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Chemistry
Coags and ABGs
Hematology
Cardiac
Transfusion
100
The cation that controls the absorption of sodium, potassium, calcium, and phosphorus
What is magnesium?
100

Therapeutic INR range

What is 2.0-3.0

100
Carries oxygen throughout tissues
What is hemoglobin
100
Value which most accurately indicates mycardial injury
What is troponin
100

AB- blood, who all can donate?

A-, B-, O-, AB-

Only .5% of Canadians share the blood type.

200

Calcium gluconate, Insulin, Ventolin, Bicarb and Kayexalate are all treatments for what electrolyte imbalance?

What is hyperkalemia?

200

The hemostatic plug formation, clot retraction, and coagulation factor activation.

Platelets (normal 150,000-400, 000)

If less than 10,000 platelet transfusion needed

200

Most predominant type of white blood cell which is the first line of defense against infection via phagocytosis

What are neutrophils

200
Two labs that indicate muscle damage that is not necessarily cardiac specific
What are CK and CK MB
200

This blood type is the universal donor.

O-

300

The electrolyte imbalance most commonly associated with the lethal arrhythmia torsades de pointes

What is hypomagnesemia?

300
The acid base imbalance most commonly associated with COPD
What is respiratory acidosis
300
Lab result commonly depressed by steriod use
What is WBCs
300

Troponin value that indicates Myocardial infarction

What is troponin greater than ≥ 50 ng/L

300

The blood type that is the universal recipient. 

AB+

400
What cation regulates the retention and excretion of water?
What is sodium?
400
The lab value used to determine heparin's therapeutic effectiveness
What is PTT
400
Three possible causes of low hemoglobin
What are anemia, hemorrhage/ bleeding, fluid overload, fluid retention, cancer
400

Hormone whose elevation indicates CHF crisis

What is BNP

400

This blood type is the most common.

O+ 

39% of all Canadians

500

Three labs which you may expect to be critically high the day of a dialysis treatment

What are BUN, Creatinine, and potassium

500

The acid base imbalance most commonly associated with sepsis

What is metabolic acidosis

500

The lab value that is taken into account when looking at Hgb to evaluate anemia, polycythemia, and hydration status.

What is Hematocrit (high and dry, low and wet)

Hematocrit is the % of total blood volume that consists of RBC's

Sever dehydration hgb and hct will appear high

Fluid overload they will appear low.

500

First line tx for elevated BNP

What is diuresis

500

A group and screen is good for how many hours when administering Red Blood Cells?

96 hours