbladder attack (cholecystitis).
What is the Right Upper Quadrant?
This is the likely area in the abdomen with pain in appendicitis.
What is the Right Lower Quadrant?
If the BP is less than this or the patient has signs of hypovolemic shock, we will be treating them with the Adult Shock Protocol.
What is 90 mmHg?
This is the front line antiemetic given by an ACP in most situations.
What is Ondansetron (Zofran)?
This is the likely area of pain with a AAA (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm).
What is the umbilical area?
This is the area that would likely be painful in ectopic pregnancy.
What is the Right or Left Lower Quadrant.
This is the dose of dimenhydrinate for a patient that is over 65 years of age.
What is 25 mg SIPV/IM/IO?
This is the medication of choice for an ACP to administer to a patient with a migraine.
What is Metoclopramide?
This is the area that would be painful with kidney stones (nephrolithiasis).
What is your right or left flank?
This is the area that would likely be painful with a UTI.
What is the Suprapubic area?
These are 3 of 5 listed *Life Threatening causes of abdominal pain.
Any 3 of:
- Aortic aneurysm
- Peritonitis
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Uncontrolled GI Hemorrhage
- Acute MI
These are the contraindications for Dimenhydrinate.
What is:
-Hypersensitivity to dimenhydrinate, diphenhydramine, or propylene glycol
- Narrow angle glaucoma
- patients who have ingested large quantities of depressants (including alcohol)?