FP-C/CFRN FLASH CARDS
We don’t promise that every answer is entirely
correct
Original November 2006
Chris Coughlin CEP, FP-C
Revised February 2007
Orchid Lopez RN, CFRN, FP-C, NREMT-P
National Clinical Educator
FOR PHI INTERNAL USE ONLY
Kehr’s: referred left should pain- possible
splenic injury or ectopic pregnancy
Kernig’s: back, leg pain on knee extension-
Kehr’s sign possible bacterial meningitis
Kernig’s sign Brudzinski’s: back, leg pain on neck flexion-
Brudzinski’s sign possible bacterial meningitis or
Hamman’s sign subarachnoid bleed
Hamman’s: crunching sound heard with
auscultation over the anterior chest
synchronized with heart beat –
tracheobronchial injury
Steeple: possible croup
(laryngotracheobronchitis)
On X-ray: A/P neck view
Steeple sign
Thumbprint Thumbprint: possible
epiglottitis
lateral neck view
, pCO2 high = pH low (acidosis)
pCO2 low = pH high (alkalosis)
pH low = HCO3 low (acidosis)
pH high = HCO3 high (alkalosis)
ABG Values
pCO2 = 35 – 45 Respiratory
pH = 7.35 – 7.45 Metabolic
HCO3 = 22 – 26 Metabolic
Drugs for AAA Nipride and Beta- blockers
First adjustment on ventilator TV first, not rate
, Trauma
1. most common dislocation 1. hip
2. most common spontaneous 2. anterior shoulder
Recurrence
Heart failure marker that
measures BNP released by an
over-distension of the heart
brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)
Below 100 = normal
Above 500-700 = heart failure
2000 hours
Rotor wing pilot required hours 1000 PIC
100 hrs at night
, “Bottle to Throttle” time At least 8 hours
Measures: preload (right atrial
pressure)
Norm: 2-6 mmHg
CVP: Port: proximal port
Measures?
Normal? Catheter placement outside line
Which port? markers:
RA/CVP = 25 – 30 cm
RV = 35 – 45 cm
PA = 50 – 55 cm
Central: greater motor weakness in
UE than LE with varying degrees of
sensory loss
Brown: ipsilateral loss of motor,
Central Cord Syndrome position and vibration sense;
Brown Sequard contralateral loss of pain and
temperature perception
Anterior Cord
Autonomic Dysreflexia Anterior: complete motor, pain and
temperature loss below the lesion
Autonomic: urinary retention, massive
increase in sympathetic tone which
can cause HTN, treated by insertion of
We don’t promise that every answer is entirely
correct
Original November 2006
Chris Coughlin CEP, FP-C
Revised February 2007
Orchid Lopez RN, CFRN, FP-C, NREMT-P
National Clinical Educator
FOR PHI INTERNAL USE ONLY
Kehr’s: referred left should pain- possible
splenic injury or ectopic pregnancy
Kernig’s: back, leg pain on knee extension-
Kehr’s sign possible bacterial meningitis
Kernig’s sign Brudzinski’s: back, leg pain on neck flexion-
Brudzinski’s sign possible bacterial meningitis or
Hamman’s sign subarachnoid bleed
Hamman’s: crunching sound heard with
auscultation over the anterior chest
synchronized with heart beat –
tracheobronchial injury
Steeple: possible croup
(laryngotracheobronchitis)
On X-ray: A/P neck view
Steeple sign
Thumbprint Thumbprint: possible
epiglottitis
lateral neck view
, pCO2 high = pH low (acidosis)
pCO2 low = pH high (alkalosis)
pH low = HCO3 low (acidosis)
pH high = HCO3 high (alkalosis)
ABG Values
pCO2 = 35 – 45 Respiratory
pH = 7.35 – 7.45 Metabolic
HCO3 = 22 – 26 Metabolic
Drugs for AAA Nipride and Beta- blockers
First adjustment on ventilator TV first, not rate
, Trauma
1. most common dislocation 1. hip
2. most common spontaneous 2. anterior shoulder
Recurrence
Heart failure marker that
measures BNP released by an
over-distension of the heart
brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)
Below 100 = normal
Above 500-700 = heart failure
2000 hours
Rotor wing pilot required hours 1000 PIC
100 hrs at night
, “Bottle to Throttle” time At least 8 hours
Measures: preload (right atrial
pressure)
Norm: 2-6 mmHg
CVP: Port: proximal port
Measures?
Normal? Catheter placement outside line
Which port? markers:
RA/CVP = 25 – 30 cm
RV = 35 – 45 cm
PA = 50 – 55 cm
Central: greater motor weakness in
UE than LE with varying degrees of
sensory loss
Brown: ipsilateral loss of motor,
Central Cord Syndrome position and vibration sense;
Brown Sequard contralateral loss of pain and
temperature perception
Anterior Cord
Autonomic Dysreflexia Anterior: complete motor, pain and
temperature loss below the lesion
Autonomic: urinary retention, massive
increase in sympathetic tone which
can cause HTN, treated by insertion of
