Tricks to remember things

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

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!!!!!

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!!!!

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.... :)

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.

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

Hot and dry?? Sugar's high

Cold and clammy? Need some candy

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

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.

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

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)

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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