Concert Exam Acronyms #2

Question 1

PEA and Asystole causes

Answer 1

MATCHED
M - MI
A - ACIDOSIS
T - TENSION PTX / TAMPONADE
C - CHF / COLD
H - HYPOVOLEMIA / HYPER-HYPOKALEMIA
E - EMOBLUS (PE) 
D - DRUGS

Question 2

Causes of AFIB / Flutter

Answer 2

HEART Pill
H - Hypertension
E - Embolus (PE)
A - Alcohol
R - Rheumatic Hears
T - Thyrotoxicosis
P - Pericarditis 
I - Ischemia (MI) 
L - Large atria
L - Lung disease (pneumonia, sarcoid

Question 3

Things not absorbed by Charcoal

Answer 3

M - Metals
A - Alcohols
I - Iron
L - Lithium

Question 4

Things that need Hemodialysis

Answer 4

S - Salycilates
T - Theophyline
U - Uremia
M - Methanol
B - Barbituates
L - Lithium
E = Ethelene Glycol

Question 5

AG Acifosis

Answer 5

M - Methanol, Metformin
U - uremia
D - DKA
P - paraldehyde
I Iron,INH
L - Lactic acidosis (Cyanide, CO)
E - Ethelyne glycol
S - salicylates

Question 6

Osmolar Gap

Answer 6

A  - acetone
D - DKA
I - Isopropal
M2 - Methanol, mannitol
E2 - ethanol, ethelene glycol