A shift in this electrolyte causes muscle contraction and increased metabolism.
What is Calcium?
100
Includes a heat or ignition source, an oxygen source, and a fuel source.
What is the "fire triangle?"
100
An acronym for Surgical Care Improvement Project, a national quality partnership of organizations focused on reducing surgical complications.
What is SCIP?
100
Passed in Congress in 1996 to protect patients' privacy.
What is HIPPA (Health Insurance Portablility and Accountablity Act)?
100
Located on the anesthesia supply cart in the inner core and used with the inadvertant placement of intrathecal medications into an intravascular space.
What is the Intralipid Rescue Kit?
200
Volatile anesthesia gases and depolarizing agents.
What are Malignant Hyperthermia triggering agents?
200
A common ignition source in the operating room.
What is cautery (or laparoscopic light source)?
200
A SCIP indicator measuring the percentage of times that this is administered within one hour of surgical incision.
What is a prophylactic antibiotic?
200
Might include wrong surgical site, incorrect transcription of orders, wrong medication given, or incomplete documentation.
What are common causes for litigation?
200
Used by nursing to alter the level of consciousness during a procedure while patient maintains own airway .
What is Moderate Sedation?
300
An increase in end-tidal CO2 production.
What is an early sign of malignant hyperthermia crisis?
300
The hospital department responsible for maintaining electrical equipment safety.
What is Biomed or Bioengineering?
300
A SCIP indicator caused the change in hair removal from using a razor to this.
What are clippers?
300
The protocol which involves verifying correct patient, consent matches orders, correct surgical side and site, prep is dry, consent signed, allergies, all radiographic images and implants are available.
What is Universal Protocol?
300
Narcan and Romazicon.
What are Moderate Sedation reversal agents?
400
M.H. cart, cold solutions, bags of ice.
What are supplies needed in a M.H. crisis?
400
The hospital phone number called to report a fire?
What is 44?
400
In the 2010 JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals, the nurse or OR team will verify two of these before administering medications, blood, collecting specimen samples, or when providing treatments or procedures.
What are unique patient identifiers?
400
Following these will help protect your job in a litigation suit.
What are hospital policies and procedures?
400
The primary route of elimination of inhalation agents.
What is pulmonary (or respiratory)?
500
2.5mg/kg.
What is the initial dosing of Dantrolene?
500
Verify that enough time has passed to allow this to dry before using cautery.
What is prep solution?
500
The 2010 National Patient Safety Goals state that all of these, whether on or off the sterile field, will be labeled.
What are medications and solutions?
500
Includes history and physical, assessments, prep used, patient teaching, operative positioning, medications given, staff present in room.
What is documentation?
500
Added to local anesthetics to prolong the duration of a block.