Skills I must review

• Switching one type of IVPB medication to another type using the same IV pump
• Switching a running IV line into a saline lock
• Hanging a secondary IV fluid or IVPB
• Setting up IV pump for primary IV fluid
• Inserting an IV
• Changing a PICC line dressing

IV Pump Online Training

http://www.healthstream.com/content/hospitaldirect/baxter/spectrum/course/Player/main.html?LangId=En-Us

Always good to know and review!

Differentiating blood tests

The following website explains the difference between the different blood tests (PT, PTT, INR):
http://surgery.about.com/od/beforesurgery/qt/PTPTTINRtests.htm

This makes so much more sense.

I never knew before today that the meninges covered the spine in addition to the brain...

It's so nice to review everything, right before my Neuro/Trauma ICU interview on Thursday!

Sources:

• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19088.htm

Understanding Cancer Scans

Dementia:

• Alzheimer's Dementia
• Vascular Dementia
• Lewy Body Dementia
• Parkinson's Disease
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• Huntington's Disease
• Wernicke-Korsakoff's Syndrome
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• Down's Syndrome

AWESOME website for studying EKGs!

http://meds.queensu.ca/courses/assets/modules/ts-ecg/ecg_index.html