Make up a sentence in which the first letter of each word is part of or represents the initial of what you want to remember. To remember the name Rosa Parks and what she's known for, picture a woman sitting on a park bench surrounded by roses, waiting as her bus pulls up. Positive, pleasant images that are vivid, colorful, and three-dimensional will be easier to remember. Mnemonic DeviceĪssociate a visual image with a word or name to help you remember them better.
Bonus: Probenecid indications are basically the opposite of STORE (no renal stone history, etc.).Mnemonics (the initial “m” is silent) are clues of any kind that help us remember something, usually by helping us associate the information we want to remember with a visual image, a sentence, or a word. Score 4-5: strep throat is likely, so treat empirically. Score 1-3: possible strep throat, do a swab test. Tetralogy, Transposition, Truncus, Total anomalous, Tricuspid atresiaĪge: less than 5 years is -1, 15-45 years is 0, greater than 45 years is +1Ĭervical nodes: cervical nodes palpable is +1 G: Goiter and Gastrointestinal (loose stools/diarrhea). I: Intolerance to heat, Irregular menstruation, and Irritability Remember the following mnemonic when evaluating patients for hyperthyroidism: Use the mnemonic SITTT as an aid in evaluating the cause of hematuria: This facilitates respiration and reduces venous return. Position patient sitting up with legs dangling over the side of the bed. Oxygen, 100% given to obtain an arterial PO2>60 mm Hg. Morphine increases venous capacity, lowering left atrial pressure, and relieves anxiety, which reduces the efficiency of ventilation. Initial dose, 4 to 8 mg IV (subcutaneous administration is effective in milder cases) may repeat in 2 to 4 hours. Lasix® (furosemide) intravenous (IV), one to two times the patient's usual dose, or 40 mg if the patient does not usually take the drug. Remember the mnemonic LMNOP when treating a patient with acute pulmonary edema: Whiz: a urinary tract infection is possible if urinary catheterization was required. Walk: deep venous thrombosis can develop due to pelvic pooling or restricted mobility related to pain and fatigue. Water: check intravenous access site for signs of phlebitis. Wound: there might be an infection at the surgical site. Wind: the pulmonary system is the primary source of fever in the first 48 hours. Remember the following mnemonic when determining the possible cause(s) of fever in a patient who has recently undergone a surgical procedure: the 5 W's (or 6 W's) well I'm post-call." H= cHf, other cardiomyopathiesĬaveat: is suspected right ventricular MI suspected. Scale of 6: feels the pricks (if testing motor by pain withdrawl)īlood pressure (say: 'blood pressure problems')Įndocrine (cretinism, hypopituitarism, Cushing's)Įnvironmental (postirradiation, postinfectious) Glasgow coma scale: components and numbers History: quick EMS medical history checklist Alternatively, Signs and Symptoms with the 'S'. 
Example usage: List causes of decreased vision: Central retinal artery occlusion, Retinitis pigmentosa, Perforation to gobe, Chronic Gentamycin use, Ruematoid arthritis, Diabetes, Idiopathic, Any eye tumor, Myopia. Inflammatory (Infectious and non-Infectious) 
SYMptom is something only hYM knows about.Ī and C stand for Acquired and Congenital SIgn: something I can detect even if patient is unconscious.
Tenderness, Temperature, Transillumination "6 Students and 3 Teachers go for CAMPFIRE": "Prostitute's Eye" - accommodates but does not react, pathognomonic of 3ry syphilisįelty's syndrome is the arthritis in which the spleen can be felty!Ĭlassification of hypersensitivity reactions (Gell & Goombs) Haldane effect means (O2 =CO2 carried by Hgb). Also think BohrĮffect with a rightward shift(_CO2 = _O2). Oxygen unloading and has an increased 2,3 DPG. Muscle is Hot, Acidic (Lactic Acid), Hypercarbic, Benefits from Think of exercising muscle for a rightward shift: Exercising
The 4 P's of arterial Occlusion: pain pallor pulselessness paresthesias Predisposing Conditions for Pulmonary Embolism: TOM SCHREPFER
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