Just Breathe
This respiratory emergency may lead to drooling, stridor, wheezing, cough and cyanosis
What is Foreign Body Aspiration?
Type of shock that presents with changes in LOC and signs of poor tissue perfusion
What is Uncompensated Shock?
This condition is suspected when your patient has a sudden one-sided weakness, slurred speech, headache or visual changes
What is Stroke?
Displays patient's brain activity. Helps to guide drug therapy in neuro conditions, such as refractory seizures and TBI
What is EEG?
#1 drug used for long-term management of withdrawal symptoms
What is Methadone?
This condition causes uncontrolled violent coughing and shortness of breath due to bacteria that paralyzes celia of the respiratory tract
What is Pertussis
Late sign of shock in children
Hypotension
Measurement of cerebral blood flow that is greatly influenced by patient's blood pressure
What is CPP?
Early onset of sepsis is characterized by ___________ pulse pressure
What is Wide pulse pressure?
This drug is used in acute management of increased intracranial pressure
What is 3% NS?
Patients with pneumonia, bronchiolitis, or ARDS are all have this clinical assessment in common
What is Crackles?
Type of shock that is best to be treated with inotropes, not fluids
What is Cardiogenic Shock?
Inflammation of brain parenchyma, leading to headaches, changes in LOC, and possible seizures
What is Encephalitis?
Hypertension, bradycardia, and variable respiratory pattern
What is Cushing's Triad?
This dug is #1 treatment for pediatric ischemic stroke
What is Heparin drip?
Is a sign of upcoming respiratory failure
What is Grunting
Only type of shock that is distinctly characterized early on by bradycardia and hypotension
What is Neurogenic Shock?
This procedure is contraindicated for patients with increased ICP
What is LP?
Hemodynamic monitoring tool that helps to gauge patient's fluid status and cardiac function, esp. Right ventricle
What is Central Venous Pressure?
Drug that is used for treatment of DI
What is DDAVP?
Life-threatening obstructive respiratory disorder often presented with chest pain and dyspnea
What is Pulmonary Embolism?
Type of shock characterized by narrow pulse pressure, distended neck veins, and muffled heart tones.
What is Cardiac Tamponade?
Neuro device that helps to monitor ICP and drain CSF
What is EVD?
Fall in systolic BP during inspiration that's typically strong indicator of some sort of obstructive shock
What is Pulsus Paradoxus?
Name of a group of broad spectrum antibiotics that are prescribed for both gram + and gram - bacteria
What is Cephalosporins?