SCRIBEAMERICA ED ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET
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✔✔TTP - ✔✔Tender to palpation
✔✔Lymphadenopathy - ✔✔Swollen lymph nodes
✔✔CBC - ✔✔Complete blood count: WBCs, Hgb, Hct, Plt (platelets)
✔✔Differential - ✔✔CBC with diff: CBC, bands, segs, lymphs, monos, eos (eosinophils)
✔✔BMP - ✔✔Basic metabolic panel: Na, K, BUN (blood urea nitrogen), creat, gluc,
HCO3-, Cl-
✔✔CMP - ✔✔Comprehensive metabolic panel: BMP + T prot/alb (total protein/albumin),
T bili (total bilirubin), LFTs
✔✔LFTs - ✔✔Liver function tests
✔✔What do the LFTs include? - ✔✔AST (Aspartate transaminase), ALT (Alanine
transaminase), Alk Phos (Alkaline phosphatase)
✔✔CEP - ✔✔Cardiac enzyme panel
✔✔What does the CEP include? - ✔✔Trop (Troponin), CK (creatine kinase), CK-MB
(CK-Muscle breakdown), CK-RI (CK Relative index), Myo (myoglobin)
✔✔D-Dimer - ✔✔Negative = r/o PE
✔✔BNP - ✔✔B-type natriuretic peptide, high level indicates CHF
✔✔ABG - ✔✔Arterial blood gas
, ✔✔VBG - ✔✔Venous blood gas
✔✔What is the cardiac order set? - ✔✔CBC, BMP, CK, CK-MB, Troponin, EKG, CXR
✔✔CSF Analysis - ✔✔Cerebrospinal fluid analysis, 4 tubes collected
✔✔What is included in the CSF analysis? - ✔✔CSF Gluc, CSF Prot, CSF RBC, CSF
WBC, CSF Gram Stain (bacteria)
✔✔Coags - ✔✔Coagulation studies, coumadin level
✔✔What is included in coags? - ✔✔PT (prothrombin time), INR (international
normalized ratio), PTT (partial thromboplastin time)
✔✔What is a normal INR? - ✔✔Normal INR = 1.0, normal INR on blood thinners = 2-3.
Otherwise >3 = supratherapeutic (too much coumadin), <2 =subtherapeutic (not enough
coumadin)
✔✔What does an RSV test for? - ✔✔RSV = respiratory syncytial virus. Could be a cold
or bronchitis.
✔✔What lab would you order to test for strep throat? - ✔✔Rapid Strep Test (Strep)
✔✔What lab would you order to test for mononucleosis? - ✔✔Monospot
✔✔What are the thyroid labs? - ✔✔TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone), T3, T4
✔✔How would you test for inflammation? - ✔✔CRP (C-reactive protein), ESR or Sed
rate (erythrocyte sedimentation rate)
✔✔How would you tell if a patient is pregnant? - ✔✔urine HCG or serum HCG Qual
✔✔How could you tell how far along a pt is in pregnancy? - ✔✔Serum HCG Quant
✔✔How will you decide if a pt needs a RhoGAM shot? - ✔✔T+S/ABORh (Type and
screen / blood type)
✔✔Which lab tests for gonorrhea? - ✔✔GC
✔✔Which lab tests for chlamydia? - ✔✔CT (chlamydia trachomatis)
✔✔What is a gential Cx? - ✔✔Genital culture. Positive growth = bacteria
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✔✔TTP - ✔✔Tender to palpation
✔✔Lymphadenopathy - ✔✔Swollen lymph nodes
✔✔CBC - ✔✔Complete blood count: WBCs, Hgb, Hct, Plt (platelets)
✔✔Differential - ✔✔CBC with diff: CBC, bands, segs, lymphs, monos, eos (eosinophils)
✔✔BMP - ✔✔Basic metabolic panel: Na, K, BUN (blood urea nitrogen), creat, gluc,
HCO3-, Cl-
✔✔CMP - ✔✔Comprehensive metabolic panel: BMP + T prot/alb (total protein/albumin),
T bili (total bilirubin), LFTs
✔✔LFTs - ✔✔Liver function tests
✔✔What do the LFTs include? - ✔✔AST (Aspartate transaminase), ALT (Alanine
transaminase), Alk Phos (Alkaline phosphatase)
✔✔CEP - ✔✔Cardiac enzyme panel
✔✔What does the CEP include? - ✔✔Trop (Troponin), CK (creatine kinase), CK-MB
(CK-Muscle breakdown), CK-RI (CK Relative index), Myo (myoglobin)
✔✔D-Dimer - ✔✔Negative = r/o PE
✔✔BNP - ✔✔B-type natriuretic peptide, high level indicates CHF
✔✔ABG - ✔✔Arterial blood gas
, ✔✔VBG - ✔✔Venous blood gas
✔✔What is the cardiac order set? - ✔✔CBC, BMP, CK, CK-MB, Troponin, EKG, CXR
✔✔CSF Analysis - ✔✔Cerebrospinal fluid analysis, 4 tubes collected
✔✔What is included in the CSF analysis? - ✔✔CSF Gluc, CSF Prot, CSF RBC, CSF
WBC, CSF Gram Stain (bacteria)
✔✔Coags - ✔✔Coagulation studies, coumadin level
✔✔What is included in coags? - ✔✔PT (prothrombin time), INR (international
normalized ratio), PTT (partial thromboplastin time)
✔✔What is a normal INR? - ✔✔Normal INR = 1.0, normal INR on blood thinners = 2-3.
Otherwise >3 = supratherapeutic (too much coumadin), <2 =subtherapeutic (not enough
coumadin)
✔✔What does an RSV test for? - ✔✔RSV = respiratory syncytial virus. Could be a cold
or bronchitis.
✔✔What lab would you order to test for strep throat? - ✔✔Rapid Strep Test (Strep)
✔✔What lab would you order to test for mononucleosis? - ✔✔Monospot
✔✔What are the thyroid labs? - ✔✔TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone), T3, T4
✔✔How would you test for inflammation? - ✔✔CRP (C-reactive protein), ESR or Sed
rate (erythrocyte sedimentation rate)
✔✔How would you tell if a patient is pregnant? - ✔✔urine HCG or serum HCG Qual
✔✔How could you tell how far along a pt is in pregnancy? - ✔✔Serum HCG Quant
✔✔How will you decide if a pt needs a RhoGAM shot? - ✔✔T+S/ABORh (Type and
screen / blood type)
✔✔Which lab tests for gonorrhea? - ✔✔GC
✔✔Which lab tests for chlamydia? - ✔✔CT (chlamydia trachomatis)
✔✔What is a gential Cx? - ✔✔Genital culture. Positive growth = bacteria
