Key Terms
Below the tongue
What is Sublingual?
The most effective way to prevent an infection
Values for K+
What is 3.5-5.0
This medication can have a side effect of a rash on the face, neck, and torso along with hypotension or angiodema, called "Red Man Syndrom"
What is vancomycin
Largest artery in the body
What is the aorta
Blue skin
What is cyanosis?
Order of legs after an injury or surgery when going up/down stairs
What is up with the good and down with the bad
Positioning of a patient having a seizure
What is the side-lying (recovery) position
Antidote for opioid overdose
What is naloxone (Narcan)
Lupus can affect this organ the most
What are the kidneys
Fast respiratory rate
What is tachypnea?
Correct (finger) length for crutches
What is 2-3 finger spaces between the armpit and top of crutch
First action if your patient is diaphoretic and having palpitations with slurry speech.
What is check a blood sugar
What is half a tablet
Location of the apical pulse
Where is the 5th intercostal space left midclavicular line
Not breathing
What is Apnea?
The process of measuring for correct NG tube length
What is measuring from the tip of the nose to the earlobe, and then down to the xiphoid process
Normal blood sugar levels
What is 70-100
This condition is involuntary, repetitive movements, primarily of the face, tongue, or body caused by taking certain antipsychotic or antiemetic medications
Cranial nerve number for the vagus nerve
What Cranial Nerve X
Suffix for deficiency or lack of something in the body
What is "-penia?"
Needle length and gauge for IM injections
What is 1 to 1.5 inches long, with a gauge between 22 and 25
Universal donor and universal receiver for blood
What is O- and AB+ blood
This makes your bodily fluids orange when taken for tuberculosis
What is Rifampin
The pathway of blood flow through the heart starting with the vena cavas and ending with the aorta (do not include valves)
What is SVC and IVC>R Atrium>R ventricle>Pulm artery>lungs>pulm vein>L Atrium>L ventricle>Aorta?