3 OSCE Flashcards
PPE for hand hygiene order on and off
On:
1. Apron
2. Mask
3. Visor
4. Gloves
Off:
1. Gloves
2. Visor
3. Mask
4. Apron
What are the 2 different types of hand hygiene?
Hand hygiene using a non-microbial liquid soap and water
Hand rubbing by applying an alcohol based hand rub
What are the landmarks on an upper cast?
Hamular notch
Maxillary tuberosity
Crest of alveolar ridge
Incisive papilla
Buccal frenum
Vestibular sulcus
Vibrating line
Palatine fovea
What are the landmarks of a lower cast?
Crest of alveolar ridge
Vestibular sulcus
Buccal frenum
Lingual frenum
Retromolar pad
Pear shaped pad
Lingual pouch/mylohyoid area
What provides support in upper and lower arches?
Post op instructions after an extraction
5 steps of smoking cessation?
Ask
Advise
Assess
Assist
Arrange
Describe stable angina
Chest pain or discomfort that often occurs with activity/stress and is relieved by rest
Describe unstable angina
Lacks of blood flow and oxygen that may lead to a heart attack
Describe an MI
Occurs when blood flow to a part of your herat is blocked for a long enough time that part of the heart muscle is damaged or dies
Pain is more severe and persistent than angina, not relieved by rest and can cause death of heart muscle
How should you check a patients breathing?
Fund causes such as infection or inflammation
Recognise - looks, listen and feel
Check breathing rate
Tx - 15L oxygen, bronchodilators, posture
How should you check a patients circulation?
Causes - arrhythmia/ACS/HF
Check pulse
Treat cause
Elevate legs
How should you check for disability?
Check for causes - drugs, injury, hypoglycaemia
Recognise it - ACVPU, GCS
Treat - optimise ABC
How should you use oxygen to treat a patient?
15L via a non breathing mask
Give to anyone who is sick
How may anaphylaxis present?
A - swelling, stridor
B - increased rate, wheeze
C - increased rate, hypotension
D - LOC
E - rash, swelling
How should anaphylaxis be treated?
Adrenaline - 1:1000 0.5mg
IM injection
Only if life threatening