Medical Emergency Flashcards
3 ways to monitor level of consciousness
- eyes open?
- verbal response
- motor response
who makes up the code team?
nurses, resp therapist, physician
7 Goals of Care designations
Resuscitation - R1-R3
Medical - M1-M2
Comfort - C1-C2
R1
all life saving measures
R2
no chest compression but everything else
R3
no chest compression or intubation
M1
no resuscitative or life support measures; mainly for managing illnesses
M2
no life sustaining measures
C1, C2 - comfort
mainly for palliative care; medication to relieve symptoms
what are some signs of cardiac distress?
- clutching at chest
- pain/numbness in chest, jaw, neck or arm
- sweating
- pallor
- SOB
- irregular heart beat
feeling of indigestion
___ is key to cardiac arrest survival.
early intervention
mild allergic rx symptoms
nasal congestion, itching at site, tight chest or throat
moderate allergic rx symptoms
flushing, warm feeling, bronchospasm, dyspnea
severe allergic rx symptoms
decrease BP, weak pulse, severe dyspnea, cyanosis, abdominal cramping, vomiting, seizures, resp or cardiac arrest
what is hypoglycemia?
blood glucose is <4 mmol/L
- pt has excess insulin in blood and/or excess hypoglycaemic meds in blood
