The eyes have it!
This assessment establishes a baseline vision measurement
What is the visual acuity test?
The most common obstructive material in the pediatric patient's ear
What is cerumen?
The medical term for dental pain
What is odontalgia?
This term describes a hernia that cannot be easily pushed back into abdomen
What is incarcerated?
This procedure involves instilling 1 or 2 L of dialysate (fluid containing glucose, magnesium, calcium, chloride, sodium, and lactate) into the abdomen through a device that provides access to the peritoneal cavity
What is peritoneal dialysis?
Immediate treatment of any chemical eye injury involves copious irrigation with this solution
What is Ringer's Lactate (LR) or Normal Saline (NS)?
Use this to kill a live insect in the ear
What is mineral oil or !% lidocaine (Xylocaine)
The throat emergency is typically unilateral and patient may show signs of extensive swelling and deviation of the uvula
What is a peritonsillar abscess?
This term describes what a patient does when he/se tenses his/her abdominal muscles during the abdominal assessment
What is guarding?
A mother bring her 7-year old daughter to the ED and states the child has been running a low grade fever, is irritable, fatigued, and is complaining of abdominal pain. The mother reports the child has wet the bed the past 3 nights and the child's urine is foul smelling. The nurse suspects this
What is pyelonephritis?
This is the most common complication of a hyphema
What is rebleeding?
Occurs in 33% of patients, usually 2-5 days after the initial injury
The minimum amount of time to apply pressure to the lower third of nose with a posterior nose bleed
What is at least 5 minutes?
Retropharngeal abscess is a complication of this type of throat emergency
What is pharyngitis?
Pain causes by GERD worsens in this position
What is leaning forward, lying flat, or stooping?
This imaging study is the gold standard for the diagnosis of renal calculi
What is helical computed tomography (CT)?
Transient episodic blindness caused by decreased blood flow is know as this
What is amaurosis fugax?
Signs and symptoms of this dysfunction include severe vertigo, nystagmus, dizziness, tinnitus, hearing loss in the affected ear and nausea/vomiting
What is labyrinthitis or vestibular neuritis?
If erupting molars become impacted or crowded, food and debris can lodge under this
What is the pericoconal flap?
Causing pericoronitis or gingival inflammation
A patient arrives in your ED with abdominal trauma and is in critical condition. The nurse prepares to insert a Foley catheter but the patient has this contraindication
What is pelvic instability?
Urethritis usually results from this organism
What is Escherichia coli?
Inflammation of the anterior chamber of the eye
What is uveitis?
Anterior nosebleeds usually originate in this area of the nose
What is Kisselbach's plexus?
Aspirin is contraindicated for analgesia for this type of throat emergency
What is laryngitis?
Can increase the risk of vocal cord hemorrhage and scarring and can change the voice quality
Gastroesophageal varices are enlarged veins that are dilated because of this condition
What is portal hypertension?
Look for this when differentiating between epididymitis and testicular torsion
What is Cremastetertic reflex(a superficial neural reflex elicited by stroking the skin of the upper thigh in a male; normally results in brisk retraction of the testis on the side of the stimulus or Phrehn's sign (pain relief from scrotal elevation or support)