Alcohol is a good disinfectant reducing the number of bacteria on skin by 47-91%
you're going to stick a needle in someone's arm to draw blood for the first time....
166 Unit Ill: Blood Collection Procedures जom MATCHING 9-4: SCENARIOS AND VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES Match the type of equipment described Me type of equipment described in the following scenaries with the list of vascular access devices. Scenarios Vascular Access Devices A nurse is collecting a blood gas specimen A. Arterial line (A-line) from tubing inserted in the underside of a B. Arteriovenous (AV) shunt patient's left wrist on the thumb side. C. Central venous catheter (CVC) A nurse is palpating...
226 Unit IV: Special Procedures Case Study 11-3: Forensic Blood Alcohol Collection and asks for the specimen in the gray-top tube an In his first week on the job, a new graduate the accompanying paperwork. The phlebotomist phlebotomist is called to the ER for a stat blood draw. relieved and returns to the laboratory. When he arrives he is told to collect an ETOH. The 10 patient smells heavily of alcohol and the phlebotomist is pretty certain that this is...
Decision Point: Choosing Your Broker The first decision you're going to have to make is how you're going to invest. Even though you don't currently have a portfolio, you're familiar with the way the stock market works. Over coffee one morning, you tell a couple of friends about your inheritance and ask their advice for investing. One of your friends quickly hands you a business card for his broker and suggests you use a full-service broker. Another of your friends...
4 Bad intersection (6 pts.) "You're a rotten driver,” I protested. “Either you ought to be more careful or you oughtn't to drive at all.” "I am careful.” "No, you're not." "Well, other people are,” she said lightly. “What's that got to do with it?” "They'll keep out of my way,” she insisted. “It takes two to make an accident.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Two drivers, Jordan Baker and Nick Carraway, are approaching each other on a dark...
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166 Unit Ill: Blood Collection Procedures MATCHING 9-4: SCENARIOS AND VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES e type of equipment described in the following scenaries with the list of vascular access devices. Scenarios Vascular Access Devices A nurse is collecting a blood gas specimen A. Arterial line (A-line) from tubing inserted in the underside of a B. Arteriovenous (AV) shunt patient's left wrist on the thumb side. C. Central venous catheter (CVC) D. Implanted port A nurse is palpating an area in...
You're in charge of running a scientific program (job) that simulates a physical system for as many discrete steps as you can. The lab you're working in has two large supercomputers, which we'll call A and B, which are capable of processing this job. However, you're not one of the high-priority users of these supercomputers, so at any given point in time, you're only able to use as many spare cycles as these machines have available. Here's the problem you...
Exercise 18-5 Clinical Applications Knowledge of blood ves t for many differe cal applications. Here w e r e pule pale and 20 locating veins for hende s North ore not actually going to be wicking each other with medles upong to be finding the w i ng needles in the MATERIALS Procedure 1 Pulse Palpation Ach Pule palpation is the so n g the fingertips to feel pule points locations where the artery is superficialech that the artery phations...
Chapter 7 Blood Collection Equipment, Additives, and Order of Draw 137 KNOWLEDGE DRILL 7-3: TRUE/FALSE ACTIVITY The following statements are all false, Circle the one or two words that make the statement false, and write the correct word(s) that would make the statement true in the space provided. 1. Use of Band-Aids to hold pressure is not recommended because they tend to stick to the site and reinitiate bleeding when removed because they dislodge the platelet plug that seals a...
Draw on the readings as well as our audio visual supplements for this week in order to and respond to the following, creating a reasoned argument of your own: Utilitarian ethics and Kantian ethics are quite different, and at times in serious disagreement with one another. Read the following "case," adapted from our textbook reading this week, and then respond to the following prompt. Imagine you work in a hospital. You discover that a doctor is about to make an...
Under extreme circumstances, there may be a time when incredibly
high blood pressure may cause swelling in the brain. This type of
swelling may occur when no other trauma exists. It certainly
relates to the rate of capillary exchange in the brain. Do you
remember Dave and his swollen ankle? The swelling was edema. In
looking at that case, we also discussed the two main factors
involved with capillary exchange.
Create a graph (just draw one free-hand, no need to...