Administering Fluids
A patient with severe hyponatremia would be started on what type of fluid?
Answer: What is "Hypertonic"
What binds free hydrogen ions in solution and lowers the amount of free hydrogen ions in solution?
Answer: What is a base?
What are the largest proportions of the red blood cells?
Erythrocytes
A central IV devices is placed where?
Within the superior vena cava
What 4 processes can result in metabolic acidosis?
Overproduction of hydrogen ions, underelimination of hydrogen ions, underproduction of bicarbonate ions, and overelimination of bicarbonate ions
D5W is classified as what type of fluid?
Answer: What is Isotonic
A patient likely has Respiratory "______" if they have COPD, Asthma, pneumonia, or pulmonary edema.
Answer: What is respiratory acidosis?
What produces substances important to blood clotting?
Platelets/Thrombocytes
What is a long catheter inserted through a vein on the inner aspect of the bed of the arm or the middle of the upper arm?
A picc
What is perfusion?
The total arterial blood flow through the peripheral tissues and blood oxygenates major organs
This type of fluid removes water from the extracellular space into in intracellular space.
Answer: What is "Hypotonic"
A patient likely has Metabolic "_____" if they have renal failure, diarrhea, or are in DKA.
What is Metabolic Acidosis
What is the multistep process of controlled blood clotting called?
Hemostasis
What type of line is used for patients on long term infusion therapy?
A picc line
What does bone marrow produce?
RBCs, WBCs, and platelets. Its also heavily involved in the immune response.
You are administering fluids to a dehydrated patient, which fluid would you start them on?
Answer: What is"0.9% Normal saline"
What is a common cause of Respiratory Alkalosis?
What is fibrinolysis?
The process that dissolves fibrin clot edges with special enzymes
The best way to prevent infections is?
Good Hand hygiene
What is the normal range of platelets?
150,000-400,000
Lactated ringers, D5W, and Ringers are what type of solution?
Answer: What is "Isotonic solutions"
What is a common cause of Metabolic Alkalosis?
Vomiting or excessive NG suctioning (Loss of stomach acid)
What is petechiae?
Reddish/purple pinpoint hemorrhagic lesions in the skin
What would you expect to find if a patient feels a cold sensation near their line, they have a pale swollen lump near their IV site, and the swollen lump is moveable?
Iv Infiltration
What is an RH Factor test?
Determines whether there is an inherited protein on the RBC surface