Acronyms

Question 1

What are the AEIOUTIPS and when are they used?

Answer 1

Used for ALOC
A- Alcohol, Acidosis, Arrhythmia
E- Epilepsy and Endocrine
I- Infection
O- Oxygen and Overdose
U- Uremia
T- Trauma and Temperature
I- Insulin
P- Poisoning and Psych
S - Strokes and Seizures

Question 2

What is the acronym for syncope patients (Short)? What are the differentials?

Answer 2

DAMPEN

Dissection
Arrhythmia
MI
PE
Ectopic / bleeds
Neuro - Stroke, Seizures, etc

Question 3

What is the respiratory differential acronym? What are the differentials?

Answer 3

BREATHE

B - Bacterial - Pneumonia, Infectious (Endocarditis)
R - REACTIVE AIRWAY - Asthma, COPD, Anaphylaxis
E - Embolism - PE
A - ACS, STEMI
T - Tension Pneumo, Tamponade (Cardiac)
H - HF - CHF
E - Effusion, electrical excitation/arrhythmia

Question 4

Tachycardia Differential Acronym? What are the differentials?

Answer 4

VISS

V - Volume
I - Infection
S - Stimulants
S - Sympathetic Tone (Pain, Anxiety)

Question 5

Four aspects of infectious sources, 4 W’s?

Answer 5

Wind - Respiratory infections
Water - UTI
Wound - Skin Infections
Walk - Diabetic Neuropathy

Question 6

Differentials for AF and the acronym for it?

Answer 6

PIRATES

P - Pulmonary Disease / Embolism
I - Ischemia / Infarct
R - Rheumatic Heart Disease
A - Anemia
T - Thyrotoxicosis
E - Ethanol / Electrolytes
S - Sepsis / Infectious State

Question 7

Differentials for Bradycardia, what is the acronym for it?

Answer 7

BRADI

B - BRASH SYNDROME / HYPERKALEMIA
-Bradycardia, Renal Failure, AV nodal blockade, Shock, Hyperkalemia

R - REDUCED VITAL SIGNS
-Hypoxia, Hypoglycemia, Hypothermia / Hypothyroid

A - ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
- Inferior MI: Nodal Ischemia and Vagal Response
- Anterior MI: Infranodal ischemia, often requires pacing

D - Drugs
- Beta Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin

I - ICP/Infection

Question 8

Differential List and Acronym for Syncope (Long Version)

Answer 8

HEAD HEART VESSELS

H - Hypoxia/Hypoglycemia
E - Epilepsy
A - Anxiety / Psychiatric
D - Dysfunction of Brain Stem (Herniation)

H - Heart Attack (Ischemia)
E - Embolism (PE)
A - Aortic Obstruction
R - Rhythm disturbance (Tachy, Brady, Long QT, Brugada, HOCM, WPW)
T - Tachydysrhythmias

V - Vasovagal
E - Ectopic (Hypovolemia)
S - Situational
S - Subclavian Steal (diversion of blood flow from its normal target)
E - ENT causes
L - Low vascular resistance
S - Sensitive carotid sinus

Question 9

What is the DOPE Pneumonic and where is it used?

Answer 9

It is used to differentiate within the sudden deterioration of an intubated patient.

Stands for

D- Displacement of tube (right mainstem, or its been pulled. constantly needing confirmation of where tube sits at teeth, etco2, and sp02)

O - Obstruction of tube. (Blood, pus, foreign body, kinking of tube)

P - Pneumothorax: assess for signs (JVD, decrease breath sounds, hyper resonance, barrel chest, unilateral decreased chest expansion)

E- Equipment failure: disconnected o2 or leak in the tube