AIR METHODS CRITICAL CARE COMPREHENSIVE LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Primary cause of preterm labor - ✔✔Infection
✔✔Terbutaline contradictions - ✔✔-IDDM
- Maternal HR over 120
- vaginal bleeding
✔✔Pregnancy induced Hypertension triad signs - ✔✔HTN
Edema
proteinuria
✔✔Pediatric ETT cuff vs uncuffed - ✔✔Uncuffed tube under 10 years old
✔✔Pediatric needle cric - ✔✔under 11 years old
✔✔pediatric nasal intubation - ✔✔- no one under 12
✔✔Vasoconstrictors (Increase SVR) - ✔✔-Dopamine
-Neo-synephrine
-Epinephrine
-Levophed
✔✔Vasodilators (decrease SVR) - ✔✔- Nitroprusside
- Nicardipine
- High Dose Nitro
- CCB's
- Natrecor
✔✔Vasoconstrictors (increase preload) - ✔✔- dopamine
- neo-synephrine
- epinephrine
- levophed
- fluids
✔✔vasodilators (decrease preload) - ✔✔- morphine
- lasix
- Nitro
✔✔Increase SVR - ✔✔- dopamine
- Neo-synephrine
- epinephrine
- levophed (used for patients in profound hypothermia)
, ✔✔decrease SVR - ✔✔- nitroprusside
- high dose nitroglycerin
- CCB's
- ACE inhibitors
- beta blockers
- dobutrex
- natrector
✔✔Nitroprusside (Nipride) - ✔✔- reduces preload and afterload by dilation
- can cause cyanide toxicity
✔✔Nicardipine (Cardene) - ✔✔- CCB
- reduces afterload
- does not cause cyanide toxicity
✔✔increase preload - ✔✔vasoconstrictors, fluids
- increase SVR
✔✔decrease preload - ✔✔vasodilators
morphine
lasix
nitro
- make cardiac output worse
-decrease SVR
✔✔pH and ETCO2 relationship - ✔✔For every change in 10 mmHG of ETCO2, the pH
will change 0.08 the opposite direction
✔✔pH and Bicarb Relationship - ✔✔For every change in 0.15 of pH, the bicarb will
change 10 mmol/L the same direction
✔✔pH and Potassium relationship - ✔✔For every change in 0.10 of pH, the potassium
will change 0.6 mEq's in the opposite direction
✔✔CO2 and Potassium Relationship - ✔✔For every change in 10 mmHg of Co2, the
Potassium will change 0.5 mEq's the same direction
✔✔Normal PaO2 - ✔✔80-100 mmHg
✔✔pH - ✔✔7.35-7.45
✔✔Co2 - ✔✔35-45
✔✔HCO3- - ✔✔22-26 mEq/L
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Primary cause of preterm labor - ✔✔Infection
✔✔Terbutaline contradictions - ✔✔-IDDM
- Maternal HR over 120
- vaginal bleeding
✔✔Pregnancy induced Hypertension triad signs - ✔✔HTN
Edema
proteinuria
✔✔Pediatric ETT cuff vs uncuffed - ✔✔Uncuffed tube under 10 years old
✔✔Pediatric needle cric - ✔✔under 11 years old
✔✔pediatric nasal intubation - ✔✔- no one under 12
✔✔Vasoconstrictors (Increase SVR) - ✔✔-Dopamine
-Neo-synephrine
-Epinephrine
-Levophed
✔✔Vasodilators (decrease SVR) - ✔✔- Nitroprusside
- Nicardipine
- High Dose Nitro
- CCB's
- Natrecor
✔✔Vasoconstrictors (increase preload) - ✔✔- dopamine
- neo-synephrine
- epinephrine
- levophed
- fluids
✔✔vasodilators (decrease preload) - ✔✔- morphine
- lasix
- Nitro
✔✔Increase SVR - ✔✔- dopamine
- Neo-synephrine
- epinephrine
- levophed (used for patients in profound hypothermia)
, ✔✔decrease SVR - ✔✔- nitroprusside
- high dose nitroglycerin
- CCB's
- ACE inhibitors
- beta blockers
- dobutrex
- natrector
✔✔Nitroprusside (Nipride) - ✔✔- reduces preload and afterload by dilation
- can cause cyanide toxicity
✔✔Nicardipine (Cardene) - ✔✔- CCB
- reduces afterload
- does not cause cyanide toxicity
✔✔increase preload - ✔✔vasoconstrictors, fluids
- increase SVR
✔✔decrease preload - ✔✔vasodilators
morphine
lasix
nitro
- make cardiac output worse
-decrease SVR
✔✔pH and ETCO2 relationship - ✔✔For every change in 10 mmHG of ETCO2, the pH
will change 0.08 the opposite direction
✔✔pH and Bicarb Relationship - ✔✔For every change in 0.15 of pH, the bicarb will
change 10 mmol/L the same direction
✔✔pH and Potassium relationship - ✔✔For every change in 0.10 of pH, the potassium
will change 0.6 mEq's in the opposite direction
✔✔CO2 and Potassium Relationship - ✔✔For every change in 10 mmHg of Co2, the
Potassium will change 0.5 mEq's the same direction
✔✔Normal PaO2 - ✔✔80-100 mmHg
✔✔pH - ✔✔7.35-7.45
✔✔Co2 - ✔✔35-45
✔✔HCO3- - ✔✔22-26 mEq/L
