Introduce yourself and ask the patient their name and date of birth.
What is the first 2 things you do when a patient arrives in P&H?
100
1. Help hook the patient up to the monitor, BP, pulse ox.
2. Temperature
3. EKG strip
What is the PCT role when assisting the RN to admit a postop in the PACU?
100
Everyone
Who is responsibile for patient valuables in P&H or PACU?
100
1. Check the batteries
2. If after replacing the batteries, it still is not working, complete a clinical engineering work request and send down to be fixed.
What is to be done when there is not a digital display on the thermometer?
200
Hats and compression boots
What needs to be at every bedside in P&H?
200
White to the upper right
Black to the upper left
Red to the lower left
What is the lead placement for the EKG electrodes?
White, black, and red?
200
EKG electrodes need to be removed prior to the patient leaving PACU.
What is the appearance of patient being discharged from PACU going to a non-monitored unit?
200
After every patient test.
How often is the blood glucose monitor, hemacue, and I-Stat downloaded?
200
1. Perform CPR if needed
2. Bring code cart to the bedside
3. Be available to assist
What is your role in a Code Blue situation in PACU or P&H?
300
PCTs
Who is responsible for stocking the "D" room?
300
Vital signs - HR, BP, RR, Pulse Ox
What do you chart in the computer for a patient in P&H?
300
Every 2 hours
What is the frequency that patients should be turned while in PACU?
300
Assist the patient to walk to the bathroom and stay with the patient in the bathroom or remain immediately outside of the bathroom for the patient (can't walk away).
What is the responsibility of a PCT when taking a patient on fall precautions to the bathroom?
300
Call a code red
What is the correct action if you smell something burning in PACU?
400
Top drawer
What is drawer in PACU are syringes located in?
400
EKG strip
What is added to patient's paper chart as part of the PCT responsibility in P&H?
400
Every 30 minutes
What is the frequency of temperatures to be taken on patients that come into PACU with a temperature of less than 36 degrees?
400
1. Inform the nurse.
2. Offer to help reposition the patient and ask if there is anything else you can do to help ease the pain other than pain medicine.
What is the PCT responsibility if a patient tells you he is in pain?
400
Dial 911 and tell the location of the code red in PACU, 2nd floor, Christiana.
What is correct method to call a code red?
500
5 minutes after the block and then every 15 minutes x 2.
What is the frequency of vital signs after a patient has had a block done in P&H?
500
Every hour
What is the frequency of temperatures to be taken on a patient receiving a blood transfusion?
500
1. Ask the nurses if there is anything that is needed for the patients.
2. Check all areas for stocking - PACU, P&H, D Room, Blankets, Oxygen tanks full
What is the PCT responsibility for PACU when the patient census is low?
500
Check at intervals during the shift to see if there are any tanks empty, call for replacements if necessary.
What is the PCT responsibility for checking the oxygen tanks?