Last minute freak out Flashcards
Pulse grading
0-3
Normal assessment order
Inspect - palpate - percuss - auscultate
Drug Abuse assessment/help
Assist - give medical advice
Asses - readiness for change?
Assist - offer help
Arrange - refer to specialists
% of people over the age of 12 who drink
52%
% of the 52% who drink who binge drink?
23%
% of those who heavily drink
7%
Risks from drinking
- Accidents, trauma
- Cirrhosis
- Cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, HTN
- Cancers of mouth, liver, esophagus
Severe withdrawal alcohol
- AKA
- S/S
Severe withdrawal = withdrawal delirium
- Marked autonomic hyperactivity
- Anxiety, nausea,
- Increased tremors
- Vivid hallucinations
- Life threatening
- Fever
CIWA scale - Severe withdrawal
More than 20
COWS - severe withdrawal
More than 36
Alcohol Dependence
3 or more of:
- Can’t stop or attain limits
- Spent lots of time drinking
- Spent less time on things that needed to be done
- Showing tolerance (need more to have effect)
- Showing signs of withdrawal (tremors, anxiety, sweating)
- Keep drinking despite problems
At Risk Drinking
Binge drinkers who are neither alcohol use disorder or alcohol dependent
Uncomplicated withdrawal
-Anxiety
-Tremors
-Hallucinations
-Autonomic hyperactivity (sweat, tachycardic, elevated BP)
Peaks on 2nd day, resolves by 4th or 5th day
Alcohol abuse
One or more of:
- Risk for bodily harm
- Relationship problems
- Run ins with the law
- Role failure
Palpation for heart
Apical pulse Carotid Arteries (0-3, 2+ normal)
Binge #s
Men: 5 drinks/2hrs
Women: 4 drinks/2 hrs
Risk for drinking when pregnant
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Steps for Alcohol Screening/Intervention
Ask
Assess
Assist
Follow-Up
ROM Scale
0-5
3 - ROM with gravity (can lift but no resistance)
Assess muscles for…
Size, tone, strength, sensory, ROM
Normal abdominal/GI sounds with percussion
Stomach and intestines: tympany
Liver and spleen: dull
Abnormal GI percussion sounds
Dull over fluid, mass, tumor
ascites, feces, tumor
Bowel sound order
RLQ - RUQ - LLQ - RLQ
Abdominal bruits indicate
Aortic aneurysm
Femoral artery occlusion
Renal artery stenosis
CVA tenderness indicates
Kidney inflammation (pyelonephritis)
Order of abdominal assessment
Inspection - auscultation - percussion - palpation
Distension
Obese - uniformly round with everted umbilicus
Ascites - round with everted umbilicus
Feces or tumor- localized distension
Painful ROM in every direction
Inflammation (ex: arthritis)
Painful ROM in one direction
ligament, tendon problem
Pronator drift
Patient holds arms out with eyes closed
Hold for 10 seconds - negative
If one arm pronates and drifts down - positive for UE weakness
Straight Leg Test
aka Lasegue Test
Positive: herniated lumbar disc or nerve irritation
Phalen’s Sign
Inverted prayer that tests for carpal tunnel
Tinel’s Sign
Tap medial nerve to check for nerve irritation
Confrontation tests CN
II - optic
Jaw movement tests CN
V - trigeminal
PERRLA tests CN
III, IV, VI
Oculomoter, trochlear, abducens
Heaves, lifts, and pulsations may indicate
Ventricular hypertrophy
Right side: near sternal border
Left: apex
Graphesthesia
Draw number on palm and have pt identify number
Reflex grading
0-4
+2 is normal