Body Types
Weak, feeble, lack of strength (with weakness and loss of energy)?
What is Debilitated
Head of bed is elevated 45 degrees
Head of bed is elevated approximately 30
degrees?
What is Fowler's and Semi-Fowler's
Non-invasive device that provides estimates of arterial blood oxyhemoglobin saturation.
What is Pulse Oximetry
Adequate cerebral oxygenation MUST be present for the patient to be?
What is Conscious, alert and well oriented
Hypertension is characterized by?
what is BP above 140/90
Physical and developmental delay or retardation in infants and children; see in children with illness but more often in children with psychosocial or meternal deprivation?
What is Failure to thrive.
Bed is flat, position a blanket/pillow under the knees for back support. Use a foot board when available to prevent foot drop. Do not use this position for comatose patient’s aspiration may occur. What's the position?
What is supine
HbCO, Fetal Hb, Dark skin give false?
What is False High
What is sensorium?
What is mental status.
Hypotension is characterized by?
What is BP below 90/60
Preponderance of muscle, bone, and connective tissue, with heavy hard physique or rectangular outline (between endomorphic and ectomorphic)?
What is Mesomorphic
Patient should be flat on back. Place patient in a head up position by raising head of bed. Blocks under bed legs are sometimes used to raise head of bed. Patients tend to slide downward in this position. Use a foot board whenever possible to prevent patient’s from sliding down.
What is Reverse-Trendelenberg
#1 rule to treating patient with monitoring?
What is treat the patient not the monitor
Initial causes of restlessness, confusion and disorientation are due to?
What is Inadequate cerebral perfusion or oxygenation.
When/If the Systolic pressure DROPS more than 10 mm Hg during inspiration “while at rest” it is properly identified as?
What is Pulsus Paradoxus
Short, stocky, may be obese; shorter, broader chest; thicker abdomen wall; rectangular-shaped face?
What is Hypersthenic
Place patient on their side, centered on the mattress. Place patient’s legs so that one is over the other. Place pillows under head and behind back for support.
What is Sims
Nail polish, metHB, Anemia, Vascular dyes, and Ambient light give a false?
What is a False Low
Comatose patient's cannot?
What is participate in their care.
These conditions CAD, CHF, Heart,vascular and renal disease, Stroke can be caused by?
What is hypertension.
Profound and marked malnutrition; wasting; I'll health?
What is Cachectic
Patient should be flat on their back, centered on the mattress. Place patient in a head down position by elevating the foot of bed. Blocks are sometimes used for this. Position used to treat shock, or extremely low blood pressure. Should not be used with head trauma.
What is trendelenberg
Poor perfusion can give what?
What is False high/low
Eye-opening, verbal function and motor function responses
•Standard for assessing patients who have been sedated, received anesthesia, suffered head trauma, or are near coma.
What is GCS glasgow coma scale.
What causes left ventricular failure, blood loss, hypovolemia and peripheral vasodilation
What is Hypotension