Key words

Question 1

Non- rebreath mask
How many litres
What concentration

Answer 1

Mask that provides a higher concentration of oxygen.
10-15 litres.
Concentration= 90%

Question 2

Systolic

Answer 2

The top number

maximum pressure your heart exerts while beating

Question 3

diastolic

Answer 3

The bottom

The amount of pressure in your arteries between beats

Question 4

Hypothermia

Answer 4

low body temp, 35 or less.

Question 5

Pyrexia

1. low
2. moderate/high

Answer 5

Raised temperature.

1. 38
2. 38-40

Question 6

hyperpyrexia

Answer 6

40 and above

Question 7

Rigor

Answer 7

shaking or exaggerated shivering that occurs with a raised temperature

Question 8

Tachycardia (in heart rate)

Answer 8

Resting pulse of 90+ per minute. according to royal college of physcians

Question 9

Bradycardia (in heart rate)

Answer 9

Resting pulse of under 51per minute… royal coll physians.

Question 10

Bradypneoa ( in respiration)

Answer 10

Slower than normal, slower than 12 resps according to royal coll physcians

Question 11

Tachypnoea (in respiration)

Answer 11

Faster than normal, above 20 resps

Question 12

Dyspnoea (in breathing)

Answer 12

Breathing is difficult, in conscious patients

Question 13

Orthopnoea ( in breathing)

Answer 13

dyspnoea when the patient lies flat.

Question 14

Apnoea

Answer 14

temporary stopping of breathing (sleep apnoea)

Question 15

Hypertension

Answer 15

Blood pressure higher than 140

Question 16

Hypotension

Answer 16

Blood pressure lower than 100

Question 17

How to work out BMI

Answer 17

divide weight (KG) by height (M). Divide answer by height again.

Question 18

How to work out how much fluid output per hour. 50kg

Answer 18

1/2 it so 25ml

Question 19

Concordance

Answer 19

Agreement or consistency (Oxford dictionary)

Question 20

Compliance

Answer 20

Complying with a wish or command (oxford dictionary)

Question 21

Hemiplegia

Answer 21

paralysis of one side of the body caused disease of one side of the brain (stroke). Oxford dictionary of nursing.

Question 22

Cyanoisis

Answer 22

blue tinge, which may indicate

hypoxia

Question 23

hypoxia

Answer 23

low oxygen saturation SpO2

Question 24

ischaemia

Answer 24

not enough blood to an organ or part of the body in particular the heart.

Question 25

pulmonary edema

Answer 25

fluid in the lungs.

Question 26

hypovolaemia

Answer 26

decreased blood volume.

Question 27

dilate

Answer 27

wide

Question 28

constrict

Answer 28

thin

Question 29

anurea

Answer 29

less than 100 mls urine in 24 hours

Question 30

ollguria

Answer 30

less than 1/2 weight in an hour.

Question 31

pneumothorax

Answer 31

collapsed lung

Question 32

hypercapnia

Answer 32

carbon dioxide retention, abnormally high levels of co2 in blood (copd)