Lesson 3.3 Flashcards
Muscular area in the upper outer leg
VASTUS LATERALIS
Can accommodate volumes medication the same size as of the gluteus medius and is distant from any major blood vessels or nerves.
VASTUS LATERALIS
More painful than in the buttocks
VASTUS LATERALIS
Direct injection into a vein.
Imtravenous Method
Most emergency drugs, sterile saline and dextrose solutions, chemotherapy drugs, and radiopaque contrast media through the IV route. are introduced
Imtravenous Method
Care must be exercised when handling patients with CV lines.
COMPLICATIONS & PATIENT CARE
Assessing the patient before performing imaging procedures is essential to avert the possibility of line displacement.
COMPLICATIONS & PATIENT CARE
CENTRAL VENOUS LINES
INTRAVENOUS EQUIPMENT
- SUBCLAVIAN VEIN
- INTERNAL JUGULAR
- FEMORAL VEINS
Following disorders will assist the imaging technologist in performing safe and accurate scanning:
Age
Nutritional Status
Ethnicity
Existing Physical Condition
Immune Status
State of Mind
Gender
Weight
Environment Factor
Time of day
“Swan-Ganz catheters”
PULMONARY ARTERIAL LINES
Specialized CV lines that incorporate a small electrode at the distal end used to monitor pulmonary arterial pressures
PULMONARY ARTERIAL LINES
Estimate pressure left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
PULMONARY ARTERIAL LINES
May occur between ROCM and these adjunct drugs.
DRUG-DRUG INTERACTIONS
Chemical incompatibilities that produce insoluble precipitates can theoretically lead to occlusion of IV catheters and chemically induced embolism that can occlude small vessels in its path.
DRUG-DRUG INTERACTIONS
ORAL ROUTE
Disadvantages
- They may have an objectionable odor or taste or may be bulky to swallow
- They may harm or discolor the teeth
- They may irritate the gastric mucosa, causing nausea and vomiting
- They may be aspirated by a seriously ill or uncooperative individual
- They may be destroyed by digestive enzymes
- They may be inappropriate for some patients, such as those who must be given nothing by mouth.
