Mnemonics and Memory Aids

Diabetes

Hot and Dry : sugar high

cold and clammy need some candy

Thank you all so much!

This is an AWESOME thread!

Huh. That's funny, I learned it slightly differently. "On Old Olympus's Towering Tops A Fin And German Viewed Some Hops"

olfactory
optic
oculomotor
trochlear
trigeminal opthalmic branch, maxillary, mandibular branch
abducens
facial
auditory
glossopharyngeal
vagus
spinal-accessory
hypoglossal

Not that it makes much difference. lol

somebody have the meaning of the mnemonics METHODS

Heres one I learned about EKG

Snow over Grass- white over green
smoke over fire- black over red
and ground in the middle- brown

thanks all with respect

I finally know what METHODS mean sheesh...

M-edicine
E-xercise
T-reatment
H-ealth Teaching
O-ut patient follow-up or check-up
D-iet
S-ex(sexual activity)

Anyone have any ideas for childhood imms?

I have a good one my Med/Surg professor taught me for quickly telling whether you have an acid base problem that is metabolic or respiratory.
The first thing you do is glance at the number for the pH; from that you determine if it the body is in acidosis or alkalosis. From there you think elevators or see-saws.
For this mnemonic, you assume that all elevators go in the same direction.
If it is a metabolic acid-base problem, you have elevators. The pH, bicarb, and CO2 levels will all be going in the same direction (assuming you have partial compensation with the CO2).
If it is a resp. acid-base problem, you will have see-saws, and the CO2 and bicarb levels will go high when the pH goes low and low when the pH goes high (assuming you have partial compensation with the bicarb).
It sounds complex, but it really works. All you have to do is remember elevators and see-saws -- from there you have metabolic and resp. acid/base down quickly and easily!