Galen 170 Exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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Galen 170 Exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What role does the spleen play in the body - Answer- Destroys old RBCs, stores platelets, Stores WBC
What is required for red blood cell maturation to occur - Answer- Folate and B12
What function does the liver play in the body - Answer...
Galen 170 Exam 1 Questions with
100% Correct Answers
What role does the spleen play in the body - Answer- Destroys old RBCs, stores
platelets, Stores WBC
What is required for red blood cell maturation to occur - Answer- Folate and B12
What function does the liver play in the body - Answer- Stores extra iron, produces
thrombopoetin, produces clotting factors
What is breakthrough pain? - Answer- additional pain that "breaks through" the pain
being managed by the mainstay analgesic drugs.
What is the half-life of a drug? - Answer- The time it takes for the amount of drug in the
body to be reduced by 50%
What is multimodal analgesia? - Answer- Using a combination of an opioid, non-opioid
analgesic and regional local anesthetic block
What is breakthrough pain? - Answer- Pain restarts or escalates before next schedule
analgesic dose
3 groups of analgesics - Answer- nonopioids, opioids, adjuvants
Can acetaminophen and NSAIDs be used together? - Answer- Yes
Does acetaminophen have anti-inflammatory effects? - Answer- little to none
Monitor pts taking NSAIDS for what - Answer- GI disturbances and clotting (bruises,
bleeding)
Benefits of topical NSAIDs - Answer- As effective as oral meds for localized pain and
have no systemic side effects
What type of drug should never be crushed - Answer- Extended release opioids
An overdose of diazepam can cause which acid base imbalance - Answer- Respiratory
acidosis
, What electrolytes reside mostly in extra cellular fluid - Answer- Sodium, chloride,
bicarbonate
What accounts for 90% of plasma - Answer- Water
What is a brachial plexus block - Answer- Produces anesthesia of the arm
What is a paravertebral block? - Answer- Produces anesthesia of the nerves supplying
the chest, abdominal wall and extremities
What is a trans sacral (caudal) block - Answer- Produces anesthesia of the perineum
and lower abdomen
What is HCO3 called? - Answer- Bicarbonate
S/S of hypocalcemia - Answer- "Overstimulation" of muscle
Anxiety, muscle cramps, seizures
Trousseau and Chvostek signs
S/S of hypercalcemia - Answer- "Understimulation" of nerves/muscle
Lethargy, altered mental status, confusion, weakness
Coma
Trousseau's and Chvostek's Signs are associated with: - Answer- hypocalcemia and
hypomagnesemia
S/S of hypomagnesmia - Answer- "Makes everything hyperactive"
Seizure, cramps, altered loc, chvostek and trousseau signs
S/S of hypermagnesemia - Answer- "Everything is weak/slow"
Drowsy, bradycardia, muscle weakness
Respiratory alkalosis is what - Answer- pH high and PC02 low
Respiratory acidosis is what - Answer- PH low and PCO2 high
Metabolic alkalosis is what - Answer- Ph high and HCO2 high
Metabolic acidosis is what - Answer- Ph low and HCO2 low
CO2 is respiratory or metabolic - Answer- Respiratory
HCO3 is respiratory or metabolic - Answer- Metabolic
What do you give Packed RBCs for and how long - Answer- Anema
2-4 hours
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