ICM - Data stuff! Flashcards
What are the four cardiac arrest rhythms?
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Pulseless ventricular Tachycardia
- Asystole
- Pulseless Electrical Activity
What are the two shockable Cardiac Arrest Rhythms?
- Ventricular fibrillation
- Pulseless ventricular tachycardia.
Which type of cardiac arrest rhythm is this?
Asytole (not-shockable)
What kind of cardiac arrest rhythm is this?
Pulseless electrical activity. (Not shockable)
What kind of cardiac arrest rhythm is this?
Pulseless ventricular tachycardia. (Shockable)
What kind of cardiac arrest rhythm is this?
Ventricular fibrilation.
Which valve does each of these points of auscultation listen to?
Green - Aorta
Red - Pulmonary
Yellow - Tricuspid
Blue - Mitral
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The ‘lub’ of the heart is caused by the closing of which valves?
Tricuspid and mitral, at the start of ventricular systole.
The ‘dub’ of the heart beat is caused by the closing of which valves?
Aortic and pulmonary valves, during diastole.
What are some of the causes of systolic murmur?
Aortic valve stenosis
Mitral regurgitation
Pulmonary valve stenosis
Tricuspid regurgitation
What are some of the causes of a diastolic murmur?
Mitral stenosis
Tricuspid stenosis
Aortic regurgitation
Pulmonary regurgitation
What is one of the main causes of continuous murmur?
Patent ductus arteriosus.
Why does a patient need to be upright for a chest X-ray?
So that free air can be seen under the diaphragm, pneumoperitoneum.
Which type of X-ray will show an innacurate view of the heart?
AP - divergence of the x-ray beams show an enlarged heart.
What is the normal cardiac-thoracic ratio?
<50%
How should a chest X-ray be performed?
- PA
- Inspiration
- Erect
- No rotation
What are the borders of the heart visible on an x-ray?
- Left Ventricle
- IVC
- Right Atrium
- SVC
- Aortic knuckle
- Left auricle
What can you see on this X-ray?
1) Right Hilum
2) Left Hilum
3) Right hemidiaphragm
4) Left hemidiphargm
5) Gastric bubble
What can you see on this x-ray?
A) Trachea
B) Carina
C) Right Clavicle
D) Left Ventricle
E) Aortic knuckle
What can you see in this x-ray?
A)
B) ECG lead
C) Endotracheal tube
D) Nasogastric tube
E) Surgical staples
F)
What are the four densities to look at in abdominal X-rays?
1) Gas
2) Fat
3) Soft Tissue
4) Bone
Why is the liver visible on an abdominal X-ray?
It is denser than the retroperitoneal fat around it, so it is a darker shade of grey.
What five abnormalities can we see on an abdominal radiograph?
1) Foreign bodies
2) Perforation
3) Kidney stones
4) Bowel obstruction
5) Abdominal masses
What can you see in this abdominal X-ray?
Staghorn calculus in left kidney.
What is this abdominal X-ray?
Intravenous urogram (pyelogram)
How do you distinguish between small bowel and large bowel?
Colon-
Peripheral
Haustra only goes half way across.
Faeces.
Small intestine-
Valvulae Conniventes
(lines that go all the way across)
Central
No faeces
What does the abdo. X-ray show?
Dilated colon
What is a sigmoid volvulus?
A twisting of the sigmoid colon, that causes large dilation of the colon.
What does this abdo. X-ray show?
Dilated small bowel. Volvulae conniventes, central location.
What is haustra?
The lines on the colon that only go half way across.
What is Valvulae Conniventes?
The lines that go right the way across the small bowel.
What is the name for the lines that completely cross the small bowel?
Valvulae conniventes.
What are three causes of small bowel obstruction?
Adhesions
Perioneal malignancy
Hernias
What does the chest x-ray show?
Perforated bowel, free air under the diaphragm (Pneumoperitoneum)
What two signs indicate large bowel perforation?
- Ringlers sign - Where both sides of the wall of the bowel are visible.
- Triangles of gas.
What are the causes of large bowel obstruction?
- Cancer
- Diverticulitis
- Hernias (rare)
How do the head tilt - chin lift and jaw thrust work?
- Open the pharynx by moving the tongue and epiglottis away from the posterior pharyngeal wall.
- Straightens and opens whole airway by stretching/extending the neck.
What precaution should be taken when performing head tilt / jaw thrust?
In trauma patients/ unstable cervical spine - manual in line immobilisation.
What is this airway and how is it measured?
Oralpharyngeal airway
From incisors to angle of jaw.
What is this airway and how is it sized?
Nasopharyngeal airway.
Start with 6mm diameter.
What instrument is this?
Bivalve / cusco speculum
What instrument is this and what are its indications for use?
A sims speculum.
Vaginal wall prolapse.
What instrument is used for getting an endometrial cell sampling?
Pipelle
What would ‘stony dull’ percussion indicate?
Normal: Muscle
Abnormal: Fluid in cavity
What would ‘dull’ percussion indicate?
Normal: Solid organ
Abnormal: Pneumonia, ascites, hypetrophy
What would a ‘hyperresonant’ percusion indicate?
Abnormal: Pneumothorax, COPD
What would ‘tympanitic resonant’ percussion indicate?
Normal: Hollow air containing structure.
Abnormal: Bowel obstruction.
What are crystalloids?
Solutions of dissolved low molecular weight chemicals in water. Crystalloids will diffuse into is distributed throughout all body water.
What are colloids?
Colloids are solutions of partially dissolved larger molecular weight chemicals. They stay for longer in the intravascular compartment so are useful for replacing blood volume.
What are the 5 F’s for a distended abdomen?
- Flatus
- Fat
- Fluid
- Faeces
- Foetus
How would you convert micrograms into miligrams?
÷ 1000
How would you convert nanograms into miligrams?
÷ 1000 then ÷1000
How would you convert miligrams into micrograms?
x 1000
When given a percentage for a drug what does it mean?
% = number of grams in 100ml
i.e. 0.5% 200ml is 1g
When given a ratio in drug calculations, what does it mean?
Grams in however many mls.
e.g. 1:10000
is
1g in 10000ml
What is the formula for volume calculations?
_What you want _ x volume
What you’ve got
What steps can you take to encourage a vein for venepuncture / cannulation?
- Tourniquet
- Tap vein
- Position limb below right atrium
- Muscle contraction
- Temperature
What is the duration of use for a cannula?
72-96 hours.
What instrument is this?
Venflon (Cannula)
Where do you apply the tourniquet for venepuncture?
10cm above the site.
What angle should you insert a venepuncture/cannula needle in?
10-15ª
What type of airway is this?
Laryngeal mask airway.
What is the name of this oxygen delivery system? And how much % oxygen can it deliver at full flow?
Simple face mask
50% at 15L/min