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Triage
Key elements in emergency & critical care
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the types of triage? | telephone and hospital |
| what is dehydration? | deficit of total body water |
| what are the laboratory findings in dehydration? | hemoconcentration, azotemia, hypernatremia, elevated albumin |
| what are sign of a patient with 5% dehydration? | mild mucous membranes dryness |
| what are the signs of a patient with 7% dehydration? | mild loss of skin turgor, dry mucous membranes, possible mild tachycardia |
| what are the signs of a patient with 10% dehydration? | pronounced loss of skin turgor, dry mucous membranes, tachycardia, weak pulses, sunken eyes |
| what are the signs of a patient that is greater than 10% dehydration? | severe loss skin turgor, sunken eyes, shock, coma, death |
| how do you treat dehydration? | IV fluid replacement |
| what is hypovolemia? | loss of blood volume |
| what is the cause of hypovolemia? | shock, trauma, hemorrhage, profuse vomiting/diarrhea |
| what are the signs of a patient with hypovolemia? | tachycardia, prolonged CRT, weak pulse, hypotension |
| how do you treat hypovolemia? | IV fluids or transfusion, identify and address the underlying cause |
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