Heart
Characteristics of Symptomatic Bradycardia
Hypotension, Chest pain, SOB
Medication administered to treat Anaphylactic shock
Epinephrine
Barotrauma, including pneumothorax is a possible complications of what ventilator setting
PEEP
Components of a VAP bundle
Sedation holiday, elevate HOB 30 degrees, HCG mouth care, peptic ulcer prophylaxis, DVT prophylaxis
Compensatory mechanisms falling under the Monro-Kellie doctrine that allow some adaptation to increases in ICP
Changes in CSF volume, intracranial blood volume, and brain tissue volume
Beta-adrenergic blockers and Ca channel blockers can treat what heart dyshythmia
Sinus tachycardia
Vasopressor medication administered to treat Neurogenic shock
Phenylephrine. Other choices would be epinephrine, norepinephrine, Atropine
A daily standard of treatment for the ICU patient on a ventilator and sedated, to assess their condition, neuro status, and readiness to extubate.
Sedation break/holiday
A method of improving mediation compliance in the active TB patient
Directly observed therapy
A osmotic diuretic administered to treat elevated ICP by moving fluid out of the brain tissue and into blood plasma
Mannitol
Negative consequences of untreated A-fib
Pulmonary emboli, stroke, decreased cardiac output
A CVP reading of 1mm Hg could indicate
Hypotension, hypovolemia, distributive shock
This systemic pathology is the leading cause of the development of ARDS
Sepsis. Other common precipitating insults of ARDS are gastric aspiration and massive trauma
A treatment regimen that is used to treat both non-small cell lung cancer NSCLC and small cell lung cancer SCLC
Radiation therapy
Early, often subtle indicator of increased intracranial pressure
Change in personality and LOC
What is STEMI
A Myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation
A quick way to do a fluid challenge without actually having to give the patient fluids. This action would demonstrate an increase in BP when performed, telling you that the patient needs fluids
Passive leg raise
A patient with acute hypoxemia (PaO2 50)caused by an intrapulmonary shunt will need what intervention to effectively improve respiratory status and oxygenation
Positive pressure ventilation
The Primary treatment modality for small cell lung cancer SCLC
Chemotherapy
What are potential peripheral vascular problems, and preventatives for them, in the spinal cord injury patient
Flaccid paralysis makes detection of DVT difficult, undetected DVT can result in pulmonary embolism. Careful assessments, Lovenox
Clinical manifestations indicating cardiac tamponade
Beck's triad - hypotension, muffled heart sounds, jugular venous distension. Also SOB, tachycardia, tachypnea
The body is unable to provide this element at the cellular level during shock and must be one pf the first interventions provided
Oxygen. 100% O2 via rebreather
First action to take if a newly placed tracheostomy tube is accidently dislodged
Use the retention sutures to spread the tracheostomy opening
A diagnostic test result showing elevated sweat chloride results would be indicative of what disease process
Cystic fibrosis
Increased ICP with increased pressure on the hypothalamus, disrupting normal anterior pituitary hormone release can manifest with signs of what disorder
SIADH