100% CORRECT WELL DETAILED ANSWERS|LATEST
CORRECT = 100
100
INCORRECT=0
STUDY MATERIALS.......DESIGNED TO HELP YOU SUCCEED
SPOTLIGHT 1
1
, AND 100% CORRECT WELL DETAILED ANSWERS|LATEST
UPDATE!!!!!!2026|GUARANTEED PASS|GRADED
Concept:
• ABGs (identifying & cause) -
ANSWER •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Rule of the B's: If the ____ and the _____ are ______ in the same direction then it is
meta_____ - ANSWER pH, Bicarb, Both, Bolic
Compensated v.s. Partially Compensated - ANSWER COMPENSATED: pH will be
within the normal range (body has corrected the problem)
PARTIALLY COMPENSATED: pH is not normal. Look at the system that is supposed to fix the
problem (if you have a respiratory problem, the metabolic system will try to compensate and
vice versa) and see if it is abnormal, which means it is trying to compensate
• If YES, then you have PARTIAL compensation
• If NO, then you have UNCOMPENSATION
As the _______ goes, so goes _______ except for _______ - ANSWER pH, my
patient, potassium
Up (alkalosis) - ANSWER Hyperkalemia, Hypertension, Tachycardia, Tachypnea,
Diarrhea, Seizures, Irritability, Spastic, Tentany, Borborygme, Hyperreflexia, etc.
2
, Down (acid) - ANSWER Hyperkalemia, Hypotension, Bradycardia, Bradypnea,
Constipation, Coma, - Arrest, Lethargic, Absent bowel sounds, Flacid, etc.
MAC Kussmaul - ANSWER The only acid base to cause Kussmaul respirations is
Metabolic ACidosis
(Note: does not follow rule as it is not a symptom but a compensation mechanism.)
Causes of acid-base imbalances: First ask yourself, "Is it _______?" If yes, then it's _______.
Then ask yourself: "Are they _______ or _______. If _______, pick _______. If _______, pick
_______ - ANSWER lung = respiratory
overventilating or underventilating
overventilating = alkalosis
underventilating = acidosis
(Note: generally respiration rate does not correlate to ventilation but SaO2 DOES.)
Causes of acid-base imbalances: If it's not lung, then it's _______.
If the patient has _______ _______ vomiting or suction, pick _______.
For everything else that isn't lung, pick _______ _______.
When you don't know what to pick, choose ______ ______. - ANSWER not lungs =
metabolic
prolonged gastric vomiting or suction = alkalosis
3
CORRECT = 100
100
INCORRECT=0
STUDY MATERIALS.......DESIGNED TO HELP YOU SUCCEED
SPOTLIGHT 1
1
, AND 100% CORRECT WELL DETAILED ANSWERS|LATEST
UPDATE!!!!!!2026|GUARANTEED PASS|GRADED
Concept:
• ABGs (identifying & cause) -
ANSWER •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Rule of the B's: If the ____ and the _____ are ______ in the same direction then it is
meta_____ - ANSWER pH, Bicarb, Both, Bolic
Compensated v.s. Partially Compensated - ANSWER COMPENSATED: pH will be
within the normal range (body has corrected the problem)
PARTIALLY COMPENSATED: pH is not normal. Look at the system that is supposed to fix the
problem (if you have a respiratory problem, the metabolic system will try to compensate and
vice versa) and see if it is abnormal, which means it is trying to compensate
• If YES, then you have PARTIAL compensation
• If NO, then you have UNCOMPENSATION
As the _______ goes, so goes _______ except for _______ - ANSWER pH, my
patient, potassium
Up (alkalosis) - ANSWER Hyperkalemia, Hypertension, Tachycardia, Tachypnea,
Diarrhea, Seizures, Irritability, Spastic, Tentany, Borborygme, Hyperreflexia, etc.
2
, Down (acid) - ANSWER Hyperkalemia, Hypotension, Bradycardia, Bradypnea,
Constipation, Coma, - Arrest, Lethargic, Absent bowel sounds, Flacid, etc.
MAC Kussmaul - ANSWER The only acid base to cause Kussmaul respirations is
Metabolic ACidosis
(Note: does not follow rule as it is not a symptom but a compensation mechanism.)
Causes of acid-base imbalances: First ask yourself, "Is it _______?" If yes, then it's _______.
Then ask yourself: "Are they _______ or _______. If _______, pick _______. If _______, pick
_______ - ANSWER lung = respiratory
overventilating or underventilating
overventilating = alkalosis
underventilating = acidosis
(Note: generally respiration rate does not correlate to ventilation but SaO2 DOES.)
Causes of acid-base imbalances: If it's not lung, then it's _______.
If the patient has _______ _______ vomiting or suction, pick _______.
For everything else that isn't lung, pick _______ _______.
When you don't know what to pick, choose ______ ______. - ANSWER not lungs =
metabolic
prolonged gastric vomiting or suction = alkalosis
3
