Pimp Questions

[Anjel]

Great job guys...and girls.

What are the signs/symptoms of Grave's disease?

Mi madre has Grave's.

Bulging eyes, rapid heart rate, hair loss, anxiety, always hot, irritation, fatigue and weight loss.

 

[Anjel]

A common lower back complaint is hyperlordosis. What are the major causes?

 

[VFlutter]

Correct.

The build up of ______ in the blood causes hepatic encephalopathy? What drug do we give for it?

 

[medicsb]

Mag sulfate?

Or, all of them. Can't seize if they are dead...

True, seizing is difficult when dead, but that answer I was looking for was lidocaine, which acts similarly to phenytoin, which is also consider a class 1b antiarrhythmic like lidocaine.

Am J Emerg Med. 1993 May;11(3):243-4.
Lidocaine in refractory status epilepticus: a forgotten drug in the emergency department.
Aggarwal P, Wali JP.

 

[Fish]

True, seizing is difficult when dead, but that answer I was looking for was lidocaine, which acts similarly to phenytoin, which is also consider a class 1b antiarrhythmic like lidocaine.

Am J Emerg Med. 1993 May;11(3):243-4.
Lidocaine in refractory status epilepticus: a forgotten drug in the emergency department.
Aggarwal P, Wali JP.

Damn! Was going to say Lidocaine, but could not give a good enough rational

 

[JPINFV]

A common lower back complaint is hyperlordosis. What are the major causes?

Somatic dysfunction!

/troll face.

 

[VFlutter]

A common lower back complaint is hyperlordosis. What are the major causes?

Ballerinas :wub:

 

[Brandon O]

What's the common element between the Korotkoff sounds when you take a blood pressure, the thrill you feel over a dialysis fistula, and the bruit you might hear from the carotids?

 

[VFlutter]

What's the common element between the Korotkoff sounds when you take a blood pressure, the thrill you feel over a dialysis fistula, and the bruit you might hear from the carotids?

Turbulent blood flow?

 

[CANDawg]

Turbulent blood flow?

Seconded.

 

[Brandon O]

Turbulent blood flow?

Indeed!

For bonus points: why might this be bad in the atria of an A-fib patient, but good at the site of a laceration?

 

[VFlutter]

Indeed!

For bonus points: why might this be bad in the atria of an A-fib patient, but good at the site of a laceration?

Clotting

#winning

 

[CANDawg]

Indeed!

For bonus points: why might this be bad in the atria of an A-fib patient, but good at the site of a laceration?

Turbulent blood flow can activate platelets. Good for lacerations. However, valvular atrial fibrillation and clotting = not good.

 

[CANDawg]

Clotting

#winning

Damn you and your quick responses!

 

[VFlutter]

Damn you and your quick responses!

Step your game up


And I'm on my iPhone. But your response was more detailed

 

[Brandon O]

Damn you and your quick responses!

You win, better answer.

Continuing the theme of Clotting Tuesdays, give me three (not one, not two) mechanisms by which direct pressure helps control bleeding?

 

[NYMedic828]

I'm not smart enough for this thread.

:sad:

You win, better answer.

Continuing the theme of Clotting Tuesdays, give me three (not one, not two) mechanisms by which direct pressure helps control bleeding?

Can only think of two

 

[Thricenotrice]

You win, better answer.

Continuing the theme of Clotting Tuesdays, give me three (not one, not two) mechanisms by which direct pressure helps control bleeding?

Because that's what they taught me in EMT school, then medic school, and it decreases blood flow at the site due to minimizing lumen size?

That's three reasons.

 

[CANDawg]

• Limits blood flow through the vessels, allowing time for the clotting mechanism to take effect.
• Increases the turbulence of the blood flow, thereby further activating platelets.
• Increases the surface area of the damaged endothelium exposed to blood causing further clotting.

The last one was a total guess.

 

[mycrofft]

disregard