Chest Pain
The time period from a patient entering the emergency room to the time their EKG is read by a provider
What is 10 minutes?
87% of strokes make up this type that is caused by an occlusion of a cerebral artery.
What is an ischemic stroke?
This document is obtained prior to releasing blood.
What is a Consent?
Infection + SIRS
What is Sepsis?
This is a screening tool used to determine fall risk
What is a Morse Fall Risk
When a barcode is not scanning, selecting this tab will allow you to report it to IT.
What is the Rx tab?
Elevated heart rate, increased respiratory rate, fever, hypotension, change in mental status
What are symptoms of sepsis?
The STEMI recognition to transport time goal for Hoke Hospital?
What is 45 minutes?
Difficulty swallowing that can lead to aspiration.
What is dysphagia?
The amount of time one has to completely infuse blood once it is received from the blood bank
What is 4 hours?
Lactate of 4.0 or greater
What is Septic Shock?
The time period for assessing when a patient last fell when presenting for screening
What is 3 months
You use this function to recover a failed drawer, cubie, door, or fridge.
What is Recover storage space?
The ratio of compressions to breaths in one rescuer BLS
What is 30:2
This medication is given during chest pain prevent platelet aggregation and reduce the risk of clots.
What is aspirin?
Screening test completed prior to the administration of anything oral.
What is a swallow screen?
The time frames for completing a full set of vital signs when transfusing blood.
What is baseline, 15 minutes, 1 hour, and completion?
The first intervention to treat hypotension in a person with sepsis
What is a 30ml/kg bolus of crystalloid fluid?
These are completed when a patient or visitor fall occurs
What is an SIR and a fall huddle.
If you create one of these in pyxis during your shift it should be fixed after the event or before the end of your shift.
What is a discrepancy?
What is wash your hands?
This potent vasodilator can be considered pain medication when a patient has chest pain.
What is Nitroglycerin?
Name of medication that ischemic stroke patients may receive to bust the clot.
What is TNK or TpA?
3 symptoms to watch for when a patient is receiving blood
What is tachycardia, tachypnea, hypotension, hives, SOB, and fever?
(any 3 of these)
Orders/Tests included in the triage/nursing protocol for suspected sepsis
What is CBC, CMP, PT, INR, FSBG, Lactic Acid, Urinalysis and Culture, Blood Cultures, and Chest X-ray?
This signals that a patient is at higher risk for falls
What is a yellow armband or yellow socks
You should take this action if you have returned a controlled substance and the pyxis does not open for it to be returned.
What is return to pharmacy?
The goal from bed assigned to transfer for admitted patients from the emergency department.
What is 30 minutes?
Elevated ST segment in 3 leads on an EKG
What is a STEMI?
11-point assessment of stroke severity
What is an NIHSS?
The length of time a type and screen is good for.
What is 72 hours?
This diagnosis causes more deaths that prostate cancer, breast cancer, and AIDS combined. Over 1.5 million people are diagnosed with this each year and 250,000 die from it.
What is SEPSIS? It is a silent killer.
This is the score that places someone at high risk for falls
What is 45 or greater
You must do this when a patient has brought in their own medications, and they will not be taking them on the floor.
What is filling out the patient home med form, FF1892 and placing it in a security bag?
It is this groups responsibility to protect patient information.
Who is Everyone?