Week 6-9 Flashcards
1
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Errors of Omission
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- Result of actions not taken
2
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Errors of Commission
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- Result of wrong action taken
3
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Near Miss
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- Event that could have resulted in unwanted consequences but did not occur
4
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Structured Communication
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- Focus on problem
5
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Ineffective Communication
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- Indirect speaking
- Hint & hope approach
6
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Situation - SBAR
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- Introduce self & patient
7
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Background - SBAR
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- Relevant medical background
- Reason for admission
8
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Assessment - SBAR
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- Pressing health concern and body systems effected
- Relevant assessment findings
9
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Recommendation - SBAR
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- See patient now
- Assess patient x time
- Transfer patient
- Monitoring/investigation needs
- Continued management
10
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Pain
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- Unpleasant sensory & emotional experience
- Associated with actual/potential tissue damage
- Subjective
11
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Nociceptive Pain
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- Damage to somatic/visceral tissue
12
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Neuropathic Pain
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- Damage to nerve cells/changes in spinal cord processing
13
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Acute Pain
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- Days to months
- Easier to identify
- Resolves
14
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Chronic Pain
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- 6+months
- Impacts quality of life
15
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Analgesic Types
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- NSAIDS/non-opioid
- Opioids
- Co-analgesic/adjuvant
- Align to level of pain
16
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Codeine
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- Increased metabolism leads to oversedation
- Not used below 12 years
17
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Pediatric Considerations
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- Assessment scales (FLACC)
- Infants 1+months metabolize drugs the same as children
- Addiction to opioids rare in children
18
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Elderly Considerations
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- Start low and go slow
- Comorbidities (cognitive, heart failure, drug interaction)
- NSAIDS
- Constipation
19
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Opioid Side Effects
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- Drowsiness
- Hallucinations
- Confusion
- GI upset
- Urine retention
- Respiratory depression
20
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Addiction
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- Behaviour
- Impaired drug use control
- Compulsive use
- Continued use despite harm
- Craving
21
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Tolerance
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- Exposure to drug induces changes
- Result in decreased drug effect over time
22
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Overdose Treatment
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- Narcan/naloxone
- Effective treatment exists (10% of people get it)
- Revived & discharged
- Harm reduction (safe consumption site)
23
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Needs of an Addict
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- Physical & emotional pain
- SBN & trust
- Human connection & opportunity to ask for help
- Simple acts of kindness
24
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Opioid Crisis
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- Misunderstanding of addictive risk
- Frequent high amounts of prescribing
- Lack of access to prescriptions - illicit use
- Contamination
- Stigma towards substance use disorders
25
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Venipuncture
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- Vein is punctured through the skin by a sharp rigid stylet
- Both IV therapy & blood specimen procurement
26
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Primary Line
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- Main line
- 1L bag of solution
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Secondary Line
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- Medication mini bag
- Piggyback
28
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Bolus
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- Large volume over short period