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Critical care and Emergency Flashcards

1
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Pattern: 7 mo with diarrhea, vomiting, decreased urine output, tachycardia, poor perfusion

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Hypovolemic shock

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Pattern: 8 day old with poor feeding, tachypnea, mottled, large heart, gallop, murmur, hepatomegaly, jugular venous distension

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cardiogenic shock

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Pattern: 14do with fever, lethargy, extreme tachycardia, grunting, warm extremities, bounding pulses

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Septic shock

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Pattern: 4yo with peanut allergy who went to the circus, tachycardia, warm extremities

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distributive shock

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Fluid administratin for shock

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20ml/kg (repeat as necessary 60-200ml/kg

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6
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Rx for cold shock

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epinephrine

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Rx for warm shock

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norepinephrine

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Rx for cardiogenic shock

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milrinone

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9
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1st line Rx for shock

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dopamine

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10
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Rate of CPR and ratio

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100/min

15:2

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11
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Define bradycardia with pulse

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HR

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12
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Rx for bradycardia with pulse

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Epi IV/IO 0.01mg/kg

ETT 0.1mg/kg and atropine 0.02mg/kg (minimum dose 0.1mg)

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Pattern: tachycardia with poor perfusion, narrow QRS, variable rate

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Sinus tachycardia

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Pattern: tachycardia with poor perfusion, narrow QRS, P waves abnormal, rate not variable

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Supraventricular tachycardia (vagal, adenosine, syndrchronized cardioversion)

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Pattern: Tachycardia with poor perfusion, synchronized cardioversion, wide QRS,

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ventricular tachycardia, syndchronized cardioversion, increase to 2J/kg if not effective

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16
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Which are shockable rhythm?

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VF

VT

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17
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Which are not shockable rhythm?

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asystole, PEA

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18
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Rx for VF/VT

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2-4J/kg, epi, amiodarone, lidocaine,

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19
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Rx of torsades de pointes

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Magnesium

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20
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Rx for aystole/PEA

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epinephrine

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21
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Poor prognosis for near drowning

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10min, resuscitation >25min or in ER, water >10C

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22
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Survival with near drowning

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75%

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23
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What are cardiac patterns seen with hypothermia?

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bradycardia and a-fib

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24
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Prevention of near drowning recs

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5ft fences that isolate pool from house and yard, self closing gates, appropriate supervision, CPR education

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25
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Standard of care for foreign body aspiration

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Rigid bronchoscopy

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26
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Pattern: superficial, pain, redness burn

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first degree burn

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27
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Pattern: partial thickness, superficial pain, blister, deep-white, leathery burn

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second degree

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Pattern: full thickness, well demarcated, black, leathery, painless, no blistering burn

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3rd degree burn

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29
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rx for 2nd degree burn

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pain and fluid management

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30
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rx for 3rd degree burn

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skin grafting

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31
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Pattern: full thickness plus fascia, muscle, bone

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4th degree burn

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32
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rx for 4th degree burn

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reconstructive surgery

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33
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Calculate fluid replacement for burn

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4ml/Kg x % BSA + maintenance

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34
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2nd way to calculate fluid replacement

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2000mL/m2 burned BSA + 5000mL/m2 TBSA

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35
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schedule for fluid replacement of burn patient

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1/2 over 1st 8 hrs, rest over 16hrs

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36
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What replacement fluid type for first 24hrs

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crystalloid

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37
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High voltage AC - power line symptoms

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devastating thermal injuries, no LOC or cardiac arrest

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38
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Low voltage AC burns cause what?

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skin/oral injury particularly if strong enough to cause tetanic muscle contraction (16-20mAmps) respiratory muscle paralysis (20-50mAmps) ventricular fibrillation (50-120mAmps)

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39
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What type of burn cause single muscle contraction that throws victim away from source?

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DC - railroad

40
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Pattern: seizures, respiratory arrest, cardiac standstill that self resolves, superficial burns

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Moderate lightning injury

41
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Pattern: cardiac arrest from lightning injury

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severe

42
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Rx electrical burns

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fluid managment goals with focus to clear myoglobin

43
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Test for CO posioning

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Co-oximetry

44
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How does half-life of CO change with high flow non rebreather mask and hyperbaric oxygen

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300 –> 90 –> 30

45
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Common bacteria in human bites

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eikenella corrodens, staph, strep, corynebacterium

46
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Rx for high risk bite areas

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amoxicillin/clavulanate
Ampicillin/sulbactam
bactrim or quinolone and clindamycin

47
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Reservoir for rabies

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skunk, racoons, and foxes

48
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What is the Milwaukee protocol for rabies

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drug-induced coma with ketamine and midazolam, antiviral treatment with amantadine and ribavirin

49
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Rx rabies

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Rabies Ig into the wound or IM and

Rabies vaccine and good wound care

50
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Rx of bite if animal is rabid

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ppx immediately

51
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Rx of bite to head/neck

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ppx immediately

52
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Rx of bite if animal is healthy

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observe animal for 10 days and ppx if animal becomes rabid

53
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Rx of animal bite if animal is unavailable and rabies common in region

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consider ppx

54
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Rx for any contact with bat

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ppx

55
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Majority of the venomous bites are from what kind of snakes.

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Pit vipers

56
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Which snake has a neurotoxin

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Mohave rattlesnake

57
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Rx for snake venom

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crotalid antivenom

58
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When should you give antivenom?

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moderate to severe symptoms or bite to face or neck

59
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What are complications of snake bites

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local necrosis, coagulopathy, rhabdomyolysis, nephrotoxicity, neurotoxicity if antivenom not given

60
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Pattern: brown with dark violin shaped mark on back, six eyes, endemic in south, west and midwest, basements

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brown recluse spider

61
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What is the venom from brown recluse spider

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sphyingomyelinase D –> necrosis

62
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Pattern: painless bite, two puncture marks with surroudning erythema –> red –> pain and then resolves

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brown recluse spider

63
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Pattern: bite that become necrotic over several days, 1-2 cm, stops extenidng after 10 days heal over several weeks.

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brown recluse spider

64
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Rx for brown recluse spider

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wound care, dapsome prevents necrotic lesions, early surgical intervention is harmful so wait until lesion demarcated.

65
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Pattern: spider with shiny black with red markings, red hourglass or anvil shape on abdomen

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widow spiders

66
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Which widow spider is harmful?

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black

brown are benign

67
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Pattern: spider bite, latrodectism, painless bite or local pain, blanched patch, PAIN - muscle spasm, generalized or local diaphoresis, HA

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black widow spiders

68
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What does the venom of the black widow spider do?

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neurotoxin causing massive exocytosis from presynaptic nerve terminals, acetylcholine, norepinephrine, DA, glutamate

69
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Rx for black widow

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local wound care, benzodiazepines for muscle spasm, limited antivenom (bad for asthma and pt with allergies)

70
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Pattern: bite, sympathetic release, mydriasis, nystagmus, hypersalivation, dysphagia

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scorpion

71
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Rx jellyfish

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vinegar, coca cola, old wine, box jellyfish antivenom

72
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Define heat stroke

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core body temperature >40C,

73
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Pattern: delirium, syncope, seizures, coma, hypotension, tachycarida, hypovolemic shock, rhabdo, renal failure, liver injury, DIC, bacteremia and bacteruria after 24 hours

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heat stroke

74
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what are the 2 triggers for malignant hyperthermia

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succinylcholine and volatile anesthetics (sevoflurane)

75
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Pattern: tachycardia, musclerigidity, mixed acidosis rising ETCO2, hyperkalemia then later hyperthermia

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malignant hyperthermia

76
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How to calculate size of uncuffed endotrachael tube

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age in years/4 + 4

77
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How to calculate size of cuffed endotracheal tube

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age in years/4 + 3

78
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Drugs used for blunting increased ICP during intubation

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barbiturate or lidocaine

79
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Rx for flail chest

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intubate

80
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Coma level requiring intubation

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81
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Indication for ab CT with IV contrast after trauma

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1) elevated transaminases
2) gross-microscopic hematuris
3) positive FAST exam
4) declining hematocrit
5) inability to perform serial exams because of other injury

82
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Risk of appendicitis eruption in what age

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83
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What percentage of pt with appendicitis with pyuria

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4-25%

84
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First line for appendicitis workup

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US for non-obese

85
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Indication for CT for appendicicitis work up

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IF US negative but you are still suspicious
Obese
If US cannot visualize appendicitis

86
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Intussusception in >5 years should make you suspicious for

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  1. small bowel lymphoma
  2. Meckel diverticulum
  3. Henoch schonlein purpura
  4. cystic fibrosis
87
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Pattern: children with malrotation, emesis quickly leading to shock, imaging show small bowel twisting around superior mesenteric artery

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midgut volvulus

88
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Pattern: gasless abdomen, double-bubble sign signifies duodenal obstruction
What test should you get?

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midgut volvulus

Upper GI series

89
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Pattern: upper GI showed misplaced duodenum, corkscrew sign

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midgut volvulus

90
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Rx for midgut volvulus

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Ladd procedure

91
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Core temp for brain death call

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Over 35 degress

92
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First exam for brain death exam

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24hrs after CPR or other severe brain injury

93
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Interval time between two brain death exam

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94
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Describe apnea test

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  1. Provide oxygen
  2. No spontaneous respiratory effort noted
  3. Final PaCo2 >60mmHg
  4. Final PaCO2 >20mmHg increase over baseline
95
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When is ancillary test needed

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  1. if apnea test is contraindication or cannot be completed due to hypoxia or hemodynamic instability
  2. Uncertain about exam
  3. If drugs are on board
  4. Reduce inter-examination
96
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Two ancillary testing for brain death

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EEG or cerebral blood flow study

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