Chapter 16: GI and Urologic Emergencies Flashcards
Remember that the patient is in pain and is probably anxious; he or she requires all your skills of rapid assessment and:
emotional support
Diverticulitis occurs in which quadrant?
LLQ
An aortic aneurysm will occur in which area of the body?
lower back and lower quadrants
When forming a general impression of the patient during the initial assessment, which important “scale” information should be included?
AVPU
Use OPQRST to ask the patient what makes the pain better or worse. The “S” stands for:
severity of pain
During the baseline vital sign check, the last vital sign to change is:
blood pressure
Remember, the condition of a patient with an acute abdomen can change:
rapidly from stable to unstable
During the focused physical exam, the first step listed to assess the abdomen is:
explain to the patient what you are about to do
Where will you find localization of pain for a patient with a kidney stone?
radiating to the genitalia
A bladder infection called cystitis is more common than kidney infection, especially in women. Patients with cystitis usually have ____ pain
lower abdominal
When the waste product that is normally excreted into the urine remains in the blood, this can lead to
uremia
The type of pain where the patient experiences tenderness when direct pressure is applied but severe pain when that pressure is released is called:
rebound tenderness
In which condition does the junction between the esophagus and the stomach tear, causing severe bleeding and potentially death?
mallory-weiss syndrome
3 systems in the abdominal cavity
GI, reproductive, urinary
the abdominal cavity contains __ and ___ organs
solid and hollow
the liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and ovaries are ___ organs
solid
the gall bladder, stomach, SI, LI, and urinary bladder are __ organs
hollow
an injury to a solid organ will cause
shock and bleeding
breach into a hollow organ will cause
contents to leak and contaminate the abdominal cavity
function of the GI system
digestion
