Wound Care
Itchy, raised welts that occur after an exposure to an allergen.
What are hives?
It includes white blood count and hematocrit.
What is a CBC?
It's a slow heart rate.
What is bradycardia?
The redness that results from an injury or an irritation.
What is erythema?
It's the five medication rights.
What are the right patient, the right medication, the right dose, the right time, and the right route?
Type of diet required for tissue healing.
What is a high protein diet?
It's the extraction of sample cells or tissue for examination to determine the presence of cancer cells.
What is a biopsy?
It's a nosebleed.
What is epitaxis?
The inflammation of mucous membranes lining the eye lid and eye surface.
What is conjunctivitis?
The study of how drugs work.
What is Pharmacodynamics?
How to estimate the TBSA, (Total Body Surface Area), affected by burns.
What is the Rule of Nines?
It's a blood test that measures the average blood sugars during the preceding three months.
What is Hgb A1c?
It's a wax! The kind that's in your ears, NOT the kind we get from the bees!
What is cerumen?
The amount of blood that is pumped out of the heart in one minute.
What is cardiac output?
They are the two electrolytes that most diuretics block the re-absorption of.
What are sodium and chloride?
The name for thick yellow wound drainage.
What is Purulent?
It's what the abbreviation MRI stands for.
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging?
It's a prickling, tingling sensation.
What is paresthesia?
The force with which the ventricles of the heart contract.
What is stroke volume?
Nitro must be held for 24 hours after a patient takes this medication.
What is PDE 5?
A decubitus ulcer stage that is characterized by: Reddened Skin, Small Abrasion(s), Serious Fluid Presence.
What is a stage 2 pressure ulcer?
It's what the abbreviation EGD stands for.
What is Esophogastroduodenoscopy?
It's commonly known as dry mouth.
What is xerostomia?
The adventitious breath sound that occurs with bronchoconstriction of asthma.
What is wheezing?
The generic names of proton pump inhibitors, (PPIs), share this suffix.
What is -azole?