305 Exam Final Flashcards
(125 cards)
Key roles of nurse in preparing for and responding to bioterrorist attack?
Education
Resources
Diagnosis and treatment
Planning
What category of infectious agents would anthrax, botulism, smallpox, tularemia, viral hemorrhagic fevers, and plague and Ebola be in?
Category A.
(Agents easily transmitted individual to individual; cause high mortality, with potential for major public health impact. Public panic.
What category of infectious agents would salmonella, ecoli, viral encephalitis, and water safety threats be in?
Category B
(Moderate morbidity and low mortality. )
A patient is overdosing on benzodiazepines, what would the nurse expect to use?
Activated charcoal.
What individual would smallpox vaccine be contraindicated for
Pregnant patient
Early symptoms of radiation poisoning
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
A patient experiences a phenobarbital overdose. What would be used to induce alkaline diuresis?
Sodium bicarbonate
Atropine can treat what kind of terrorist attack threat
Nerve agent exposure
A patient seeks medical attention after a nerve agent is sprayed on the skin. What treatment can the nurse anticipate
5% liquid bleach tooically
What is the purpose of the strategic national stockpile ?
Provide a repository of medications and medical supplies for emergency use
Lead poisoning can be treated with what
Calcium disodium versenate (calcium EDTA)
What derivative of anthrax is responsible for producing inhalation anthrax ?
Anthrax spores
What is given to treat gaseous cyanogen chloride?
Milk
What is the most common cause of household poisoning
Medications
What is done with unused anthrax antitoxin doses?
Return them to the cdc
What is the antidote for acetaminophen poisoning
Acetylcysteine
After exposure to phosgene gas, the patient should be provided with what?
Fresh air.
After skin exposure to mustard-Lewis mixture, how do you treat the patient
Flush the area with copious amounts of water
Recommended dietary allowance for vitamin D per age groups
Under 1 year- 400IU
1-70 years- 600IU
Over 70 years - 800IU
Recommended dietary allowance of calcium per day for adults
800-1200 mg
PTH and Calcitonin influence what 3 targets
Bones, kidneys, gastrointestinal
Serum calcium levels exceeding 5.5mEq/L result in what
Hypercalcemia.
What is the hypocalcemia serum calcium level ? In mEq/L
Below 4.5 mEq/L
High calcium levels lead to what in the cells
Decreased sodium permeability across cell membrane. Dangerous state