All Things TJC
Not only are AORN guidelines and hospital policies protect the staff, they also protect these persons.
Who are patients and visitors?
This acronym helps you to remember how to use a fire extinguisher.
What is P.A.S.S.?
This patient characteristic makes them susceptible to triggering an MH event.
What is a genetic disorder?
When there is a possibility for, or an actual, cardiac event, this item should be brought into the room.
What is the Code Cart?
This is a method to count sponges to be sure that they are clinging to another sponge.
What is separate them as you count?
The reason why there should not be cracks in the floor and walls, chipped paint, or stains on the ceilings.
What is harbor bacteria and create infection risk?
When you pull this, an alarm will tell the fire department and hospital incident team where the location of this is.
What is area where there's a fire?
This is the closest location of the MH Kit.
What is the 5th floor pharmacy?
What is front and back?
This is the area that will clean a contaminated instrument before you can run it through IUSS.
Where is Sterile Processing Department?
When your shoes are soiled with blood and body fluids that cannot be wiped off, you much do this with them.
What is throw them away?
The Bair Hugger caught on fire, your first action if it is safe to do is this.
When an MH crisis is determined, this specific cart needs to be brought into the room.
What is the Code Cart?
When there is a cardiac event in the room, this person will run the code event.
Who is the anesthesiologist?
You will use the radio frequency scanner twice in the closing portion of the case, where you enter a body cavity within this part of the body.
What is another body cavity?
When cleaning a room after a case, you start cleaning from this area of the room first and then to this.
What is clean then to dirty?
The OR bed caught on fire and after pulling the plug, the fire went out. It's now ok to resume surgery.
What is false?
To help reduce the patient's temperature, you can use this item to fill bags and place on the patient.
What is ice?
This is something on the back of the code cart that can help you with compressions.
What is a back board?
To prevent the spread of infectious agents, it is your responsibility to perform this when entering and exiting rooms and before and after patient care.
What is hand hygiene?
In case of emergencies such as codes, fire, and MH, this is the area that needs to remain as clear as possible.
What is the hallway?
Defend in place means that the fire alarm is sounding, but you are able to complete this unless told otherwise.
What is the surgery in progress?
This is the medication that must be given within 10 minutes of recognizing an MH event.
What is Ryanodex or Dantrolene Sodum?
If the cardiac event occurs in an area without suction, this is where you'll find the nearest suction machine.
What is on top of the Code Cart?
When you are pre-cleaning an colonoscope, this is the reason why you aspirate enzyme fluids.
What is to flush and remove bacteria and prions?