HEMODIALYSIS PROCEDURES AND COMPLICATIONS QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Tuberculosis (TB) - an infectious disease that spreads from person to person on airborne droplets Dialysate helps: (list 2) - 1. Remove waste from the pts blood 2. Replaced needed substances (such as bicarbonate, to maintain acid-base balance) Extracorporeal circuit includes: (list 5) - 1. Dialyzer 2. Bloodlines 3. Monitoring lines 4. Heparin line 5. Transducer protectors Air detector alarm: - detects air in bloodline Blood leak detector alarm: - detects blood in the dialysate after the dialyzer If one of the following alarms (air detector, blood leak detector, arterial pressure, venous pressure) goes off what will happen: - 1. Blood pump will stop 2. Venous line clamps 3. Audio alarm will sound 4. Visual alarm will appear If one of the following alarms (conductivity, temperature, ph) goes off what will happen: - 1. Machine will go into bypass mode In bypass mode what happens? - dialysate flow to the dialyzer stops Assessments: After a tx a pt at dry weight should have: - 1. Normal bp 2. No edema 3. No shortness of breath Assessments: After a tx a pt above dry weight may have: - 1. High bp (hypertension) 2. Edema 3. Shortness of breath Assessments: After a tx a pt below dry weight may have: - 1. Low bp (hypotension) 2. Light headedness or dizziness when standing 3. Muscle cramping Edema occurs when: - extra fluid builds up in the pts tissues Radial pulse - at the wrist Brachial pulse - in the crease of the elbow Apical pulse - over the heart, using a stethoscope Pedal pulse - on the foot Sphygmomanometer - blood pressure cuff Adults respiration rates are normal at a rate of about - 12-16 per minute A "pulse-ox" reading of <____% is abnormally low. - less than 90% Normal pulse rate - 60-100bpm