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| Tricyclic Antidepressant Toxicity |
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Your patient presents with dry mouth, blurry vision, has difficulty urinating, or has not been urinating at all; further, they have been constipated and appear confused.
Your assessment reveals a history of depression for which they have been treated by a physician. What do you suspect as the cause? |
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| Tricyclic Antidepressant Toxicity |
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Definition
You encounter a patient whose only history is depression. They are compliant with their meds and have been seeing their treating physician on a regular basis. They called because they are experiencing hallucinations, running a high fever and their heart is racing. Further, they have had one or more seizures.
Monitor reveals they have a dysrhythmia, their BP is abnormally low and respirations are 8. what do you suspect? |
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Term
Sodium Bicarbonate
Raising the pH level and creating a more alkaline state will cause the tricyclic level to drop off, subsequently correcting dysrhythmias and other symptoms. |
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| You are treating a patient you strongly suspect is suffering from Tricyclic Antidepressant Toxicity. What drug will you administer and why? |
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| You encounter a patient who presents with nausea, weakness, fatigue, fever, night sweats and productive cough who additionally complains that they have recently lost a concerning amount of weight. While you are assessing the patient, you note Levine's sign and see that there are traces of blood in the corners of their mouth and on the tissue they are using to stifle their coughing. What do you suspect is wrong with this patient? |
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Term
Tuberculosis
N95 Respirator |
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Definition
| You respond to a call for a patient with productive cough, weakness, fever, night sweats and chest pain. Upon assessment, you notice some dried blood in the corner of the patient's mouth and sores on the patient's legs. What do you suspect and what critical component of your BSI arsenal do you want to employ? |
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Definition
What class of pathogen causes Tuberculosis?
(viral or bacterial?) |
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Term
| Inhalation of microscopic airborne droplets from a person with active TB. |
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Definition
| How is Tuberculosis typically transmitted? |
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Definition
| What disease involves rapid weight loss that initially gave rise to it's original name "consumption"? |
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You respond for a patient who is complaining of an upset stomach with "bad pain" they indicate is in the upper quadrants. They state they have been vomiting and are worried that it appears bloody, and upon further questioning, the reveal that their bowel movements are unusually dark (black) and tarry.
Your assessment reveals that they are tachycardic with otherwise normal vitals. What do you suspect is the issue here? |
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| What structure is considered the dividing line between the upper and lower GI system? |
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| What is the #1 cause of ulcers in the United States? |
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| What sign will tip you off to upper GI bleeding, particularly if the patient reveals a history of ulcer, alcoholism or chronic ingestion of aspirin? |
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Term
| Upper Respiratory Infection |
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Definition
| You encounter a patient who called because they have no way to the hospital and are experiencing fever, chills, myalgias (muscle pains) with associated fatigue. What do you suspect is wrong with them? |
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| You encounter a patient on the street who is exhibiting significant tremors in his hands and eyelids and states that he has been vomiting, feels weak all over, has a headache and is "ready to crawl out of his skin". Your primary assessment reveals that he is diaphoretic, tachycardic and that his BP drops significantly when he stands up. Further, as you investigate his history, you discover he hasn't been sleeping and is worried because he has been experiencing hallucinations "since he quit drinking." What do you suspect is wrong with this person? |
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| Resp 30-60, Heart Rate 100-180, Syst BP 60-90 |
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Definition
| What are considered to be the normal vitals for a newborn baby? |
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| Resp 30-60, Heart Rate 100-160, Syst BP 87-105 |
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Definition
| What are considered to be the normal vitals for an infant (up to 1 year)? |
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| Resp 24-40, Heart Rate 80-110, Syst BP 95-105 |
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| What are considered to be normal vitals for a Toddler (aged 1-3)? |
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| Resp 22-34, Heart Rate 70-110, Syst BP 95-110 |
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| What are considered to be the normal vitals for a Preschool aged child (3-5)? |
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| Resp 18-30, Heart Rate 65-110, Syst BP 97-112 |
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| What are considered to be the normal vitals for a school aged child (6-12)? |
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| Resp 12-26, Heart Rate 60-90, Syst BP 112-128 |
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Definition
| What are considered to be the normal vitals for an adolescent (aged 13-18)? |
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Term
| Resp 12-20, Heart Rate 60-100, BP 120/80 |
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Definition
| What are considered to be the normal vitals for an adult? |
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Term
| Activity (muscle tone), Pulse, Grimace (Reflex irritability), Appearance (skin color), Respirations |
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| What do the letters in the acronym "APGAR" stand for? |
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| At what interval are the APGAR assesments done following birth? |
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1. General Impression
2. C-spine consideration / control
3. Assessment of baseline vitals
4. ABCs (or more appropriately: CABs)
5. Determination of Priorities |
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| What are the 5 components of the initial impression? |
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| What principle is key in the way we evaluate blood's oxygenation in the body? |
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1. Air must be 21% and at proper Torr pressure
2. Ventilation must occur
3. Pulmonary respiration and alveolar gas exchange
4. Transport of oxygenated blood by the circulatory system.
5. Cellular respiration: exchange of O2 / CO2 in the cells |
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| Name the five components necessary for adequate respirations to occur? |
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