Tricks to remember things

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Specializes in Cardiac/Tele/Step-down.

I thought it would be neat to help out students and others with things we each do to remember things. Like this:

H E P A R I N (7 letters) + 3 (PTT) = 10 fingers

C O U M A D I N (8 letters) + 2 (PT) = 10 fingers

or maybe

"C"at or "K"at- "C"oumadin antidote is Vit "K"

or things to remember the cranial nerves or what meds do what.

Lopressor- Lower pressure

Aurothioglucose(gold-50)- "Golden oldies" - Antiarthritic

Antabuse- I "abuse" alcohol- Alcohol deterrant

Ear Drops- Ad"u"lt is "U"p and back so infant is opposite Down and back

I have lots more but just have to find them. These and others helped out alot in nursing school and since I've started work. So please add yours! I know that some might only make sense to you. but please post them anyways. You never know, they might make sense to someone else!:roll

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got this from my review for bronchial asthma:

B-ronchodilator

R-est

O-xygen

N-ebulization (AM and before sleeping)

C-hest physiotherapy

H-igh-Fowler's pxn

I-PPB

A-erosol

L-iberal OFI

A-minophylline

S-teroid

T-heophylline

H-istamine antagonist

M-ucolytic

A-ntibiotics

triage:

S-evere shock

C-ardiac arrest/cervical spine injury

A-irway compromise and decrease LOC

M-ulti-system trauma

E-clampsia

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Specializes in Cardiac/Tele/Step-down.

Oh! I have another one I just learned this week.

How to hook up a heart monitor.

Going left to right. "Like reading a book"

Clouds over grass . Smoke over Fire. Nowhere else for brown to go but in the middle.

So it means this---->

Chest Chest

white black cloud smoke

brown brown

green red grass fire

TA DA!!!!!:lol2:

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Specializes in Cardiac/Tele/Step-down.

For whatever reason it wouldn't let me change my post

but it goes like this

white(clouds) -------black(smoke)

-------------brown-------------

green(grass)-------- red(fire)

on your chest

TA DA!!!!

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Specializes in Acute rehab/geriatrics/cardiac rehab.

Betablockers "lol" (laugh out loud) because many of them end in the letters "lol" (metoprolol, labetalol, carvidelol). It's important to check the pt's pulse before giving these meds...if it's too low betablockers could cause the pulse to drop lower.... :)

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Specializes in Occ health, Med/surg, ER.

For Ptt: just imagine the two tt making a H for Heparin. P t t = smash the two t's together to make the H for Heparin.

Treatment for Sickle Cell = HOP to it. Hydration, Oxygen, Pain management.

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Specializes in Occ health, Med/surg, ER.

OH! I remember another one. For S/sx of hyper/hypoglycemia

Hot and dry?? Sugar's high

Cold and clammy? Need some candy

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

These are great..please keep them coming. Thanks!

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Specializes in MEDSURG, IMU, ONCOLOGY.
For whatever reason it wouldn't let me change my post

but it goes like this

white(clouds) -------black(smoke)

-------------brown-------------

green(grass)-------- red(fire)

on your chest

TA DA!!!!

I've learned from somebody:

left to right and down:

SALT (white) PEPPER (black)

KETCHUP (RED)

then it's easier to place the two colors left: brown and green.

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Specializes in ED, ICU, PSYCH, PP, CEN.

When setting up chest tube apparatus ie pleur evac, short line to suction (s to s) long line to lungs (L to L).

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Specializes in NICU.

I learned my first semester of NS for the heart leads to make a hamburger. I love food so it works for me.

white(salt), black(pepper)

brown (hamburger patty)

green(lettuce), red(ketchup)

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Specializes in Med Surg/Tele/ER.

This helped me remember which way to position a pt

Face is red...raise the head

Face is pale...raise the tail

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