PT/INR
The process that prevents excessive bleeding when injured.
What is clotting/coagulation?
This is another name for the ESR.
What is SED rate?
This is the first step when performing a blood draw.
What is washing hands?
This test can help diagnose the cause of bleeding and clotting disorders.
What is the PT/INR test?
Difficulty breathing and chest pain might occur with this sized clot.
What is a medium-sized clot?
The ____ of the test shows how much inflammation there is.
What is speed?
These are the most common veins to draw blood from.
What are cephalic, median cubital, and basilic veins?
These factors can affect the ESR result (name at least 2).
What is pregnancy, menstrual cycle, aging, obesity, exercise, drinking alcohol?
Clots affects this body system the most.
What is the circulatory system?
These symptoms may prompt your provider to order an ESR test (name at least 2).
What are headaches, weight loss, anemia, unexplained fever?
Name four materials needed when performing a blood draw.
What is/are a tourniquet, gloves, alcohol pad, blood collection tubes, needle, gauze, bandages?
This vein is most commonly used for a blood draw due to its accessibility and size.
What is the median cubital vein?
The most common process of calculating the PT/INR will be done using a _____.
What is a CLIA-Waived machine?
This man was the first to note the relationship between the sedimentation rate of RBC's and general condition of an organism.
Who is Edmund Faustyn Biernacki?
The blood collection tube that must always be drawn first is this color.
Out of the three most common blood test, this test requires 10-12 hours of fasting.
What is a lipid panel?
This is a type of calculation based on the PT results.
INR (International Normalized Ratio)
When there is a presence of inflammation, there is an increased level of these proteins.
What are fibrinogens and globulins?
This neumonic phrase helps you to remember the order of draw.
What is "Your Brother Robert Gives Lovely Gifts"?
Name 2 medications and 2 non-medicinal factors that can affect a PT/INR test.
What are Xarelto, Pradaxa, warfarin (Coumadin), Eliquis, Lixiana, Barbituates, Hormone-replacement therapy, Drinking alcohol , Foods rich in vitamin K (beef and pork liver, kale, green tea, broccoli and soybean products)?