Surgery Flashcards
What causes fever post op day 3?
Water: UTIS
What causes fever post-op Day 1?
Wind: Pneumonia, atelectasia
What causes fever post-op day 5?
Wound: staph aureus
What causes fever post op day 7
Walk: DVT
What causes fever post-op day 10?
Abdominal abscesses
What causes fever anytime?
H2 blockers, antibiotics
What do you check for in an unresponsive patient?
“ABC”
Airway: call, listen for noise-> can pt talk?
Breathing: listen to chest -> intubate
Ccirculation: color and capillary refill
What is an indirect inguinal hernia?
Goes trough the inguinal canal into scrotum
What is a. Direct inguinal hernia?
Goes directly through abdominal wall in hesselbachs triangle
What is potency?
How long a drug will keep the patient knocked out
What is minimum alveolar concentration?
Concentration needed to push the drug into the brain