more prominent role in patient care. We are life-long learners that in turn must educate and counsel our patients in injury and disease prevention and awareness. We have learned that although it is the number one cause of adult disability‚ that a stroke is rarely‚ if ever an “accident” as we have strayed away from the term "Cerebral Vascular Accident". We now have the knowledge of controllable risk factors such as high blood pressure‚ smoking‚ Diabetes‚ CAD‚ high cholesterol‚ poor diet‚ obesity and
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Parts of the marine diesel engine Below is a cross-sectional view of a Sulzer Main Diesel Engine and the names of the component parts. The starting air valve is used to lead highly compressed air to push the piston for turning the engine when starting. In this 2-stroke engine‚ the air intake and exhaust are taken into the engine cylinder liner through scavenging ports and exhaust ports. The cylinder head covers the top of the cylinder and houses the starting air valve‚ fuel valve or injector
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the Common Rail Diesel Engine To be honest‚ I don’t really know too much about the history or the functions and operations of a diesel engine‚ but I am excited about learning more about it through this assignment and when we go to study it in detail during class. History The evolution of Diesel injections actually began from the invention of the gasoline engine. The gasoline engine wasn’t very efficient‚ even worse than the steam engine. Only around 10% of fuel
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Stroke Name Herzing University Stroke Sensory perception is the way our body receives stimulus‚ that stimulus then creates a nerve impulse‚ and that nerve impulse is sent to a part of the brain to interpret that information. We use our nose‚ mouth‚ ears‚ eyes‚ and touch‚ to see the experience the world around us. People recovering from strokes may have a hard time adjusting to life depending on the severity of the stroke and what part of the brain becomes affected. One of the ways a stroke
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With ~800‚000 stroke cases every year in the United States‚ stroke is considered the major cause of disability in adults [1]. The ability of the brain to reorganize in response to pathological or environmental changes such as lesions is critically important to the recovery of motor function after stroke [2]. Re-establishment of ipsilesional cortical excitability has been associated with improved functional outcomes of the paretic limb following stroke [3‚4]. Numerous approaches to modulate cortical
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hospital followed by correct diagnosis with minimum delay is a prerequisite for successful intervention in acute stroke. The need to seek medical or other attention promptly after stroke onset‚ to use an ambulance with direct transportation to the acute-care hospital‚ and to have more effective in-hospital organization will be required for effective acute treatment options to be available to stroke patients. There are a couple of legal and ethical issues of this case. First let’s look the physician. Mrs
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Alice Palmer has been admitted into the acute stroke unit eighteen hours after experiencing an ischaemic stroke. She has undergone a vital signs assessment including heart rate and blood pressure as well as a Glasgow Coma Scale test as part of a neurological assessment. This essay will discuss the key elements of the data recorded‚ the physical and focused assessments to be completed by the nurse receiving Mrs. Palmer and it will include the normal and abnormal parameters for this case study. Firstly
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I S S U E S A N D IN N O V A T I O N S IN N U R S I N G P R A C T I C E Expanding the role of the stroke nurse: a pragmatic clinical trial Christopher Burton DPhil PGCertHE BN RGN Research Fellow‚ Department of Nursing‚ University of Central Lancashire‚ Preston‚ UK Bernard Gibbon PhD MSc DipN DipANS RMN RGN Head of Department‚ Department of Nursing‚ University of Central Lancashire‚ Preston‚ UK Accepted for publication 16 March 2005 Correspondence: Christopher Burton‚ Department
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Hagen. "Stroke patients’ informal caregivers patient‚ caregiver‚ and service factors that affect caregiver strain." Stroke 30.8 (1999): 1517-1523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.30.8.1517 2) Indicate the research questions of the article. - What is strain level of caregivers for stroke patients in the early phase after stroke? - What patient and caregiver factors are accountable for caregiver strain levels? 3) Which sampling methodology has been used in order to recruit participants. Stroke patients
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Stroke Pathophysiology Sid Shah‚ MD Pathophysiology of Stroke Sid Shah‚ MD Page 2 of 14 Stroke Pathophysiology Introduction The two major mechanisms causing brain damage in stroke are‚ ischemia and hemorrhage. In ischemic stroke‚ which represents about 80% of all strokes‚ decreased or absent circulating blood deprives neurons of necessary substrates. The effects of ischemia are fairly rapid because the brain does not store glucose‚ the chief energy substrate and is incapable of anaerobic
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