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Female pelvic organs' blood supply

"3 organs, each get 2 blood supplies":
Uterus: uterine, vaginal.
Rectum: middle rectal, inferior rectal [inferior rectal is the end of pudendal].
Bladder: superior vesical, inferior vesical.
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---Anonymous Contributor

Liver: side with ligamentum venosum/ caudate lobe vs. side with quadrate lobe/ ligamentum teres

"VC goes with VC":
The Venosum and Caudate is on same side as Vena Cava [posterior]. Therefore, quadrate and teres must be on anterior by default.
· See inferior-view diagram.

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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin

Saphenous veins: path of great vs. small at malleolus

"MAGdelaine has varicose veins" [The saphenous veins are important for varicose veins]:
Medial maleolus, Anterior to maleolus, and Great saphenous go together.
Then the opposites of these go together: Small saphenous is posterior to the lateral maleolus.
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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin

Einthoven's Triangle: organization

Corners are at RA (right arm), LA (left arm), LL (left leg).
Number of L's at a corner tell how many + signs are at that corner [eg LL is ++].
Sum of number of L's of any 2 corners tells the name of the lead [eg LL-LA is lead III].
For reference axes, the negative angle hemisphere is on the half of the triangle drawing that has all the negative signs; positive angle hemisphere contains only positive signs.
· See diagram.

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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin

Heart: -tropic definitions

Lusitropic: loose is relaxed. Definition: relax heart.
Inotropic: when heart wall contracts, moves inward. Definition: contract heart.
Chronotropic: 'chrono-' means 'time'. Defintion: heart rate (of SA node impulses).
Dromotropic: only one left, it must be conduction speed by default.
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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin

Vfib/Vtach drugs used according to ACLS

"Every Little Boy Must Pray":
Epinephrine
Lidocaine
Bretylium
Magsulfate
Procainamide
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---Midnight Medic Paramedic in Texas

Thoracic cage: relations to the important venous structures

Behind the sternoclavicular joints: the brachiocephalic veins begin.
Behind the 1st costal cartilage on the right the superior vena cava begins.
Behind the 2nd costal cartilage on the right the azygos vein ends.
Behind the 3rd costal cartilage on the right the superior vena cava ends.
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---Fred Reid Undergrad at St-Andrews, UK

Murmurs: systolic types

SAPS:
Systolic
Aortic
Pulmonic
Stenosis
· Systolic murmurs include aortic and pulmonary stenosis.
· Similarly, it's common sense that if it is aortic and pulmonary stenosis it could also be mitral and tricusp regurgitation].
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Shock: signs and symptoms

TV SPARC CUBE:
Thirst
Vomiting
Sweating
Pulse weak
Anxious
Respirations shallow/rapid
Cool
Cyanotic
Unconscious
BP low
Eyes blank
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Heart valves: sequence of flow

TRIPS BIAS:
TRIcuspid
Pulmonary
Semilunar
BIcuspid
Aortic
Semilunar
Alternatively: "TRIPS, MI ASs!" (uses MItral instead of BIcuspid)
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---Anonymous Contributor