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What is the number for poison control? - Answer A 72 y/o female presents with normal pulse oximetry, a headache, drowsiness, nausea, with episodes of emesis. ("flu-like" symptoms). Patient stated she left her car running with the garage closed. Patients CarboxyHgb level is 11. What toxin were they exposed to? How do we treat it? - Answer Carbon monoxide, No color/ no odor**Displaces O2 from Hgb Treated with oxygen 27 y/o female patient presents with slurred speech, unste...

What treatment is used to block pain transmission at the Site Of Injury: - Answer NSAIDS, Ice, Splint What treatment is used to block pain transmission In The Brain, Spinal Cord: - Answer Opiates What treatment is used to block pain transmission in The Peripheral And Spinal Nerves And Topically: - Answer Local Anesthetics What treatment is used to block pain transmission in The Higher Brain: - Answer Massage, Distraction, Anti- depressants, (Sedatives?) Do we like to mix diff...

Can changes in mental status be minimal? - Answer - YES mental status is a spectrum. Changes in mental status do not go from one extreme to another, it can be as subtle as restlessness and confusion acute mental status change - Answer - when a patient has a change from their usual baseline many causes from many systems - neuro: infection, tumor, trauma, CVA, psychiatric - CV/pulm: MI, PE, hypotension - systemic (changes in fluid and electrolytes): hypoglycemia, hyponatremia, ammoni...

two parts of the nervous system are the - Answer Central and peripheral Peripheral nervous system has how many nerves - Answer 12 pairs of cranial nerves, 31 pairs of spinal nerves and all of their branches Frontal lobe is responsible for - Answer personality, behavior, emotions, intellectual function 65 y/o male has a change in personality and ability to understand. Cries easily and becomes angry which lobe is responsible for this - Answer frontal lobe the hypothalamus funct...

SA node - Answer The electrical pacemaker of the heart AV node - Answer relays electrical impulses from atria into ventricles What part of the PQRS represents atrial depolarization? - Answer P wave What is that standard PR interval? - Answer 0.12-0.20 How long is the standard QRS complex? - Answer 0.08-0.10 What concerns us with arrhythmia? - Answer We are concerned with their effect on the heart as a pump. Arrhythmias can mean the heart is beating too fast or slow for...

The physician has ordered a solumedrol infusion for a pt with a spinal cord injury. Solumedrol has been shown to be effective in: A. decreasing cerebral edema B. preventing stress ulcers C. decreasing spinal injury spasticity D. improving motor and sensory functioning - Answer D. improving motor and sensory functioning Solumedrol is given within the first 8 hours of injury A pt with a T6 injury 3 months ago develops facial flushing and a BP of 210/106. After elevating the HOB, which ...

All cardiovascular problems can be related to any of 3 things... - Answer - Pipes (afterload) - Pump (contractility) - Fluid (preload) What does the pulmonary artery catheter (Swan-Ganz) do? - Answer Gives a direct measurement of right side cardiac functions and reflects left heart function through the use of PCWP measurements. - aka: gives you L side heart information through the R side of the heart. Central venous pressure (CVP) should be between... (number range) - Answer 3-1...

In the neonate, what physiological process causes the closure of the ductus arteriosus? - Answer It closes within the first 2 days and sometimes 2-3 weeks. If it doesn't close by discharge, you'll need an echo. If hole is big enough, it'll cause perfusion issues due to blood just being circulated within the heart. What expected vascular change causes a patient's blood pressure to decrease in Pregnancy? - Answer Vasodilation happens due to hormones (progesterone>cause blood ...

What is the overall purpose of the immune system? - Answer To distinguish "self" from "nonself" How does the body know "the self"? - Answer WBCs tell us What are the 3 main problems that can occur to the immune system? (And give examples) - Answer Immune system doesn't work (AIDS/Chemo/Radiation - Immunosuppressed pts) Autoimmune diseases (T1DM, RA, MS - Immune system attacks itself) Immune system goes overboard (Anaphylaxis) Who is considered immunosupp...