Caustic ingestion - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

REHS Questions and Answers Rated A What would you expect from a swimming pool with a high pH reading? Cloudiness and eye irritation Which will raise the pH of a pool? a. Calcium Bicarbonate b. Calcium Carbonate c. Soda Ash or Caustic Soda Soda Ash or Caustic Soda Soda ash is Sodium Carbonate NaCO3 Caustic Soda is NaOH Which chemical is used to oxygenate swimming pool water? a. Ozone b. Sodium Carbonate c. Sodium Bicarbonate d. Calcium Carbonate Sodium Carbonate How would a swimmer most...

In Abruptio Placenta, the placenta ____________ from the uterine wall ____________. - ANSWER-Separates, prematurely Abruptio Placenta usually occurs in (prima/multi) gravida over the age of ____________. - ANSWER-Multigravida, 35 (HTN, trauma, cocaine) How is the bleeding of Abruptio Placenta different from that in Placenta Previa? - ANSWER-Usually painful; bleeding is more voluminous in placenta previa If you are the nurse starting the IV on the client with Abruptia Placenta, what guage need...

SAEM Exam Practice Questions With Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 Rated A+. Clostridium perfringens - Answer-Gas gangrene Late onset non-bloody diarrhea (from spores in dirt) Yersinia enterocolitica - Answer-Usually transmitted from pet feces (e.g., puppies), contaminated milk, or pork. Outbreaks are common in day-care centers. Sx can mimic Crohn's or appendicitis - bloody diarrhea, vomiting, cramping RLQ Campylobacter jejuni - Answer-#1 cause of watery or bloody diarrhea in US Usually f...

CAISS ACTUAL STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS What is the age break for 2nd & 3rd degree burn injuries? - Answer-<5 yr old What body region is asphyxia/suffocation assigned to? - Answer-head What is caustic agent inhalation injury coded under? - Answer-thorax What is caustic agent ingestion injury coded to? - Answer-specific organ (e.g. esophagus, stomach) What body region is drowning assigned to? - Answer-chest acoustic & auditory nerves are part of which...

REHS Questions with All Correct Answers What would you expect from a swimming pool with a high pH reading? - Answer-Cloudiness and eye irritation Which will raise the pH of a pool? a. Calcium Bicarbonate b. Calcium Carbonate c. Soda Ash or Caustic Soda - Answer-Soda Ash or Caustic Soda Soda ash is - Answer-Sodium Carbonate NaCO3 Caustic Soda is - Answer-NaOH Which chemical is used to oxygenate swimming pool water? a. Ozone b. Sodium Carbonate c. Sodium Bicarbonate d. Ca...

Acute Gastritis etiology - Infection-induced Usually due to H. Pylori -Drug-induced - E.g., nsaids, steroids, some chemotherapeutic drugs, alcohol, and iron supplements - Ulcerohemorrhagic - Occurs with critical illness; due to physiologic stress and ischemic changes caused by shock, hypotension, or release of vasoactive substances Acute Gastritis Pathogenesis -Acute imbalance between mucosal injury and repair mechanisms -Development of mucosal hyperemia and erosive changes with histologic pres...

When is gastric lavage contraindicated? - correct answer hydrocarbon and caustic ingestion due to high risk of aspiration w/ hydrocarbons and further injury w/ caustic ingestions 23 y/o F dropped off to ED by boyfriend after unknown OD. Her pupils are very large and she is sweating profusely. Respiratory rate, BP, and HR are elevated. What agent most likely caused her sx? - correct answer cocaine sympathomimetic How can you differentiate OD...

A false positive guaiac may be caused by the presence of ___ - Answer-Methylene blue GI pathogens that cause bloody diarrhea (4) - Answer-Campylobacter E Coli O157 Yersinia Salmonella Clostridium perfringens - Answer-Gas gangrene Late onset non-bloody diarrhea (from spores in dirt) Yersinia enterocolitica - Answer-Usually transmitted from pet feces (e.g., puppies), contaminated milk, or pork. Outbreaks are common in day-care centers. Sx can mimic Crohn's or appendicitis - bloody diarrh...

Activated Charcoal Pharmacology/ onset of action - Answer- Binds and absorbs ingested toxins present in the GI tract following emesis or lavage Typically not effective unless administered within 30 minutes of ingestion Onset of action: Immediate Activated Charcoal Indications - Answer- Poisoning/Overdose (after emesis/lavage or in cases where emesis /lavage may be contraindicated) Activated Charcoal Alternative names - Answer- Actidose-Aqua, LiquiCharcoal Activated Charc...

In Abruptio Placenta, the placenta _______________ from the uterine wall ____________. - ANSWER-Separates, prematurely Abruptio Placenta usually occurs in (prima/multi) gravida over the age of ____________. - ANSWER-Multi, 35 (HTN, trauma, cocaine) How is the bleeding of Abruptio Placenta different from that in placenta previa? - ANSWER-pain and less voluminous in abruptio If you are the nurse starting the IV on the client with Abruptia Placenta, what guage needle should you use? - ANSW...