Medications
Medications used to treat anaphylactic shock
What is epinephrine and benadryl?
Normal INR
1 normally, 2-3 is therapeutic range
Which hormones are responsible for bloating? Which are high/low?
What is the first thing you do for a patient in schock?
Give them IV fluid bolus
What is the biggest concern in DIC?
Risk for bleeding d/t using up all of your clotting factors
What medication is used to treat BV?
What are bands?
What are immature neutrophils?
What is the most common vaginal infection in women?
What is BV?
What would you do for a patient with circumfrential burns to the chest?
What are the SIRS criteria?
WBC greater than 12,000 or less than 4,000
Temp greater than 38 or less than 36
Tachypnea or PaCo2 less than 32
HR greater than 90
10% or more bands
What is the medication sequence for a patient with A-fib?
Beta blockers, then CCB and then Amioderone
Which labs are elevated in a patient with an MI? And what are the ranges?
BNP greater than 100 and Troponin greater than 0.04 ng
What type of diet would you reccomend for a patient with acute pancreatitis?
Low fat high carb diet
What is the most common intevention with bowel obstructions?
NG tube decompression
During the emergent phase of burns the patient is at the greatest risk for?
Which medication binds to ammonia to help the patient excrete it via the bowels?
Which neurological condition presents with increased serum osmolarity and hyponatremia?
What is Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH (SIADH)
What kind of renal injury can be cause by contrast dyes?
What is Intrarenal kidney injury?
Which metabolic condition do you give bicarb? And what is the range for administration?
What are the 6P's in compartment syndrome?
Pain, Pallor, pressure, pulselessness, parasthesia, paralysis, (poikilothermia)
Which 3 medications are given for a patient with increased ICP?
What is Manitol, Hypertonic saline, and corticosteroids?
A patient has hyperkalemia, what acid base imbalance are they experiencing?
What is Metabolic Alkalosis?
.... remember hydrogen influx drives potassium out of the cell and vice versa
What are 3 clinical signs of bacterial meningitis? (NEED ALL 3)
Nuchal rigidity
Positive Kernigs sign
Positive Brudzinkis sign
What procedure is used to remove abnormal cells from your cervix?
What is a LEEP procedure?