Mr. O’Brien 1. Which clients are at greatest risk for falls in the acute care setting? Consider physiological and environmental risk factors for falls. The majority of patient falls occur in patients who are young and the older adults. Individuals who are ill or who become injured are at risk. If a patient is weakened or has an altered mental state‚ they are susceptible to falls. 2. Identify seven areas of a fall risk assessment. History of falls‚ seizures or fainting‚ older than 70‚ confusion
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Definition/Description of the injury Arthritis is joint pain or joint disease that results in pain‚ stiffness‚ and loss of range of motion. Not only does it affect joints‚ it also affects the areas around joints such as the muscles and tendons. Certain types of arthritis can affect the skin and internal organs. Arthritis can arise from multiple things such as genetics‚ age‚ injury‚ stress‚ obesity‚ infection‚ developmental disorders‚ calcium deposits and inflammation. Arthritis is not one disease‚ it is
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Arthritis & Rheumatism (Arthritis Care & Research) Vol. 49‚ No. 3‚ June 15‚ 2003‚ pp 428 – 434 DOI 10.1002/art.11051 © 2003‚ American College of Rheumatology SPECIAL ARTICLE Evidence for the Benefit of Aerobic and Strengthening Exercise in Rheumatoid Arthritis ¨ CHRISTINA H. STENSTROM1 AND MARIAN A. MINOR2 Introduction Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. It usually presents as symmetric polyarthritis‚ but also confers general
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Risk Assessment Hi I’m am and I going to write about the control measure and the outcomes. This will include the procedures that will be taken to limit or stop accidents from happening throughout the two sports I have chosen. This will go along with the Risk assessment sheet. Football. Hazard One- Number of players on the pitch. This could lead to many collisions and players running into each other. The control measure for this would be to limit the teams to 11 v 11 as this would provide
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Over 30 million people suffer from pain of arthritis or joint inflammation. The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis. Unlike rheumatoid arthritis this type does not cause deformity. The human body contains over 130 joints and any one of them can be susceptible to osteoarthritis. It typically targets hands‚ knees‚ shoulders and hips and elbows resulting in moderate to severe joint pain. It is basically the breaking down of the cartilage between the bones of our joints. This causes the
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Objectives: 1. 2. Describe common locations‚ signs‚ symptoms‚ and onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 3. Given clinical characteristics‚ differentiate between RA and osteoarthritis. 4. Describe extraarticular manifestations of RA and recommend preventative measures. 5. List laboratory and radiology tests useful in evaluating and/or diagnosing RA. 6. Describe pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to treating RA. 7. Counsel on
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ARTHRITIS INDEX * Introduction * What is ARTHRITIS? * Symptoms of ARTHRITIS. * Causes of ARTHRITIS. * Types of ARTHRITIS. * Osteoarthritis * Gout & Pseudo gout * Rheumatoid arthritis & Juvenile Rheumatoid arthritis. * Arthritis in Hand & Spine. * Treatment of ARTHRITIS * Home remedies. * Conclusion * Bibliography. Presented by
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic syndrome that is characterized by inflammation of the peripheral joints‚ but it may also involve the lungs‚ heart‚ blood vessels‚ and eyes. The prevalence of this autoimmune disease is between 0.3% to 1.5% of the population in the United States (Feinberg‚ pp 815). It affects women two to three times more often than men‚ and the onset of RA is usually between 25 and 50 years of age‚ but it can occur at any age (Reed‚ pp 584). RA can be
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Osteoporosis Anatomy & Physiology 250 CASE - Module 2 Osteoporosis is a condition of low bone density that can progress silently over a long period of time. Osteoporosis has no symptoms until a fracture occurs‚ which causes bone pain‚ height loss‚ and abnormal spine curvature. If a fracture is determined to be due to osteoporosis‚ it is considered a pathological fracture‚ which is a break of a diseased or weakened bone without any identifiable trauma or following a minor injury that would
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FRAT Download Instructions for use The Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) was developed by the Peninsula Health Falls Prevention Service for a DH funded project in 1999‚ and is part of the FRAT Pack. A study evaluating the reliability and validity of the FRAT has been published (Stapleton C‚ Hough P‚ Bull K‚ Hill K‚ Greenwood K‚ Oldmeadow L (2009). A 4-item falls-risk screening tool for sub-acute and residential care: The first step in falls prevention. Australasian Journal on Ageing 28(3):
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