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What is the quickest route for medication?
IV
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How many main sites are there for IM?
4
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Why is SC slower than IM?
SC depends on the peripheral circulation
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SC injection with a standard 25 mm needle needs to be given at what angle?
45
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What angle would a shorter needle need to be given at?
90
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What other lengths can an SC needle be?
12/16mm
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What is the main size needle for an IM injection
21/23 mm
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Where is the deltoid muscle located?
Upper arm
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Where is the vastus lateralis located?
Anterior lateral thigh
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Where is the dorsogluteus located?
Upper outer quadrant of buttock
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Where is the ventroglutal muscle located?
Halfway between head of femur and hip
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How many steps does the MUST score include
5
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What risk can be classed as a high risk, meaning a referral to a dietician?
2
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What is the correct composition of breathable air?
21 Oxygen, 78 Nitrogen,
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What is the Fi02 when breathing normal air?
0.21
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Definition of hypoxemia?
Deficiency in oxygen in arterial blood
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What is Oxygen therapy a treatment for?
Hypoxemia
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What is the recommended sats for type 1 respiratory failure?
94-98
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Recommended sats for type 2 resp failure?
88-92
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Emergency oxygen is commenced at?
15 L
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What type of mask is states on a person with COPD's oxygen card
Venturi
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What amount of oxygen is needed to avoid rebreathing on a simple face mask?
5L
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What mask can deliver 15L/min
reservoir mask
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What type can deliver a fixed percentage of 02?
Venturi mask
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In cannula care, what is the definition of induration?
Abnormal hardness of a vein
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What is used to check cannulas for phlebitis?
VIP
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What would be the action if someone is scoring 5?
Resite and initiate treatment
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What stage of ABCDE would you check Blood sugars?
Disability
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What stage of ABCDE would you look, listen and feel the chest?
Breathing
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Head tilt, chin lift is included in which stage?
Airway
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How long should you hold the thumb for when checking capillary refill?
5 seconds
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How long should it take for someone to return back to normal colour during capillary refill?
Less than 2
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What is a key part in cathaterisation?
a part of equipment that if touched can result in infection
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What is cuffing?
Where the balloon does not deflate properly
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what is the female catheter size?
12-14 Ch/23-26 Cm
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What is a male catheter size?
12-15 Ch/30-40 Cm
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Why is the male sizes bigger than women's?
Because the male's urethra is 18-22cm where the woman's is 3-5 cm
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How long can a short-medium term catheter stay in for?
up to four weeks
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How long can a long term catheter stay in for
up to 12 weeks
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Which catheter has the wider lumen?
All silicone catheter
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What is a ryles NG tube normally used for?
Drainage however can be used for short term feeding
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What is a fine bore NG tube normally used for?
Feeding
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What is not a contra indication for NG tubes?
Dysphagia
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What medication can alter pH levels
Proton pump inhibitors
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Below what pH level needs to be achieved to indicate the tube is in the stomach?
Below 5.5
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What isn't a type of nebulised medication
Hormone Replacement
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What can nebulisers be driven by?
Oxygen and air
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Above what flow rate should be avoided due to the fluids being vaporised too quickly?
above 6L/m
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How often should a cannula dressing be changed?
7 days or if the dressing is dirty/wet/loose
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Administration sets for bloods should be changed every...
12 hours
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Administration sets for crystalloids should be changed every...
72 hours
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What is extravasation (Risk of IV therapy)
The inadvertent administration of a vesciant drug into the tissues
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What is infiltration (Risk of IV therapy)?
The inadvertent administration of a non vesciant drug into the tissues
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Define Crystalloids
Expands extra cellular and intracellular fluids equally
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Define Hypotonic
Expands extra cellular fluids
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Define Hypertonic
Expands intracellular fluids
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What is a colloid?
Hypertonic
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Examples of a colloid
Whole blood/dextran/hespan/haemecel human albumin
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