You are standing at the monitor screen at the nurse’s station when you see your patient has just developed the following rhythm with a ventricular rate of 150-160 beats per minute.  This is a new development for this patient! What is the priority for the nurse? (In other words, what should happen first?)

This semester we learned an updated mnemonic that is like the “new MONA” for cardiac patients: THROMBINS2 The R in THROMBINS2 stands for Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockade (whew, that is a mouthful) or ACE Inhibitors.  Which statement is true about the use of ACE Inhibitors for Acute MI patients?

One of the noticeable differences between heat exhaustion and heat stroke is that:    In heat stroke, the person stops sweating

A trauma patient in the Emergency Department (ED) is bleeding heavily from multiple wounds after a motorcycle vs SUV accident.  He has 2 large bore IVs open with normal saline flowing in and remains unconscious but in sinus tachycardia with a BP of 79/34 at this time.  The nurse considers that the priority for this patient…

You are caring for a female victim of physical assault in the ED who has been brought in by ambulance with law enforcement accompanying. The patient has multiple contusions to the face and body. There are superficial lacerations to the torso which may possibly be knife wounds or from another object. The patient is unconscious. Vital signs are BP 97/60, HR 95, RR 12, temp WNL. Your priorities are: 

Still considering the patient from the previous question: A 44 year old patient is admitted with fever and altered LOC.  Her blood pressure on admission is 74/30.  The patient is tachycardic and tachypneic and has a history of pneumonia for one week at the long-term care facility.. Temp 102.1 F, HR 114, RR 24. The RN anticipates the following orders, knowing these to be the foundation of treatment for septic shock:

SIRS leads to a series of events known as “cytokine storm”. Which of the following statements is most accurate about SIRS and cytokine storm?

When treating patients with a COVID-19 infection, use of steroids has specific recommendations including:  

Malignant hyperthermia is treated as a code situation.  Surgical areas keep a special MH crash cart stocked and personnel are trained to respond to this emergency.  Some of the standard interventions that are performed during a malignant hyperthermia crisis include…

Fibrinolytic agents such as TPA/Alteplase used to treat stroke: