Medications
PPH medication contraindicated in asthmatic patients.
What is Hemabate?
Postpartum hemorrhage is defined as blood loss of how many milliliters?
What is 1,000?
MTP is the acronym for this process (includes policy, order set, and process.)
What is the Massive Transfusion Protocol?
Upon recognition of increased blood loss, one of the first things to be considered.
What is adequate IV access for blood replacement?
Belmont rapid infuser is kept here.
What is OR 1?
Dose and route of Methergine for PPH.
What is 0.2 mg IM?
Most common cause of postpartum blood loss.
What is uterine atony?
The two important times lab must be called when using the MTP.
What are to initiate it, and to discontinue it?
When using the Jada system, set the suction to this.
BONUS: How many ml of sterile fluid should be instilled to fill the cervical seal?
What is 80 mm Hg?
BONUS: 60 ml
What is pre-placental blood loss?
When is Methergine contraindicated?
When is with a hypertensive patient?
Tachycardia and hypotension may not present until this much blood loss has occurred.
What is about 25% of total blood volume (or about 1500 ml or more)?
This step must be done for the flowsheet rows to display in the blood administration tab.
What is Click “Release Transfusion Report” (click blue “Release” hyperlink) for blood order?
This method will be used to get blood to the floor when the MTP is activated.
What is sending a runner?
Common place where equipment needed for blood replacement is now located.
What is the clean utility in the sub-sterile hallway?
TXA dose and route for PPH.
What is 1 gram IV?
The four "Ts" associated with postpartum hemorrhage.
What are tone, tissue, trauma, and thrombin?
Nurse must stay with the patient for this long after initiating a blood transfusion?
What is 15 minutes?
Jada should be left in place with the vacuum applied for this amount of time, minimum.
What is 1 hour?
Range for pre-transfusions vital signs.
What is 1-30 minutes before initiating the transfusion?
Dose range for cytotec when administered for PPH?
What is 600-1,000 mcg?
A blood loss of this much after vaginal delivery warrants careful evaluation, despite not technically being defined as a PPH.
What is 500 ml?
Activating the MTP initiates the process of preparing how many units of PBRC?
What is five?
A second dose of TXA can be given after this period of time.
What is 30 minutes?
These 2 options are now offered under the LDA avatar for PPH.
What are balloon (Bakri) and suction (Jada)?