Miscellaneous Mnemonics

Miscellaneous Mnemonics

Resistor colour codes "Bad Boys Rape 
Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly
- Get Some Now":
· In ascending resistor value order:
Black: 0
Brown: 1
Red: 2
Orange: 3
Yellow: 4
Green: 5
Blue: 6
Violet: 7
Grey: 8
White: 9
Gold: 5%
Silver: 10%
None: 20%

Visible spectrum colors in order ROY G. BIV
· In order from low end of spectrum:
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Alternatively: "Richard Of York Gained Battles
In Vain" (Richard III was an English king defeated in 1485).

Ohm's Law "Virgins Are Rare":
Volts = Amps x Resistance
· Note: can then rearrange to more common form Resistance = Volts / Amps.

Ideal gas law "Pure Virgins Never Really
Tire":
PV=nRT

Electric units "Vaulting John Says: 'Ann
Can Sing OVA'. What Just Sing? And
Vault.":
Volts = Joules/Sec
Amps = Coulombs/Sec
Ohms = Volts/Amp
Watts = Joules/Sec=Amps x Volts

Ideal gas law [for All My Children fans] "Pine Valley
is Not Real Time"
PV=nRt

Work: formula "Lots of Work gets me Mad!":
Work = Mad:
M=Mass
a=acceleration
d=distance

Syncope (fainting) treatment If the face is red,
raise the head.
If the face is pale, raise the tail.

Hospice facets HOSPICE:
Home
Outpatient
Support groups
Pain medication/ Physical needs
Inpatient
Counseling
End-stage (terminal) illness/ Emotional needs

Healthy lifestyle modification DRAINS:
Diet
Reduce weight
Alcohol reduced
Improve circulation (exercise)
No other disease
Smoking stopped

Clinical essay plan "During Exams Please
Say Silently I Must Prepare F***ing 
Well":
Definition
Epidemiology
Pathology
Signs and Symptoms
Investigations
Management
Prognosis
Further Work

Safety factors SETUP:
Stop
Environment
Traffic
Unknown hazards
Protect yourself, patient, bystanders

Admission orders: general ADA VAN DISSEL:
· In order of writing on the hospital admission form:
Admit (to which ward)
Diagnosis
Allergies
Vital signs
Activities
Nursing orders (wind, wound, and water)
Diet
Intravenous
Sedation
Sleep
Elimination
Lab work

Quality of life measurement in patients FIDOH:
Functional status
Impairment
Death/ Duration of life
Opportunity
Health perception
· Functional status: Social function (limitations in usual roles, degree of
social interaction, sexual function); psychological function (affective and
cognitive); physical function.
· Impairment: Symptoms, signs, self reported disease, physiological changes.
· Death/ Duration of life: Mortality, life expectancy, disease adjusted years of
life lost
· Opportunity: How the disease has influenced the patient's ability to
participate in society as well as their psychological resilience
· Health perception: Satisfaction with health; general feeling on a day to day
basis.