Patient Education and Nutrition Flashcards
The body uses carbohydrates for what?
Produce quick body energy and are the body’s primary energy source
Produce quick body energy and are the the body’s primary energy source
Arm weakness, speech difficulty, and numbness of an extraordinary are SX of what?
Stroke
Stroke
Describe a full thickness burn?
Epidermis and dermis are destroyed
and underlining tissue is damaged
Epidermis and dermis are destroyed
and underlining tissue is damaged
Emergency situations of the circulatory system include what?
Fainting, chest pain, bleeding, stroke
Fainting, chest pain, bleeding, stroke
First aide for a stroke patient includes what?
Patient should be in a sitting position with head tilted slightly forward
First aide for seizures?
Quickly remove any object from the area that could cause injury, protect the patient’s head by placing a folded towel pillow or clothing underneath the head, loosening any tight clothing
If a patient came to the clinic with an arm fracture what is one thing you would not do?
Try to straighten the fracture
If a patient has high blood pressure which should be restricted in there diet?
Sodium
Someone is stung by a bee and had
SOB and was turning blue, what type of shock are they entering
Anaphylactic Shock
Ketoacidosis is treated with what?
Insulin
Shock can be caused by what?
Loss of blood
SX for heat stroke?
Skin feels hot and it’s red and dry (not sweating) increased pulse and respirations
Taking folic acid while pregnant can help prevent what?
Spina bifida
There are 22 amino acids, how many of these can the body not synthesize?
8
This material is associated with wound healing?
Zinc
Vitamin A deficiency can cause what?
Skin disorder, hair loss, susceptibility to infection