Management of Circulation Flashcards
What is maintenance therapy with IV fluids?
replaces normal ongoing losses.
What is replacement therapy for IV fluids?
corrects any existing water and electrolyte deficits
What are good indicators for adequate perfusion?
Cognitive functioning and urine output
Types of crystalloids?
- Isotonic
- Hypotonic
- Hypertonic
What are colloids used for?
Increase volume (Volume expanders) - loss of blood or loss of plasma
Types of colloids?
- Dextran
- Plasma
- Albumin
- Hetastarch
How are colloids different than crystalloids?
- More expensive
* Do not diffuse out of vascular space as quickly
How are crystalloids classified?
By their tonicity
What is tonicity?
Concentration of electrolytes (Solutes) dissolved in the waters compared to body plasma
What type of crystalloid has the same amount of electrolytes as the plasma?
Isotonic
Types of isotonic solutions?
LR
NS
D5W (***IN water)
What type of crystalloid has more electrolytes than plasma?
Hypertonic
What do hypertonic solutions do?
causes water to shift from the extravascular spaces into the bloodstream, increasing the intravascular volume.
Complications with LR?
a) Contains Potassium, can cause hyperkalemia in renal patients
b) Patients with liver disease cannot metabolize lactate
c) Lactate is converted into bicarb by liver which with larger volumes can lead to metabolic alkalosis.
What is D5W for?
a) Fluid loss and dehydration
b) Hypernatremia
Universal blood type?
Low titer O- whole blood
NS uses?
a) Shock
b) Resuscitation
c) Fluid challenges
d) Blood transfusions
e) Metabolic alkalosis
f) Hyponatremia
g) DKA
LR uses?
a) Dehydration
b) Burns
c) GI tract fluid loss
d) Acute blood loss
e) Hypovolemia
How many attempts does it take to determine IO access instead?
3 attempts or 90 seconds