Medication Administration
This is the maximum IM injection volume for the deltoid muscle in an adult?
If sterile gloves touch this level or below, they are contaminated.
Below the waist
Best way to confirm NG placement in skills lab.
X-ray
This rhythm looks like sawtooth.
Atrial Flutter
Normal adult respiratory rate range. (Range)
12-20 rpm
Before giving digoxin, this vital sign must be checked and held if below 60.
Apical pulse
This isolation requires N95 mask.
Airborne
Normal NG aspirate pH is usually below this number.
5
This rhythm has no pulse and must be shocked immediately.
Ventricular fibrillation
This area is used for apical pulse location landmark.
5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
This insulin can be given IV.
Regular insulin
This isolation is used for C. diff.
Contact
Amount of sterile water usually used to inflate Foley balloon.
10 mL
This rhythm is fast, regular, narrow, and often over 150 bpm.
Supraventricular Tachycardia
First sound represents this BP value.
Systolic
This is the preferred site for IM injection in adults.
Ventrogluteal
When pouring sterile solution, this must not touch the bottle.
Cap, inside of cap, sterile field
When suctioning a trach, suction should be applied on this motion.
On the way out
This rhythm has chaotic baseline and no QRS.
Ventricular Fibrillation
This oxygen saturation is considered critical in most patients.
Under 90%
These are the 3 checks of medication administration.
1. When removing
2. Before preparing
3. At bedside before giving
This direction is used when cleaning a wound.
From clean to dirty
Maximum suction time during trach suctioning. (Range)
10 - 15 seconds
First drug given in cardiac arrest ACLS.
Epinephrine
This lung sound is high-pitched and heard on inspiration, often upper airway obstruction.
Stridor