Chapter 17-21 Flashcards
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3 major electrolytes our bodies need to function properly:
sodium Na
potassium K
chloride Cl
potassium imbalance can cause:
muscle twitching and irregular heartbeat
human body is mostly water consisting of:
60% of body weight is fluid
Other electrolytes:
magnesium
calcium
zinc
bicarbonate
phosphate
sulphate
2/3 of our body fluids are found:
within body cells (intracellular)
remainder of 1/3 of our body fluids found:
inside blood vessels (intravascular) and spaces between cells (ingerstitial)
electrolyes assist in transporting nutrients to and from cells within the body play a role in:
muscle & nerve function
The body fluid balance, and electrolyte composition are primarily maintained by the:
Respiratory system
gastrointesinal system
Circulatory system
renal system
integumentary system
doctors will order IV fluid in the following situations:
-The patient is unable to take fluids by mouth
-The patient has an abnormal loss of body fluids, such as from severe, vomiting or diarrhoea
-The patient is injured or has life-threatening conditions
-The patient has had major surgery
-The patient requires medication that can be given only intravenously
-The patient requires prophylactic antibiotics while undergoing surgical are invasive diagnostic procedures
-to restore the bodies acid base balance
-to restore blood loss by haemorrhage
-To stabilize patient with a bleeding disorder, such as haemophiliac
-To correct dehydration by restoring the bodies, water electrolytes in So on
-To provide nutrition when the patients gastrointestinal track is resting
ive equipment that contains solution for iv therapy?
IV bag (largest bag is 1000cc or ml)
to start an iv ——— needs to be inserted into a pt’s vein:
IV or catheter
a plastic tube usually attached to the puncturing needle, inserted into a blood vessel for infusion, injection or pressure monitoring, is called:
angiocatheter (angiocath)
farthest part from the body
distal
distal end of catheter has an adapter that attaches to tubing and connected to:
IV bag or solution
Device used to start an IV in smaller peripheral veins for short term IVs, and when fragile veins make insertion of a larger intra-catheter difficult;
butterfly
disadvantage of butterfly needle:
Can easily slip a ravine, and allow IV solution to seep into the surrounding interstitial tissues
Device used to deliver long term IV therapy ranging from weeks to years used for chemotherapy medication, blood or blood products hyper alimentation and monitoring central venous pressure. They’re also use for patients with poor veins to reduce the trauma of repeated IV starts. Increases patient comfort and helps reduce anxiety and patients who must have frequent venous access:
Central venous IV
Small, flexible, plastic tube, the tip of which is placed in the superior or inferior vena cava or the right atrium. It is inserted to a central vein that is one that lives in the chest cavity or that is linked directly to the right atrium the main access veins used, or the internal and external jugular in the sub, clavicle veins Sometimes the femoral vein:
Central venous access device or catheter CVD or CVC
An intravenous catheter that is inserted into a vein. Usually in the upper arm, called a peripheral vein and threaded into a larger be near the heart essential mean it is used with longer-term Ivy therapies needed such as for antibiotics, chemotherapy or total parenteral nutrition:
PICC or peripherally, inserted, central catheter
Complications that can arise from the insertion of a central line include:
development of an air embolism
An arrhythmia
Infection
Perforation of a vessel
components of a Dripset:
-a spiked end that inserts into the IV bag
-a drip chamber, through which you can see the solution dripping as a drains from the bag
-A roller clamp used to adjust the speed of the infusion
-Two or three access port, along the length of the tubing that I used to administer IV meds, or add a second IV line
Includes a length of tubing with a special spiked end used to pierce the port on the IV bag
Mainline IV administration set
Two ports that can accommodate TYV bags that allow the infusion of two separate solutions similtaneously
Y tubing set and blood infusion set
Blood and blood products must always be run with:
Normal Celine