When should blood cultures be drawn
What is prior to antibiotic administration
What age constitutes an immediate bed?
When is <90 days
Cardiac Alert to EKG time
When is 10 minutes
Stroke Alert to CT time
When is 10 minutes
How many trauma categories does MSJ have?
What is:
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tiers 3
CT alert
At what age is a patient considered geriatirc?
When is >65 years old
At what gestational age is a fetus considered viable?
When is 20 weeks
How long is a 5150 application good for?
When is 72 hours
Name 2 SIRS criteria
What is:
HR >90
Resp >20
Temp <36.0 or >38.3
WBC <4 or >12
Bands 10%
At what HR in a pediatric patient = the initiation of CPR
What is 60bpm
Name the rhythm
What is SVT
Name 2 classic symptoms of a large vein occlusion stroke.
What is
Sudden weakness or numbness
Difficulty speaking or understanding
Vision changes
Balance Problems
Severe Headache
What is the time frame for team arrival on a tier 1 activation?
When is 5 minutes
Name 3 of the most common geriatric diseases
What is:
What is the blood pressure criteria for pre eclampsia?
What is 160/110
What is:
remove wires, remove trash cans, pull bed away from the wall, secure windows, no access to sharps
When do pressors need to be started on a septic patient?
When is 2 consecutive blood pressures with a systolic<90 after a fluid bolus
a 29 pound child comes in for fever. How much Tyelnol will he receive.
What is
29lbs/2.2=13.18kg
13.2kg x 15mg=198mg
160mg/5ml=6.2ml
What is the Heparin bolus dosage for Cardiac Alert patients?
What is 4,000u
Difficulty with speech, language, or understanding language is called what?
What is aphasia
23 year old male status post hanging. HR 102 BP 118/64 Resp being bagged PO2 97%
What Tier?
What is no activation
What is the leading cause of death in geriatric patients?
What is heart failure
Cardiac output increases by what percentage during pregnancy?
What is 30-50 percent
How often must sitters chart on patients being observed?
When is 15 minutes
What is the frequency lactic acid levels in Sepsis?
What is the dosage of an epinephrine drip for a pediatric patient?
What is 0.01mg/kg/min
What does the phrase widowmaker refer to?
What is the complete blockage of the Left Anterior Descending Artery
The area of brain tissue surrounding the ischemic core (damaged tissue) that is still salvageable but at risk of becoming irreversibly damaged
What is the pneumbra
68 year old male in an MVC at 25mph with complaint of back pain.
What Tier?
What is a tier 2
What are the four Ds in Geriatric Mental Health?
What is dementia, depression, delirium and delusion
What is EBL required in an OB patient to be considered a hemorrhage?
What is 1000ml
What has to be charted once a shift on behavioral health patients?
What is:
frequent screener
safe room checklist
What are 3 signs of septic shock?
What is:
Low blood pressure not responsive to fluids
Difficulty breathing
ALOC
Weakness
Tachycardia
Decreased Urine Output
A previously healthy 3-month-old child with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis and shock is likely to have which of the following?
What is Hypovolemic Shock
What are the 2 reperfusion treatments for a STEMI
What is PCI and Fibrinolytics
What is the frequency of vital signs for TNK administration.
When is:
Q 15min x 2hours
Q30min x 6hours
Qhour x 16hours
Name the steps in the Primary Trauma Assessment?
What is:
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Exposure
What is the first sense to deteriorate in a geriatric patient?
What is the sense of smell
What does HELLP syndrome stand for?
What is:
Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes, and Low Platelets.
A patient in bed 16 is on a 5150 for SI. He scored high on the Columbia scale and has a 1:1 sitter. The pt has been restrained and medicated for agitation awaiting medical clearance. After 30 minutes the patient is calm and the restraints are removed. approximately 1 hour later he jumps out of bed, pushes the sitter to the floor, flips the gurney and runs out of the ambulance doors. What do you do?
1. The pt is dangerous, allow him to run off
2. Call a code green and inform the provider and NSM
3. Security was unable to find the patient, so call Sc County Sheriff and make a police report.