How cute! Although the values aren't exact, they give you a baseline to go off of. Every facility is different than its neighbor facility by a 10th or so. I think this lays out a great baseline for test taking purposes. Good job!
If you understand the abbreviations for the lab values - you will likely understand the saying. Ie. K+ is Potassium, and banana's are a known source for Potassium, so by me learning this saying, it triggers what lab value I'm talking about. In this instance, by saying I ate 5 bananas, I remember that 4 is within range for Potassium.
I hope I explained this alright. If you can put this all together and understand it, it's a great resource for learning :) Thanks to who posted this.
K+ 3.5 â€" 5
Ca+ 4.5.- 5
Mg 1.5-2.5
Phos 1.8-2.6
Na+ 135-145
Cl 95-105
Crt .5-1.2
BUN 10-20
PTT 60-70 or 1 ½ times higher if on Heparin
PT 11.0 - 12.5 or 2.o -3.5 times higher if on coumadin
INR 2.0-3.5 for coumadin
WBC 5-10
RBC 5
HCT 40
Hgb 15
pH 7.35-7.45 (40)
co2 35-35
On vacation I -
Ate 4 bananas with 5 glasses of milk, read 2 magazines about 2 fossils.
Spent $140 on Napkins and a $100 on Clear heals.
Did 15 BUN exercises and drank 1 Creatine shake .
Met, 3 Idiots , 11 Pets and 65 Hunks.
Ate 4 bananas (K+ found in bananas) with 5 glasses of milk (ca+ found in milk), read 2 magazines (magnesium) about 2 fossils (phosphorus).
Spent $140 on Napkins (Na+)and a $100 on Clear heals. (Cl)
Did 15 BUN exercises and drank 1 Creatine shake (Creatinine) .
Met, 3 Idiots (I for INR),
11 Pets ( P is for PT) and 65 Hunks. (H is for heparin's PTT
thanks, i'm getting tested on this stuff tomorrow so i'm just brainstorming stupid sentences to make me remember. these are the most recent from the past 30 minutes.
partial thromboplastin time (ptt)- 60-70 sec
activated partial thromboplastin time (aptt): 20-39 sec
patty taylor tinkerton baked 60 cupcakes in 70 minutes. afterwards, patty taylor tinkerton ate 20 cupcakes in 39 seconds.
prothrombin time (pt): 10-13 sec
pete townshend grew 10 inches when he turned 13.
international normalized ratio (inr): 1.0
irene norah ryan is known best for her 1 role as granny in beverly hillbillies.
For K we just say "3.5 to 5 keeps the heart alive"... Sometimes it's harder to remember long sayings when you actually get down to test time, I've found the shorter/less complex is better for memory, just a thought hope it helps
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How cute! Although the values aren't exact, they give you a baseline to go off of. Every facility is different than its neighbor facility by a 10th or so. I think this lays out a great baseline for test taking purposes. Good job!