Respiratory alkalosis - ANSWER high ph, low CO2
Ph: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic
HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic
CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic
Metabolic acidosis - ANSWER low ph, low HCO3
Ph: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic
HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic
CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic
Respiratory acidosis - ANSWER low ph, high CO2
Ph: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic
HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic
CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic
Metabolic alkalosis - ANSWER high ph, high HCO3
Ph: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic
HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic
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, CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic
▪ change in condition make take priority over abcs (ex: post op bleeding is priority over an
O2 Sat% of 90%)
▪ pick the patient that is going to die first - ANSWER Priority questions...something to
consider
CPR, press the code button - ANSWER You walk into your patient's room and they *don't
have a pulse*, what are you going to do?
Bag resuscitation, press the code button - ANSWER You walk into your patient's room and
they are *not breathing but have a pulse*, what are you going to do?
▪ unconscious, pulseless
▪ shock them with the AED! - ANSWER If you walk into a room with a patient that is in
*ventricular fibrillation (v fib)*
▪ How will they present?
▪ What must we do to get them out of that state?
▪ make them bear down (valsalva maneuver)
▪ make them cough (vagal maneuver) - ANSWER If you walk into a room and a patient is
alert and oriented, speaking to you, has a pulse, but their cardiac monitor shows they are in
*ventricular tachycardia*
▪ What are you going to do?
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) - ANSWER Which cardiac rhythm requires the patient
to take *adenosine*?
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Ph: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic
HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic
CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic
Metabolic acidosis - ANSWER low ph, low HCO3
Ph: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic
HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic
CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic
Respiratory acidosis - ANSWER low ph, high CO2
Ph: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic
HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic
CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic
Metabolic alkalosis - ANSWER high ph, high HCO3
Ph: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic
HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic
1
, CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic
▪ change in condition make take priority over abcs (ex: post op bleeding is priority over an
O2 Sat% of 90%)
▪ pick the patient that is going to die first - ANSWER Priority questions...something to
consider
CPR, press the code button - ANSWER You walk into your patient's room and they *don't
have a pulse*, what are you going to do?
Bag resuscitation, press the code button - ANSWER You walk into your patient's room and
they are *not breathing but have a pulse*, what are you going to do?
▪ unconscious, pulseless
▪ shock them with the AED! - ANSWER If you walk into a room with a patient that is in
*ventricular fibrillation (v fib)*
▪ How will they present?
▪ What must we do to get them out of that state?
▪ make them bear down (valsalva maneuver)
▪ make them cough (vagal maneuver) - ANSWER If you walk into a room and a patient is
alert and oriented, speaking to you, has a pulse, but their cardiac monitor shows they are in
*ventricular tachycardia*
▪ What are you going to do?
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) - ANSWER Which cardiac rhythm requires the patient
to take *adenosine*?
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