EKG
This is the name of the pads placed onto patients for EKG that conduct electricity.
What are electrodes?
This is the term used to describe the size of needles.
What is gauge?
This/these is/are the layer(s) of the skin that are damaged by second degree burns.
What are the epidermis and the dermis?
A patient presents with difficulty breathing and signs of cyanosis. This patient is most likely experiencing low levels of oxygen know by this medical term.
What is hypoxia?
This is the medical term for things located further from the midline.
What is lateral?
This is the primary "pacemaker" of the heart and is located in the upper part of the right atrium.
What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?
This is the preferred/most common location for blood draws or IV access.
What is the antecubital space (AC)?
This discharge presents as yellow, green, brown, or white, might have an odor, and could appear as a milky or thicker consistency.
What is purulent drainage?
A patient has significant nerve damage throughout their body and need help moving their extremities in order to prevent this from happening.
What is muscle atrophy?
What are pressure injuries?
This is what the "QRS" Complex measures/symbolizes.
What is ventricular depolarization/ventricles contracting?
According to the textbook, this is the total number of venipuncture attempts a PCT can make on a single patient.
What is two attempts?
This is what DCAP-BTLS stands for.
What is deformities, contusions, abrasions, punctures/penetrations, burns, tenderness, lacerations, and swelling?
Your patient presents with symptoms of an allergic reaction and is having difficulty swallowing, better known by this medical term.
What is dysphagia?
This is the acronym used to determine a patient's level of consciousness. (Verbally state all levels)
What is AVPU?
Alert, verbal, pain, unresponsive
This is a lethal dysrhythmia that shows a rapid rate with no P waves and wide, bizarre QRS complexes.
What is ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach)?
These specimens test for bacterial and/or fungal infections.
What are blood cultures?
This is a condition that causes the body to create too many skin cells.
What is psoriasis?
Your patient has been struggling with blood sugar levels for months. Their body has burned lipids instead leading to this potentially fatal blood condition.
What is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)?
This is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by bacteria and is usually diagnosed using chest x-rays and/or a PPD test.
What is Tuberculosis?
This is a lethal dysrhythmia that presents as chaotic and disorganized with no recognizable waves or complexes.
What is ventricular fibrillation (V-fib)?
This is the term that describe the documentation that notes the exact path a specimen takes from collection to analysis and provides legal proof that the specimen has not been changed or tampered with.
What is the chain of custody?
This is pink drainage that contains both white and red blood cells.
What is serosanguinous drainage?
This is an EKG read where the patient has some, but not enough electrical impulse in heart to contract the chambers.
What is pulseless electrical activity?
This is the name of the device that is used to find/record a patient's blood pressure.
What is a sphygmomanometer?