Rasmussen - MDC III - Final Exam With complete solution RATED A+ NEWEST

Rasmussen - MDC III - Final Exam With complete
solu on RATED A+ NEWEST

respiratory alkalosis - Ans high pH, low CO2




pH: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic

HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic

CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic



metabolic acidosis - Ans low pH, low HCO3



pH: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic

HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic

CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic



respiratory acidosis - Ans low pH, high CO2



pH: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic

HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic

CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic



metabolic alkalosis - Ans high pH, high HCO3



pH: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic

, HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic

CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic



▪ change in condi%on make take priority over ABCs (ex: post op bleeding is priority over an O2
Sat% of 90%)

▪ pick the pa%ent that is going to die first - Ans Priority ques%ons...something to consider



CPR, press the code bu5on - Ans You walk into your pa%ent's room and they *don't have a
pulse*, what are you going to do?



bag resuscita%on, press the code bu5on - Ans You walk into your pa%ent's room and they are
*not breathing but have a pulse*, what are you going to do?



▪ unconscious, pulseless

▪ shock them with the AED! - Ans If you walk into a room with a pa%ent that is in *ventricular
fibrilla%on (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) - Ans If you walk into a room and a pa%ent 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?