Stress and Organ Donation
______ defined stress as a "nonspecific response of the body to a demand" that can take the form of a physical, chemical, or emotional phenomenon that causes tension.
Who is Dr. Hans Seyle.
Pediatric patients:
are any patient between the ages of 1. _____.
2. ____ is the primary fear of pediatric patients.
1. What is birth to 18 years.
2. What is anesthesia.
This is the single largest cause of death from injury in the U.S. and accounts for 1/3rd of all trauma deaths.
What is traumatic brain injury.
_____ or mechanism of injury (MOI) provides valuable information to HCPs when assessing patients with traumatic injuries
What is kinematics
A 1.____ order states that resuscitation should not be attempted if a patient suffers cardiac or respiratory arrest. BONUS: written by 2.___, but initiated by 3.____
what is 1. DNR/DNI 2. the physician 3. the patient
Stress can be divided into two types: ____: type of stress that has negative implications, and ____: type of stress that positive and desirable.
What is distress and eustress.
Patients with a high BMI need 1. _____ concentrations of anesthetic gases because of their uptake by larger amounts of 2. _____ tissue.
1. What is higher
2. What is adipose
The time immediately after an injury occurs is the best time for rapid and aggressive interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality.
What is the golden hour.
This organ is the organ that is more frequently injured in a motor vehicle accident (MVA). It is often punctured by a fractured rib.
What is the spleen.
The ____ allows patients the right to refuse treatment.
What is the AHA Patient Care Partnership.
This is the nonprofit organization that administers the national Organ Procurment and Transplantation Network that manages the distribution of organs in the U.S.
2. The pancreas produces different amounts of insulin, blood glucose levels controlled by diet and medication.
1. What is Type 1 diabetes (IDDM)
2. What is Type 2 diabetes (NIDDM)
This trauma center level meets all required needs to treat trauma patients, including qualified HCP and equipment available on a 24hr basis, offering a comprehensive service and the highest level of surgical care.
What is Level I.
Is the result of prolonged exposure to traumatic situations, or a series of traumatic situations characterized by the patient suffering from long term emotional, psychological, and social problems.
What is post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) offers two definitions for what legally constitutes death. In Florida, ___ doctors must make the determination of death.
What are two doctors.
A tissue graft from a donor of the same species as the recipient but not genetically identical.
What is an allograft.
1. ____ is a retrovirus that may remain dormant and undetected within the body for a long period of time before causing disease. The emergence of 2. ___ has helped patients with HIV by suppressing viral loads.
1. What is HIV
2. What is antiretroviral therapy (ART).
This type of trauma results from forces such as deceleration, acceleration, compression, and shearing.
What is blunt trauma.
A ___ allows patients to state in writing exactly what medical interventions they are willing to endure to sustain life.
What is a living will.
A patient is considered a candidate for donation after cardiac death only if it is predicted that the heart will cease functioning within _______ of removal from mechanical support.
What is 90 minutes.
This population is associated with some degree of impairment of cognitive adbilities and growth. They may have congenital heart defects, GERD, and thyroid dysfunctions.
1. Who are patients with Down Syndrome.
For the neonate affected by hypovolemic shock, ____ is physiological response.
What is bradycardia.