What does dialysis do? - ANSWERS-Artificially performs the function
of filtering toxins out of the body
Dialysis patients maybe on a short acting ________? - ANSWERS-
Blood thinner on the day of dialysis like heparin
When should surgeries be performed for dialysis patients? - ANSWERS-
On the day OFF dialysis
How do dialysis patient doses differ from patients not on dialysis? -
ANSWERS-Patients with kidney disease cannot clear medications as
fast and will require lower dose than normal
Hepatitis (B,C,D,E) is what type of disease? - ANSWERS-Liver
Anti-emetic means - ANSWERS-Anti- Nausea
medications to administer for motion sickness or dizziness not
associated with anesthetic medications? - ANSWERS-Benadryl or
phenergan
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Medications to administer for motion sickness or dizziness associated
with anesthetic agents - ANSWERS-Zofran or comparing
Symptoms for overdosing on anesthetic - ANSWERS-More talkative
Anxious
disoriented
Possible seizure
Respiratory depression - ANSWERS-Breathing becomes slower and
shallower
Dyspnea - ANSWERS-Difficulty breathing
Tachpnea - ANSWERS-Fast breathing
Apnea - ANSWERS-No breathing
What do you do if your patient is vomiting? - ANSWERS-
Trendelenberg
Turn patient on their right side
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Why is it important to not turn the patient on their left side when
vomiting? - ANSWERS-The left stem bronchus branches are off at an
acute angle; vomit cannot reach it; essentially you are saving the left
lung
How do you recognize a bronchospasm? - ANSWERS-Difficulty with
expiration and wheezing
Bronchospasm is classified as what disorder? - ANSWERS-Obstruction
disorder
What is bronchitis? - ANSWERS-Acute inflammation of the mucous
membranes of the bronchial tubes
Treatment for acute bronchitis - ANSWERS-Nebulizer
Inhalers
Antibiotics
Name the 4 valves in the heart - ANSWERS-Tricuspid valve
Aortic Valve
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Mitral Valve
pulmonic Valve
Where is the Tricuspid valve located? - ANSWERS-Between the right
atrium and right ventricle
Where is the Mitral valve located? - ANSWERS-Between the left atrium
and the left ventricle
Where is the Aortic valve located? - ANSWERS-Between the aorta and
the heart's left ventricle
Where is the pulmonic valve located? - ANSWERS-Between the" right
ventricle and the pulmonary artery
What is the function of valves in the heart? - ANSWERS-To prevent the
backflow of blood
When you listen to a normal heart beat through a stethoscope what
sound does it make, and what causes this sound? - ANSWERS-Lub-dub;
caused by the aortic and pulmonic valves closing
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