Anatomy subcategory
Shock and Sepsis
Mnemonics for recognition, classification, fluids, vasopressors and the sepsis bundle.
Entries in Shock and Sepsis
Two sets, separate sites, adequate volume, before antibiotics
A memory aid for taking and interpreting blood cultures.
History, observations, examination and charts together
A memory aid for assessing whether a patient is dry or overloaded.
Group and save identifies the blood type; crossmatch reserves specific units
A memory aid for pre-transfusion testing and the safety rules.
Type A from hypoperfusion, type B without it
A memory aid for interpreting a raised lactate.
A non-blanching rash in an unwell patient is meningococcal until proven otherwise
A memory aid for recognising and treating meningococcal disease.
Hypotension with bradycardia and warm peripheries after high spinal cord injury
A memory aid for the distinctive features of neurogenic shock.
Procalcitonin rises in bacterial infection and falls quickly with treatment
A memory aid for the biomarkers used to distinguish bacterial infection.
Baroreflex tachycardia and vasoconstriction, then fluid shift and hormonal retention
A memory aid for the compensatory response to blood loss.
Life-threatening organ dysfunction from a dysregulated response to infection
A memory aid for recognising and treating sepsis.
Three in and three out, within one hour
A mnemonic for the six interventions in the first hour of sepsis.
Hypovolaemic, cardiogenic, obstructive and distributive
A memory aid for the four categories of shock and their haemodynamic profiles.
Inadequate tissue perfusion, recognised before hypotension appears
A memory aid for recognising and classifying shock clinically.
Acute haemolytic, febrile, allergic, TACO and TRALI
A memory aid for the types of transfusion reaction.
Vasopressors squeeze the vessels; inotropes squeeze the heart
A memory aid for classifying vasoactive drugs by their receptor actions.