MED SURG 1 EXAM 2, PT 2.
(from review)
• Example of infectious reservoir
• Insect
• Highest risk for infections?
• 90 year old
• Example of localized infection
• Redness
• Hospital acquired surgical infection common cause?
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Soap & water kills?
• C. Diff
• Red man syndrome?
• Vancomycin
• Precautions when dealing with splattering body fluids?
• Face shield
• Indirect transmission example?
• Infected person touches an object another person goes behind them and touches
that same object after them.
• What orders to prioritize first if you have a bunch of orders to do for an infected patient?
• Always collect cultures before administering antibiotics
• WBC count with a patient who has an infection
• WBC count will be high because it’s trying to fight off the infection
, • Describe the process with transporting an infected patient
• Make sure patient always has a mask on to prevent infection spread
• Standard Precautions:
• wear gloves, wash hands, act as if all patients are infected
• Infections that require airborne precautions?
• TB, chicken pox, measles
• Infections that require droplet precautions?
• Influenza, mumps, pertussis
• Infections that require contact precautions.
• MRSA, staph, c.diff, scabies, impetigo
• Describe a positive antibody test?
• Exposed to an infection at some point and you have a positive immunity to it
• Viral infections examples
• Rubella, smallpox, influenza, shingles, measles
• What are somethings that put people at risk for infection?
• age, HIV, aids, medications, chemo, corticosteroids
• Vital signs for shock?
• increased heart rate Ex: 120
• Treatment for anaphylactic shock?
• Epinephrine, Trendelenburg position.
• What causes tachypnea in shock?
• Decreased tissue perfusion
(from review)
• Example of infectious reservoir
• Insect
• Highest risk for infections?
• 90 year old
• Example of localized infection
• Redness
• Hospital acquired surgical infection common cause?
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Soap & water kills?
• C. Diff
• Red man syndrome?
• Vancomycin
• Precautions when dealing with splattering body fluids?
• Face shield
• Indirect transmission example?
• Infected person touches an object another person goes behind them and touches
that same object after them.
• What orders to prioritize first if you have a bunch of orders to do for an infected patient?
• Always collect cultures before administering antibiotics
• WBC count with a patient who has an infection
• WBC count will be high because it’s trying to fight off the infection
, • Describe the process with transporting an infected patient
• Make sure patient always has a mask on to prevent infection spread
• Standard Precautions:
• wear gloves, wash hands, act as if all patients are infected
• Infections that require airborne precautions?
• TB, chicken pox, measles
• Infections that require droplet precautions?
• Influenza, mumps, pertussis
• Infections that require contact precautions.
• MRSA, staph, c.diff, scabies, impetigo
• Describe a positive antibody test?
• Exposed to an infection at some point and you have a positive immunity to it
• Viral infections examples
• Rubella, smallpox, influenza, shingles, measles
• What are somethings that put people at risk for infection?
• age, HIV, aids, medications, chemo, corticosteroids
• Vital signs for shock?
• increased heart rate Ex: 120
• Treatment for anaphylactic shock?
• Epinephrine, Trendelenburg position.
• What causes tachypnea in shock?
• Decreased tissue perfusion
