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Nutrition
100
How a drug gets to where it needs to be in the body
What is distribution?
100
High potential of abuse, but they can be used to provide some benefit for certain patients; usually used in palliative care to make terminally ill patients comfortable
What are Schedule II drugs?
100

This wave snitches, to let you know where the impulse is coming from

What is the P wave

100
Supine or Fowlers Position
What are the positions a patient can be in when having a resting ECG performed?
100
Element that is crucial to the maintenance of muscle contraction; Found in bananas, raisins oranges; Mrs A's crazy husband needed more of this while running the Tough Mudder
What is Potassium?
200
How the body breaks down a drug into smaller parts
What is metabolism?
200
Highest potential for abuse; have no benefit for any patient
What are Schedule I drugs?
200

Immeasurable rhythm, shockable by and AED

What is Vfib?

200
Life threatening heart condition; No cardiac output; Heart is basically quivering; Tracing appears as a jagged saw-tooth pattern
What is Ventricular Fibrillation/V-Fib?
200
Wheat, Milk, Eggs, Peanuts, and Chocolate
What are the most common food allergens?
300
How a drug gets into the bloodstream
What is absorption? (Through the GI Tract=Parenteral or through the skin=intradermal)
300
Lowest potential for abuse
What are Schedule V drugs?
300

If a patient's ECG shows 14 beats in a 6 second strip, the rate could be classified as 

What is Tachycardia?

300
Appears as a large upward spike; Represents the impulse going through the left ventricle
What is the R wave?
300
Most abundant in the Red and Green Chile Pepper, but can also be found in Citrus products like oranges, lemons, and grapefruits; also called Ascorbic Acid; works a great immunity booster
What is Vitamin C?
400
How a drug is passed out of the body
What is excretion?
400
Vicodin, Tylenol-3, Percocet
What are Schedule III drugs?
400

Gold jewelry, patient shivering, or cellphone may cause this on an ECG?

What are artifacts?

400
Appears including the P wave and a straight line connecting it to the QRS Complex; Represents the time it takes to the electrical impulse to travel from the SA node to the AV node; Shorter in patients experiencing PVCs
What is the P-R Interval?
400
Absorbs organic waste/toxins in the body so they can be expelled; Can be water soluble and added to drinks; Abundant in foods like bran and oat
What is fiber?
500
When drugs are absorbed through the digestive tract
What is the parenteral route?
500
Fentanyl, Morphine/Dilaudid
What are examples of Schedule II drugs?
500

The leads I II and III make up this geometric symbol, representing bipolar conduction

What is Einthoven's triangle?

500
Arrythmia that occurs when multiple electrical impulses fire rapidly from different areas, rather than just the SA node; Tracings appear as small, irregular and uncoordinated complexes that are very difficult to interpret.
What is Atrial Fibrillation/A-Fib?
500
Plays an important role in the fx of the thyroid hormone; Found in many contrast media; Can present problems for patients that are allergic to shellfish
What is iodine?