SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Bronchodilators - ✔✔A substance that dilates the bronchi in the lungs decreasing
resistance in the respiratory airways
✔✔supplemental oxygen - ✔✔administered when the patient is unable to maintain an
adequate oxygen saturation level in the blood
✔✔corticosteroids - ✔✔A group of hormones, including cortisol, released by the adrenal
glands at times of stress
✔✔Ventilatory Support - ✔✔Assistance provided to maintain adequate breathing
✔✔baseline - ✔✔An individual's normal state of being
✔✔asthma - ✔✔episodes of breathing difficulty due to narrowed or obstructed airways
✔✔nebulizers - ✔✔devices that deliver medication through the nose or mouth in a fine
spray to the respiratory tract
✔✔hypoxic - ✔✔deficient in oxygen
✔✔Ischemic CVA etiology - ✔✔Blockage of the arteries supplying blood to the brain
resulting in permanent brain damage
✔✔hemorrhagic CVA etiology - ✔✔Traumatic or spontaneous rupture of blood vessels
in the head leads to bleeding in the brain
✔✔TIA etiology - ✔✔Vascular changes temporarily deprive a part of the brain of oxygen
(symptoms usually last less than 1 hour)
✔✔transient focal neurological deficit - ✔✔changes in speech, vision, strength, or
sensation
✔✔Meningitis Etiology - ✔✔Inflammation and infection of the meninges; the sac
surrounding the brain and spinal cord
✔✔lumbar puncture (LP) - ✔✔inserting a needle into the lumbar region of the spine in
order to collect spinal fluid, commonly called a "spinal tap"
✔✔AMS - ✔✔altered mental status
, ✔✔AMS etiology - ✔✔Globalized confusion, caused by things that affect the entire
brain. Most common are hypoglycemia, infection, intoxication, and neurological.
✔✔hypoglycemia - ✔✔low blood sugar
✔✔FND - ✔✔focal neurological deficit
✔✔FND vs AMS - ✔✔AMS is generalized and typically caused by things that affect the
whole brain as FND are localized weakness/numbness in one specific area
✔✔Passing out - ✔✔syncope
✔✔Syncope etiology - ✔✔Temporary loss of blood supply to the brain resulting in loss
of consciousness
✔✔Vasovagal - ✔✔sudden faintness from nervous system(pain, stress, trauma)
✔✔LOC - ✔✔loss of consciousness
✔✔Always document what happened... - ✔✔before, during, after and current
✔✔appendicitis etiology - ✔✔Infection of the appendix causes inflammation and
blockage, possibly leading to rupture
✔✔cholelithiasis etiology - ✔✔Minerals from the liver's bile condense to form gallstones
which can irritate, inflame, or obstruct the gallbladder
✔✔Abdominal quadrants - ✔✔epigastric, periumbilical, suprapibic
✔✔epigastric - ✔✔above the stomach
✔✔periumbilical - ✔✔around the belly button
✔✔suprapubic - ✔✔above the pubic bone
✔✔UTI etiology - ✔✔Infection in the urinary tract (bladder or urethra)
✔✔UA - ✔✔urinalysis
✔✔Urinalysis - ✔✔the examination of urine to determine the presence of abnormal
elements
✔✔Pyelonephritis - ✔✔inflammation of the kidney and renal pelvis