MEDSURG MNEMONICS 1

COMPILED BY : EMMANUEL D. CUNA

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Aortic stenosis characteristics
SAD:
Syncope
Angina
Dyspnoea
MI: basic management
BOOMAR:
Bed rest
Oxygen
Opiate
Monitor
Anticoagulate
Reduce clot size

ECG: left vs. right bunle bloc!
""i##iaM MaRRo"":
" pattern in V1-V2 and M pattern in V3-V6 is #eft bundle block.
M pattern in V1-V2 and " in V3-V6 is Right bundle block.
!ote: consider bundle branch blocks "hen #$% co&plex is "ide.

$ericaritis: causes
CARDIAC RI%D:
Collagen 'ascular disease
Aortic aneurys&
Radiation
Drugs (such as hydralazine)
Infections
Acute renal failure
Cardiac infarction
Rheu&atic fe'er
In*ury
%eoplas&s
Dressler+s syndro&e

Murmurs: s&stolic t&'es
SA$S:
Systolic
Aortic
$ul&onic
Stenosis
%ystolic &ur&urs include aortic and pul&onary stenosis.
%i&ilarly, it+s co&&on sense that if it is aortic and pul&onary stenosis it could
also be &itral and tricusp regurgitation-.

MI: signs an s&m'toms
$(#SE:
$ersistent chest pains
(pset sto&ach
#ightheadedness
Shortness of breath
Excessi'e s"eating

)eart com'ensator& mechanisms that *save* organ bloo flo+ uring shoc!
".eart SA,ER":
Sy&phatoadrenal syste&
Atrial natriuretic factor
,asopressin
Endogenous digitalis-like factor
Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone syste&
/n all 0, syste& is acti'ated1factor is released

Murmurs: right vs. left louness
"RI#E":
Right sided heart &ur&urs are louder on Inspiration.
#eft sided heart &ur&urs are loudest on Expiration.

S- elevation causes in ECG
E#E,A-IO%:
Electrolytes
#222
Early repolarization
,entricular hypertrophy
Aneurys&
-reat&ent (eg pericardiocentesis)
In*ury (34/, contusion)
Osborne "a'es (hypother&ia)
%on-occlusi'e 'asospas&

Bec!*s tria .cariac tam'onae/
3 5+s:
Distant heart sounds
Distended *ugular 'eins
Decreased arterial pressure
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