MDC III - Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers

respiratory alkalosis high pH, low CO2 pH: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic metabolic acidosis low pH, low HCO3 pH: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic respiratory acidosis low pH, high CO2 pH: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic metabolic alkalosis high pH, high HCO3 pH: 7.35-7.45 acidic-basic HCO3: 21-28 acidic-basic CO2: 45-35 acidic-basic ▪ change in condition make take priority over ABCs (ex: post op bleeding is priority over an O2 Sat% of 90%) ▪ pick the patient that is going to die first Priority questions...something to consider CPR, press the code button You walk into your patient's room and they *don't have a pulse*, what are you going to do? bag resuscitation, press the code button You walk into your patient's room and they are *not breathing but have a pulse*, what are you going to do? ▪ unconscious, pulseless ▪ shock them with the AED! If you walk into a room with a patient that is in *ventricular fibrillation (v fib)* ▪ How will they present? ▪ What must we do to get them out of that state?