Pharm Phacts
This common nitroglycerin side effect is also seen in erectile dysfunction meds...
Headache
(about 16:20 in video)
This condition causes brief unresponsiveness and loss of postural tone.
*Answer must be in medical terminology!
Syncope
The "B" in BEFAST stands for...
Balance
This is the term for the flap of skin that is torn away from the body?
Avulsion
Levine's sign looks like this...
Closed fist to the chest
These are the two main contraindications for aspirin...
1. Allergic to aspirin
2. Active GI bleeding
The process of breaking glycogen down into usable glucose is called?
Glycogenolysis
You will see this in a patient experiencing miosis...
Constriction of the pupils
A patient has burns on the anterior chest. The BSA percentage is?
9%
Passing bright red blood with stool is called?
Hematochezia
This cardiac rhythm is known to cause strokes.
Atrial fibrillation
This common pain reliever can induce asthma.
Aspirin (and NSAID's)
McBurney's point helps you locate what?
The appendix
This is the point where the trachea bifurcates into the main bronchi...
Carina
Polydipsia is the term for...
Excessive thirst
Patients who take furosemide usually also take this electrolyte?
Potassium
This "diabetic" condition isn't about glucose, it's about water balance.
Diabetes insipidus
A difference in systolic BP of more than 20 mmHg between the left and right arm may indicate this serious condition?
Aortic aneurysm
The name for the pulse that can be checked on the foots dorsal surface?
Dorsal pedis or dorsal pedal
A blood pressure of 120/80 has this mean atrial pressure?
93
Medications that end in -pril are from this class of antihypertensives?
ACE inhibitors
This rare condition involves severe hypothyroidism, altered mental status, hypothermia, and slowing of organ functions?
Myxedema coma
This type of pain is vague and is experienced by abdominal organs.
Visceral pain
This spinal injury syndrome frequently occurs in the elderly and involves upper extremity weakness, more so than the lower extremities.
Central Cord Syndrome
A positive Markel sign indicates...
Peritoneal inflammation