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Pulmonary
Codes
Funda-Mentals
Misc.
100

The surgical removal of hemorrhoids.

What is a hemorrhoidectomy?

100

A chronic lung disease causing airway inflammation, narrowing, and mucus, leading to symptoms like wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath.

What is Asthma?
100

When a patient isn’t breathing, has no pulse, or is unresponsive.

What is Code Blue?

100

Deep understanding of mental illnesses, their signs (e.g., low energy, substance use, mood swings, self-harm ideation) and how they affect individuals.

What is Psychopathology?

100

Glycogen is the way the body stores glucose - better known by this name.

What is Sugar?

200

The surgical removal of a lung.

What is a pneumonectomy?

200

Rhinorrhea

What is a runny nose, or the excessive discharge of thin mucus from the nasal passages, often caused by viral infections (cold, flu), allergies (hay fever), crying, or cold weather?

200

When a fire or smoke has been discovered.

What is code red?

200

SSRI

What is Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors?

200

60 to 100 beats per minute.

What is the normal resting heart rate for an adult?

300

The partial or total surgical removal of the stomach.

What is a gastrectomy?

300

Coughing up blood or blood-tinged sputum from the lungs or airways.

What is Haemoptysis?

300

When there is a child abduction.

What is Code Amber?

300

Xanax AKA

What is Alprazolam?

300

MRSA.

What is Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

400

The surgical procedure that involves removing all or part of the vertebral body.

What is a corpectomy or vertebrectomy?

400

A deep, rapid, and labored breathing pattern, a sign of severe metabolic acidosis (high body acid), most commonly from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), where the body tries to blow off excess carbon dioxide to correct pH.

What is Kussmaul breathing?

400

When there is a bomb threat.

What is Code Black?

400

Haloperidol (Haldol), commonly used to treat this mental illness.

What is Schizophrenia?

400

Founder of modern nursing, emphasized sanitation, data, and education during the Crimean War, creating foundational nursing practices.

Who is Florence Nightingale?

500

The surgical removal of the gallbladder.

What is a Cholecystectomy?

500

Loud, low-pitched, bubbling, or gurgling sounds heard in the lungs, caused by air moving through large airways filled with thick mucus or fluid.

What is Coarse crepitations?

500

When there are mass casualties.

What is Code Orange?
500

A class of central nervous system (CNS) depressant drugs that are primarily used to treat conditions such as anxiety, insomnia, and seizures.

What are Benzodiazepines, or "benzos"?

500

"Angel of the Battlefield" during the Civil War, she established the American Red Cross, focusing on emergency response and aid.

Whos is Clara Barton?

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