Medications
This medication is used primarily for Tylenol overdoses
What is Acetylcysteine?
When assessing any patient. What is the order in which you prioritize your patients when determining what to do first?
ABCs (Airway, Breathing, Circulation, safety)
I occur when my victims have been exposed to extreme cold temperatures usually in the hands and feet, but can occur on the nose, cheeks and ears.
What is frostbite?
R.I.C.E stands for what?
What is Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevate?
What are the colors of triage?
What is green, yellow, red, black
This medication is primarily used for Heroin or Fentanyl overdoses both in the field and in the hospital setting.
What is Narcan or Naloxone?
When dealing with emergencies, what is the FIRST PRIORITY before everything else?
What is safety? (Staff, Visitors and Patients)
I have four different names depending on when I present myself. I'm usually caused by bacteria, but fungi and viruses can cause me to appear too. What am I?
What is pneumonia?
Name the type of fracture that occurs when the bone is wedged inside the opposite fractured fragment?
What is impacted fracture?
Trauma that is caused by a single catastrophic event that causes life-threatening injuries to at least two distinct organs or organ systems is called what?
What is Multiple Trauma?
This medication is primarily used for alcohol withdraw in the hospital setting but has MANY uses other than this.
What is Ativan or Lorazepam
A situation in which the number of casualties exceeds the number of available resources is called what?
What is a mass Casuality Incident?
I can occur usually after a viral infection and I present with mucopurulent sputum, stridor and wheezes. What Am I?
What is Acute Tracheobronchitis?
When placing a cast what would be the most concerning assessment finding that would indicate compartment syndrome?
What is SEVERE pain that is unrelieved after narcotic administration?
This is the assessment done first in emergency trauma? Name the first steps (There are five)
What is the Primary Survey? (Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, & Examine)
This medication is the most common sedation medication in the ICU, however, does not have any analgesic properties.
What is Propofol or Diprivan?
After the initial assessment of a sexual assault victim is completed, what is the number one priority treatment for this patient population?
What is reduce further emotional trauma?
I appear in patient with headache, dizziness, confusion, shortness of breath and blurry or double vision and I sometimes have bluish appearance on the skin. What Am I?
What is Carbon Monoxide Poisoning?
What are the signs & symptoms of Tuberculosis? Name all five
What is weight loss, Blood in cough (hemoptysis), Persistent cough, Night sweats, Fever?
What is the name of the plan that is done within the hospital to institute "All Hands On Deck?" (2 Acceptable Answers)
What is the Emergency Activation Plan or Hospital Disaster Plan?
This medication is used in acid base balance and can be used in a code blue situation as an amp and as a maintenance medication after the fact.
What is Sodium Bicarbonate?
Cold blood returning to core of the body and the heart can cause potential cardiac dysrhythmias & electrolyte disturbances. This occurs when the nurse does what?
What is rewarming TOO Rapidly? (Under 30-minute intervals)
I present with accessory muscle use and decreased breath sounds and I rapidly deteriorate to hypoxemia, hypercapnia and respiratory acidosis and if I am left alone long enough, I cause death. What Am I?
What is ARDS? (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome)
On a ventilator there is yellow alarms that signify low pressure. What would be a cause of low pressure to occur on a ventilated patient? (There are three most common reasons)
What is circuit or periodic vent disconnection, cuff leak, tube displacement?
This is the part of the emergency assessment that is after the first. What is it called? Name the steps (There are four) and Why is it done in emergency nursing in this way?
What is the Secondary Survey? Fahrenheit, Get Vitals, Head-to-Toe Assessment, Intervention. It is done this way because of RAPID changes that occur within a trauma.