Cumulative Review Flashcards
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MedSurg: Class I - IV (colored tags)
Penetrating head wound/Agonal breathing = black
Red = MI, chest wound
Yellow = fracture
Green = abrasion
Electroencephalogram Preparation
Wash hair
NOT NPO
Glasgow Coma Scale
15 ↑ = good
7 ↓ = bad (coma)
Motor = 6 pts
Eye spontaneous = 4 pts
Verbal = 5 pts
Meningitis - HiB vaccine is for which 3 people?
Common cause of bacterial meningitis
College kids
Diabetes Insipidus
SIADH
S/S Diabetes Insipidus
TX
Dilute (↓SG) polyuria with concentrated blood (↑ HH)
Replacement of nutrients
S/S SIADH
Controlled by what?
TX
Oliguia r/in retaining fluid. Hypervolemia and low sodium concentration (↓ Na)
Posterior pituitary
Fluid restriction, Oral Demeclocycline, and ↓ Na TX
FX Parkinsons
SFX Anti-Parkinson medications (Levodopa & Carbidopa, why together?)
↓ Dopamine, ↑ ACTh*
Shuffling gait
Abnormal movement
Tremors
Together r/in smaller dose needed
Medication for: Alzheimers
Donepezil - helps w/ short term memory loss
MS…?
Relapsing, remitting
2 S/S ALS (Lou Gehrig Disease)
Respiratory failure
Progressive weakness from bottom up
DX: Myastenia Gravis
ANTIDOTE:
C/B:
Tensilon/Edrophonium test
Atropine
↓ ACTh
Tensilon/Edrophonium Test
DX for:
Give tensilon to a pt experiencing Myastenia Gravis, if it gets worse (+), give atropine.
Cholinergic Crisis
FX: Atropine
TX Bradycardia and cholinergic FX
2 Medications for: Migraines
FX:
4 ADFX:
Sumatriptan (Imitrex)
Ergotamine
Vasoconstricts, r/in ↓blood flow to brain
N/V, headaches , photo phobia, aura
TX: Retinal Detachment
Is it painful?
Curtain over eyes
NOPE
2 Medications for: ↑ Increased Intra-ocular Pressure
Mannitol andAcetylzolamide
FX: Macular Degeneration
2 EDUCATION:
Loss of central vision*
No cure
Part of aging (common ↑ 60 y/o)
S/S: Open vs. Closed Glaucoma
Open = common, loss of periphery w/ mild pain Closed = SUDDEN OUCH (ICP ↑ 21 mm Hg)... results in severe pain* & Halo's around lights*.
4 Medications for: Open/Closed Glaucoma
1 EDUCATION:
TAMP
Timolol
Acetylzolamid
Mannitol
Pylocarpine
Wait 15 min between drops
3 S/S Meniere’s disease
2 Classes/Medications for:
Tinnitus, Vertigo, and Unilateral hearing loss
Anticholinergic and Antihistamine
Meclizine and Diphenhydramine
Purpose of TX: Head injury Positioning Avoid Maintain Medication used:
↓ ICP Semi-Fowlers 30º, head midline Flexion, extension, rotation O2 levels (↓CO2 r/in ↑ICP)* = BAD Pentobarbital
FX: Pentobarbital
Induce a coma which ↓ the metabolic demands of the body
FX: Stroke, LEFT vs. RIGHT
Who does swallow eval?
2 S/S Right sided to note.
Left = speech, math, analytical, reading & writing* Right = visual/spacial awareness, walking, impulse control*
It’s speech, no matter what.
Over estimating abilities, emotional stuff.
Key S/S Hypoglycemia
↓ LoC