HELPFUL MNEMONICS
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Functions of Frontal Lobe = PIMS
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P - personality
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I - intelligence
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M - memory
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S - speech
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Errors of Refraction = My Cave is Far from Vex
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MYopia, conCAVE lens; FAR sightedness (hyperopia), conVEX lens
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Eye Accommodation = FaD Flat NeC Bulge
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FAr Vision -- ciliary muscle Dilates; lens FLATtens
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NEar Vision -- ciliary muscle
Constricts; lens BULGEs
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Warning Signs of Cancer = CAUTION
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C - change in bowel/bladder patterns
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A - a sore that doesn't heal
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U - unexplained weight loss, anemia,
bleeding
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T - thickening of lump
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I - indigestion
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O - obvious change in wart/mole
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N - nagging cough
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Sickle Cell Anemia Management = HOP
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H - hydration
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O - oxygen
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P - pain medications
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Blood Transfusion Problems = HAPCATCH
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H - hemolytic reaction
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A - allergic reaction
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P - pyrogenic reaction
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C - citrate reaction
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A - air embolism
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T - thrombocytopenia
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C - circulatory overload
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H - hyperkalemia
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# of Bones and Muscles = #s 2, 0 6
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# of Muscles - 620
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# of Bones (Child) - 260
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# of Bones (Adult) - 206
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Femoral Fracture = TENI - Trochanter Extracapsular, Neck
Intracapsular
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CPR Priority = CAB - Compression, Airway, Breathing
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Celiac Disease Contraindications = BROW - Barley, Rye, Oat, Wheat
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Glaucoma = AICO - Acute Imbalance Chronic Obstruction
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Cellular Ions = PISO - Potassium Inside Sodium Outside (thank you jb abad)
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Heart Valves = LABRAT - Left Atrium Bicuspid, Right Atrium Tricuspid
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Levels of Consciousness = ACLOSC - Alert, Confused, Lethargic, Obtunded, Stuporous, Comatose
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Hypoglycemia & Hyperglycemia
Skin
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Cold and clammy need some candy,
Warm and dry sugar high
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PLANTar flexion occurs
when you squash a PLANT
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SOUPination
(supination) is holding the SOUP up with your palm; POURnation (pronation) is POURing the bowl of soup with
your palm
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Stages of Grief = DABDA - Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
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ADEK - four fat-soluble vitains
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Drugs contraindicated for G6PD
Deficiency = AAA - Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Antipyretics
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Cardinal signs for tetralogy of
fallot = DROP - ventricular septal Defect, Right ventricular hypertrophy, Overriding aorta, Pulmonary stenosis
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Cell Cycle Stages (for cancer drugs)
= "Go Sally Go! Make Children!" G1 phase, SG2 phase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis phase,
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Hypersensitivity Reactions = ACID - Anaphylactic
(Type I), Cytotoxic (Type
II), Immune complex (Type
III), Delayed (Type IV)
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Pain Assessment = OLDCART - Onset, Location, Duration, Characteristic, Aggravating factor, Relieving factor, Treatment
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CVS (Chorionic Villi Sampling) -
"Chorionic" has 9 letters and is measured during 9th week
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Amniocentesis - measures
alphafetoprotein - "alphafetoprotein" has 16 letters and is measures
during the 16th week
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Blue Bloater Bronchitis; Pink Puffer emPhysema
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Congenital CYANOTIC Heart Diseases = 4 T's - Truncus arteriosus, Tricuspid atresia, Transposition of great
arteries, Tetralogy of
fallot
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Pediatric Milestones = 1234
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1 year - 1 word said
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2 years - 2 step commands
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3 years - rides TRIcycle
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4 years - draws SQUARE
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drugs ending with "olol"
are Beta Blockers - stick "o" and "l" together to make an
inverted "b", flip them together to get "bb" which stands
for Beta Blockers
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Anti-TB drugs = RIPES - Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol, Streptomycin
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"You have 1 HEART and 2
LUNGS" - Beta 1 receptors affect the heart, Beta 2 affect the lungs
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"You have 1 NOSE and 2
EYES" - Cranial Nerve 1 Olfactory, Cranial Nerve 2 Optic
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Heart Conduction Pathway = "SAVe HIS KIN" - SA node, AV node, bundle of HIS, purKINje fibers
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Pituitary Hormones = FLAGTOP - FSH, LH, ADH, GH, TSH, Oxytocin, Prolactin
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Compartment Syndrome = 5 P's - Pain, Palor, Pulselessness, Paresthesia, Pressure
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Language Areas: language IN, letter
"I", wernIcke's area; language OUT, letter "O", brOca's
area
