When using a lap pad to remove blood, what is the proper technique? Correct Answer: Dab instead of wipe (wiping removes platelet plugs)
What type of pickups are best for grabbing the skin? Correct Answer: Adson or r
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When using a lap pad to remove blood, what is the proper technique? Correct Answer: Dab instead of wipe (wiping removes platelet plugs)
What type of pickups are best for grabbing the skin? Correct Answer: Adson or rat tooth (those with teeth) (NOT DeBakey)
T/F: Amylase is part of Ranson's criteria Correct Answer: False
What is acholic stool? Correct Answer: Light-colored stool as a result of decreased bile content
What term is used to describe the collapse of alveoli? Correct Answer: Atelectasis
Conjugated bilirubin = _____ bilirubin Correct Answer: Direct
Unconjugated bilirubin = _____ bilirubin Correct Answer: Indirect
Term that describes the failure to pass flatus or stool Correct Answer: Obstipation
Circular (complete circles) folds in the lumen of the *small* intesine Correct Answer: Plicae circulares
Folds (semicircular) into the lumen of the *large* intestine Correct Answer: Plicae semilunares
Barrett's esophagus is characterized by ________ metaplasia of the distal esophagus Correct Answer: Columnar
Ecchymosis over the mastoid process in patients with basilar skull fractures is known as: Correct Answer: Battle's sign
What is Beck's triad? Correct Answer: Seen in pts w/ cardiac tamponade
Increased JVD
Muffled heart sounds
Hypotension
What is Bergman's triad? Correct Answer: Seen in pts w/ fat emboli syndrome
Mental status changes
Petechiae (often in axilla or thorax)
Dyspnea
What does Blumer's shelf refer to? Correct Answer: Metastatic disease to the rectouterine (pouch of Douglas) or rectovesical pouch creating a "shelf" that is palpable on rectal exam
Right subscapular pain resulting from cholelithia
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