Thursday, August 28, 2014

How Medical Reference Cards Act As Life Saving Tools

By Deanne Shepard


In a clinical setting, when physicians handle patients, they need to have vital information about diseases and ailments. With medical reference cards, they are documents that contain summarized information on different health issues. They contain information on medical values, procedures and tests that a practitioner or students might use as reference in the clinical setting or research institutions.

Such tools provide quick medical information on various conditions enabling one to refer when in the clinical setting. They are available in all forms depending on the choice of the person and convenience. There are those that are online and they can be downloaded to phones and other electronic devices. They can also be printed and be used manually.

It is critical that patients are administered with the right dosage of drugs. At times, keeping all the information in head could be prove daunting. Details on how to make intravenous lines on various body parts is also explained. Antidotes to different medications are also addressed so as to ensure quick referencing when allergic reactions occur or in case of overdosing.

The pediatric referencing card provides information regarding different kinds of conditions that affect new infants and how to treat them. It also features names of drugs that can be used in the right doses without causing harm. Special procedures like how to conduct resuscitation to infants is also well explained.

Treatment of conditions like hypokalemia and DKA are features in order to provide support in times of emergencies. There is the ECG referencing tool that can be either for adults or children. The one for children provides detailed information on the signs of heart congenital malformations so as to ensure the medic confirms the condition and attends to it the right way to save life.

For adults it provides information on various heart conditions like hypertension and cardiac failure among other medical conditions that are related to the heart. Practitioners working in the gynecological department can also obtain referencing cards for their area of specialization. These provide details on reproductive system and how to interpret laboratory results that are obtained after tests. Information about identifying septic newborns can also be obtained in this kind of card so as to ensure neonates are treated before the condition worsens.

Airway reference card provides detailed information about inserting tubes to airway tract, and how to remove them safely without causing harm to a patient. Details on treating infections of the airways are also provided to ensure there is safety of the airway whenever a procedure is done. These cards act as life saving tools enabling one to refer quickly whenever an emergency arises.

The importance is so clear to everyone and they are very affordable. These are tools are for saving lives since they give critical details that one may not be aware of while in the clinical setting. By keeping all kind information in a summarized manner, it ensures quick access of information to save life in times of emergency.




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