Pump It Up!
This is the amount of blood ejected from the heart per minute.
What is cardiac output?
This enzyme is most specific for myocardial injury.
What is troponin?
This electrolyte is responsible for muscle contraction and affects the heart’s rhythm.
What is potassium?
Capillary refill greater than this number indicates poor perfusion.
What is 3 seconds?
The color of a rectal thermometer.
What is red-tipped?
These two factors determine stroke volume.
What are preload and contractility (or preload and afterload)?
What is myocardial infarction?
A tall, peaked T wave is often a sign of this electrolyte imbalance.
What is hyperkalemia?
This is a classic sign of deep vein thrombosis.
What is unilateral leg swelling (or pain/redness/warmth)?
This position is best for vaginal medication administration.
What is dorsal recumbent?
A patient with hypovolemia will likely have this effect on preload.
What is decreased preload?
ST elevation in leads II, III, and aVF points to this type of MI.
What is an inferior wall MI?
This ABG value tells you whether a patient is acidotic or alkalotic.
What is pH?
The 6 P’s of impaired peripheral circulation include pain, pallor, pulselessness, paresthesia, paralysis, and this.
What is poikilothermia (cold)?
This is the order in which you mix regular and NPH insulin.
This class of medications reduces afterload by vasodilation.
What are ACE inhibitors (or vasodilators)?
What is a silent MI?
This abnormal rhythm is commonly caused by severe hypokalemia.
What is ventricular tachycardia (or PVCs)?
Cool, shiny skin and intermittent claudication are signs of this disease.
What is peripheral artery disease (PAD)?
This type of PPE is needed for droplet isolation.
What are a surgical (paper) mask, gown, goggles, and gloves?
Name three things that decrease contractility.
What are hypoxia, acidosis, and myocardial infarction?
This term describes chest pain that occurs at rest and may indicate impending infarction.
What is unstable angina?
In metabolic acidosis, the body compensates by doing this with respirations.
What is increasing respiratory rate (Kussmaul breathing)?
This type of shock is caused by extreme blood loss.
What is hypovolemic shock?
This stage of pressure injury has full thickness skin loss down to the subcutaneous layer of the skin.