Perfusion
Primary cause of developing coronary artery disease?
Hypertension
What does tidaling in the water seal chamber indicate?
Normal pleural pressure changes.
Hyperthyroidism causes what kind of temperature tolerance?
Heat intolerance
What position should a patient be put in during a seizure?
Side-lying
Classic symptom of kidney stones?
Severe flank pain
What is the gold-standard biomarker for diagnosing an myocardial infarction?
Troponin
Continuous bubbling in the water seal chamber means what?
Air leak
What is the most dangerous complication of hyperthyroidism?
Thyroid storm
What is the phase immediately after a seizure called?
Postictal phase
What should you strain for in patients with kidney stones?
Urine (to catch the stone)
Pain that occurs with activity and stops with rest is called what?
Stable angina
What should the patient do during chest tube removal to prevent air entry?
Hold breath or perform Valsalva maneuver
What med should be taken on an empty stomach every morning?
Levothyroxine
What should the nurse put into a seizing patient’s mouth?
Nothing in mouth!
What imaging is best for diagnosing kidney stones?
Noncontrast CT
ST-elevation on ECG indicates what condition?
STEMI (full-thickness myocardial infarction)
What emergency items MUST be kept at a trach bedside? (Name two)
Spare trach tube, obturator, suction, Ambu bag.
What skin finding is classic for Addison’s disease?
Hyperpigmentation (“bronze skin”)
First priority during a seizure?
Maintain airway
What medication helps relax the ureters to pass stones?
Tamsulosin
In a STEMI how many minutes must a patient reach the catch lab?
90 minutes
A chest tube suddenly stops tidaling and the patient is short of breath — what’s the priority concern?
Tube obstruction or kink. Check tubing, do not milk.
Cushing’s disease causes what characteristic body changes?
Moon face, buffalo hump, truncal obesity.
Aura is part of what seizure phase?
What should you never do with a nephrostomy tube?
Clamp it.