Labs
What lab test checks to see if a patient has an infection?
What is WBC count
Patient has a P wave, a QRS, and T wave. HR is 80 and regular.
What is Normal Sinus Rhythm
A patient has HIV
What are standard precautions?
(Hand Hygiene, gloves when needed)
This is usually the 1st line of medication used when someone has high cholesterol.
What is a Statin
I need to check to see if one of my heart vessels is occluded.
What is a heart cath?
What lab is checked to see if a patient needs a blood transfusion?
What is Hemoglobin
I can be pulseless or with a pulse. My rate can get up in the 180's+
What is Vtach
A patient has influenza?
What are droplet precautions?
Hand hygiene, Mask, goggles, Private room
The patient must eat as soon as I administer this medication.
What is Lispro (Humalog)
Ahh! I have a big kidney stone, and this procedure uses ultrasonic waves to break it up?
What is Lithotripsy?
What lab test is used to check for fluid overload in heart failure patients?
What is BNP
I normally have this rhythm when I am dehydrated. My heart rate tends to beat a little faster than normal.
What is Sinus Tachycardia
A patient has C-diff
What are contact precautions?
(Hand hygiene, Gown, Gloves, goggles if dealing with bodily fluids) (Hands must be washed with soap and water)
Quick!!! The patient has SVT!!
What is Adenosine?
I am short of breath! I have fluid in my lungs! I need this procedure to pull fluid from around the lungs.
What is Thoracentesis?
A patient comes in having chest pain, what lab is checked to look at heart damage?
What is troponin
My rhythm is chaotic. I'm missing P waves, QRS complexes are all over the place. If this goes untreated I can throw clots and end up with a stroke.
What is afib
A patient has TB?
What are airborne precautions?
(Hand hygiene, N95, private negative pressure room) (Gown and gloves if contact with bodily fluids)
Ahh!! The fluid is weighing me down! However, I must monitor my potassium with this med.
What is Furosemide (Lasix)
The patient has unstable afib, we can do this to put back in normal sinus rhythm.
What is cardioversion?
When a patient comes in for sepsis or infection, these labs are drawn to see if the infection is either susceptible or resistant to a type of antibiotic.
What are blood cultures
I have nothing! No pulse, no heartbeat at all! Just dead!
What is A-systole?
The patient has mumps
What are droplet precautions
(Hand hygiene, mask,goggles, private room)
I must check my PT/INR monthly with this medication, to make sure my blood isn't to thick or thin.
What is Warfarin (Coumadin)?
The patient has ascites! This procedure will remove fluid from the peritoneal cavity.
What is a paracentesis?