Emergency Nursing Flashcards
What is the primary objective of emergency nursing?
Preserve life, prevent deterioration, and restore the victim to pre-emergency status.
What skills are required for ER nursing?
Good communication skills, crisis management, assessment skills, knowledge base, clinical skills, and emotional support.
What does triage mean?
The process of rapidly determining patient activity.
What is the Emergency Severity Index (ESI)?
A five-level system that incorporates illness severity and resource utilization.
What are the levels of the Emergency Severity Index (ESI)?
ES-1: CODE, SIDS, intubation; ES-2: CP from ischemia, multiple trauma; ES-3: Abd. Pain, GYN; ES-4: Simple laceration; ES-5: Cold s/s.
What is the focus of the primary survey in emergency nursing?
Focuses on ABCDs to identify life-threatening conditions.
What does AVPU stand for in assessing alertness?
A- alert, V- responsive to voice, P- responsive to pain, U- unresponsive.
What are the signs and symptoms of a compromised airway?
Dyspnea, inability to vocalize, presence of foreign body, trauma to face or neck.
What is the first step in maintaining an airway?
Open airway using the jaw-thrust maneuver.
What is the purpose of the secondary survey?
To obtain a history of the event and perform a head-to-toe assessment.
What is intimate partner violence?
A pattern of coercive behavior involving fear, humiliation, and intentional injury.
What are the signs of submersion injury?
Hypoxia due to submersion in water, drowning, immersion syndrome, and near-drowning.
What is the treatment for hypothermia?
Manage ABCs, rewarm patient, and correct dehydration and acidosis.
What are the signs and symptoms of frostbite?
Waxy, pale skin; crunchy and frozen feel; tingling, numbness, and burning sensation.
What is the treatment for animal bites?
Clean with irrigation, debridement, tetanus prophylaxis, and analgesics as needed.
What is the management for poisonings?
Decrease absorption, gastric lavage, activated charcoal, dermal cleansing, and antidotes.
What are the signs of heat exhaustion?
Fatigue, extreme thirst, nausea, tachycardia, and profuse diaphoresis.
What is heat stroke?
Failure of thermoregulatory processes leading to altered mentation and core temperature > 104°F.
