VN 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Foreign Body, Nursing Management, Oxygen Therapy
24 Aug 2018
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Roles and responsibilities in emergency, disaster and re situations. General emergency and disaster situations (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) Call for assistance (turn on nurse call button or push emergency button) - do not act beyond level of knowledge. Evacuate resident to safety according to facility re and disaster plans. Resident safety issue - code gray (combative person), code silver (person with weapon or hostage situation), code yellow (bomb threat) Disaster - code orange (hazardous material spill), code triage internal (internal disaster), code triage external (external disaster) Chest pain, dyspnea, diaphoresis, feeling of impending heart attack. Headache, hemiplegia, di culty speaking, change in personality, or level of consciousness. Telephone numbers; speci c numbers used within each facility. Signs and symptoms (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) Vital signs could change, skin pale, cold and clammy pale skin. *hemorrhaging (know di types of bleeding for test) When there"s too much or not enough insulin.
