EMERGENCY!!! Staff meeting 07/2023

What is the CWH door-to-EKG time goal?

• 15min

• 10min

• Whenever the patient stops talking

• 20min

What type of splint would you possibly apply to a tib/fib fracture?

• Ulnar gutter

• Volar

• Posterior leg

• Sugar tong

What is the rhythm seen here?

• sinus tachycardia

• a-fib

• ventricular fibrillation

• ventricular tachycardia

What EKG leads are placed posterior for a posterior EKG?

• V4, V5, V6

• All the leads

• V1, V2, V3

• LA LL, RA RL

What color blood tube should be filled last?

• Blood cultures

• Gold

• Lavender

• Blue

Name the device that can be used for eye irrigation in the Emergency Department:

• Irrigating vectis

• Phoropter

• Tonopen

• Morgan lens

How can essential oils affect pediatric patients adversely if ingested?

• Kidney failure

• Olfactory overload

• Neurotoxicity

What is the proper way to preserve an amputated appendage (e.g. a finger)?

• Sitting on top of a bucket of ice

• wrapped in saline soaked gauze, in a biohazard bag, on top of water/ ice solution

• Yuck, throw it away!

Who do you save first?

• The person with an uncontrolled hemorrhage

• The lady choking on food

• The person who is in severe respiratory distress

• Jason Blue when he needs some emergent Mission Burger

What two places can the Broselow tape be found?

• What is Broselow tape?

• In the charge nurse desk and the core

• Room 1 hanging by the monitor and on top of the pediatric crash cart