Running Clinical Codes
GCS
What is Glasgow Coma Scale?
This technique involves the use of a sterile field and sterile instruments to prevent contamination during clinical procedures.
What is aseptic technique?
Ilium, ischium, pubis
What is the pelvis?
This device, essential for diagnosing hypertension, measures arterial blood pressure by inflating a cuff around the arm and using a manometer to gauge the pressure exerted by the blood against the arterial walls.
What is a Sphygmomanometer
The colour of Jaylene's pen
What is Pink?
PEARTL
What is Pupils Equal and Reactive To Light?
This is the first step in any clinical procedure to ensure patient safety and prevent infection.
What is hand hygiene?
The epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous
What is the skin?
This instrument, whose name derives from the Greek words for “chest” and “examine,” revolutionized the practice of medicine by enabling physicians to non-invasively assess the internal sounds of the thoracic cavity, and it remains a fundamental tool in diagnosing conditions such as pneumonia, heart murmurs, and bowel obstructions.
What is a stethoscope?
The number of Children Jaylene has
What is four?
PIVC
What is Peripheral Intravenous Catheter?
This skill involves using a stethoscope to listen to the internal sounds of a patient's body, particularly the heart and lungs
What is auscultation?
duodenum, jejunum, and ileum
What is the small intestine?
Emerging from the integration of electrochemical sensors and microelectronics in the late 20th century, this device provided a critical advancement over earlier manual testing methods by offering a rapid, quantitative assessment of glucose concentration in capillary blood.
What is a glucometer?
Two of Jaylene's children live outside of her home in this City.
What is Melbourne?
MRSA
What is Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus?
This advanced life support technique involves delivering a controlled electric shock to the heart in cases of life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.
What is defibrillation?
dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater
What is the brain?
Often used in day to day settings, this device utilises light absorption principles to estimate the percentage of haemoglobin saturated with oxygen, and is a crucial tool in assessing a patient's respiratory efficiency.
What is a pulse oximeter?
Jaylene worked predominately in respiratory nursing but this was her passion and where she found her joy.
What is palliative care?
HAI
What is Hospital Aquired Infection?
Be grateful for the passage of time—before this test was available, midwives would literally taste urine to check for gestational diabetes.
What is urinalysis?
The malleus, incus, and stapes
What is the middle ear?
Developed in the late 19th century, this object revolutionised personal and professional note-taking. Despite its unassuming appearance, its invention marked a significant leap from its predecessors by introducing a reliable mechanism for controlled ink delivery.
What is a pen?
There are four of them tattooed on her wrist