Mnemonics

MI management: MONA Morphine O2 Nitroglycerine Aspirin HYPOGLYCEMIA: TIRED T Tired I Irritability R Restless E Excessive hunger D Diaphoresis-Depression HEART MURMURS: SPASM S Stenosis P Partial obstruction A Aneurysms S Septal defect M Mitral regurgitation Hyperthyroidism (s/s) : THYROIDISM Tremor Heart rate up Yawning (fatigueability) Restlessness Oligomenorrhea & amenorrhea Intolerance to heat Diarrhea Irritability Sweating Muscle wasting & weight loss Miotic: Little word=Little pupil Mydriatic: Big word=Big pupil Anticholingergics Side Effects: Can't see Can't pee Can't spit Can't sh*t

5W's of common causes of post-op fever Wind (think pneumonia, splinting, incentive spirometer exercises not done, DB+ coughing not done) Water (dehydration...) Wound (infection, dehiscence...) Walking (PE...) Wonder drug (approriate antibiotic...) Cranial Nerves Oh – Olfactory ------- Some Oh - Optic -------------Say Oh –Oculomotor ------ Marry To -Trochlear ---------Money Touch- Trigeminal--- But And- Abducens --------My Feel- Facial -----------Brother Virgin- Vestibulocochlear- Says Girl's- Glossopharangeal--- Big Violins -Vagus ----------Breasts Ah -Accessory -----------Mean Heaven- Hypoglossal ----More For the third column, S stands for sensory, M for motor, and B is both. Also, you have one nose, so Olfactory is CNI, two eyes, so optic is CNII. To remember which order the As come in, ABducens comes before ACcessory alphabetically. Acute Pancreatitis: I GET SMASHED I - idiopathic G - gallstone E - EtOH T - trauma S - steroids M - mumps (paramyxovirus) and other viruses (EBV, CMV) A - autoimmune S - scorpion sting / snake bite H - hypercalcemia, hyperlipidemia and hypothermia E - ERCP D - drugs, duodenal ulcers To apply a telemetry monitor: White over right (top right shoulder) Black beside the white (Over lt shoulder) Checkers (red below the black) Christmas (Green beside the red) Then ofcourse, the brown will be in the middle!

The HYPERKALEMIA "Machine" - Causes of Increased Serum K+ M - Medications - ACE inhibitors, NSAIDS A - Acidosis - Metabolic and respiratory C - Cellular destruction - Burns, traumatic injury H - Hypoaldosteronism, hemolysis I - Intake - Excesssive N - Nephrons, renal failure E - Excretion - Impaired Signs and Symptoms of Increased Serum K+: MURDER M - Muscle weakness U - Urine, oliguria, anuria R- Respiratory distress D - Decreased cardiac contractility E - ECG changes R - Reflexes, hyperreflexia, or areflexia (flaccid)