Certification Prep Overview
TNCC Primary Survey
ABCDE - ANS ✔✔Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Exposure
TNCC Secondary Survey
FGHI - ANS ✔✔Full VS/Family
Get adjuncts (labs, monitor, pain, NG, etc.)
Head to toe/History
Inspect posterior
MAP Formula - ANS ✔✔systolic + (2 x diastolic) / 3
Pulse pressure - ANS ✔✔systolic - diastolic pressure
Early sign of septic shock - ANS ✔✔Widened pulse pressure
Early sign of hypovolemic shock - ANS ✔✔Narrowing pulse pressure
Weak peripheral pulses with strong central pulses - ANS ✔✔Shock states
, Acceptable systolic for children < 10 - ANS ✔✔70mm Hg + (age x 2)
Nursing process - ANS ✔✔Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
CABC - ANS ✔✔Take care of any significant uncontrolled external bleeding before airway!
Neutropenic patients - ANS ✔✔Fever = medical emergency
Do not put in waiting room
Oncology patients
Posterior EKG leads - ANS ✔✔V7, V8, V9
Right-sided EKG leads - ANS ✔✔
Right ventricular infarction triad - ANS ✔✔Hypotension, clear lungs, JVD
Beck's triad - ANS ✔✔Cardiac tamponade
Hypotension, muffled heart sounds, JVD
Hs & Ts of cardiac arrest - ANS ✔✔Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hypo/hyperkalemia, Hypothermia,
Hydrogen ions (acidosis), Hypoglycemia
Thrombosis, Tension pneumo, Tamponade, Tablets/Toxins, Trauma