Do-Not-Resuscitate: Legal and Ethical Issues Most cultures value life and bringing persons back from the dead is a popular subject of many fictional books. However‚ as technology evolves and the story of Frankenstein reborn with a bolt of lighting has come true with the external or implanted defibrillators‚ the natural process of death slows as much of society gains the knowledge to live longer than nature intended. The Red Cross Association taught many organizations like the girl and boy scouts
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Almost everyone has heard of a do not resuscitate DNR it’s the order for healthcare providers not to perform CPR On a victim of cardiac arrest DNR orders are unique in medicine Making CPR it’s the only one medical that requires an order not an order not to administer it. Like any other complicated medical care in the United States‚ Application on varies from state to state some states have Standardized forms for DNR orders if the order is not written On that specific form‚ cannot be honored
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the non-clinical people wears a black pants and or skirt with a white shirt with a logo. OBGYN (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) that’s were women go to get a check-up themselves and so forth. Throughout the hospital there are codes. Code blue –Cardiac Arrest‚ Code Black- Bomb Threat‚ Code Brown- Aggressive Patient‚ Code Pink- Child Abduction‚ and Code Orange-Patient left‚ Code Red- Fire‚ Code Yellow- External Disaster‚ Code Gray- Suspicious‚ and Code
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Journal Scan: Reduced Post-Traumatic Stress in Family Members Witnessing CPR Huang‚ Emily MD; Lovato‚ Luis MD Family Presence during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 2013;368(11):1008 Patients generally died at home with their loved ones before cardiopulmonary resuscitation was invented in the 1950s. For better or worse‚ technological advances and prehospital care have moved patients away from their homes and into the hospital during the last moments of their life. (Crit Care Nurse 2005;25[1]:38
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important to learn CPR and why it is important to be certified. a. The life you save will most likely be someone that is close to you. b. Said by the American Association‚ nearly 383‚000 out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests occur annually‚ and 88 percent of cardiac arrests occur at home‚ so what if it happens to be one of your families in this situation? Then what… c. Take action! Learn CPR‚ it only takes a short amount of time to learn it and you could maybe save many lives. i. I remember
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MYOCARDITIS DEFINITION The definition of myocarditis varies‚ but the central feature is an infection of the heart‚ with an inflammatory infiltrate‚ and damage to the heart muscle‚ without the blockage of coronary arteries that define a heart attack (myocardial infarction) or other common non-infectious causes. Myocarditis may or may not include death (necrosis) of heart tissue. When the heart is involved in an inflammatory process‚ often caused by an infectious agent‚ myocarditis is said
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number of those dying from heart attacks or suffering from heart failure. Patients with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) – a small device implanted for those at risk of sudden cardiac death – now have a 98% chance of surviving a cardiac arrest‚ compared to only 5% without the implantable device. In addition‚ the minimally-invasive surgical techniques which are now used to treat aneurysms can mean a recovery time of around four weeks‚ compared to over a year for older procedures. Hence
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the patient may be transported for diagnostic tests or directly to the operating room; admitted to a general unit‚ telemetry‚ or intensive care unit; or transferred to another facility. * * Post-Cardiac Arrest Hypothermia * Patients with nontraumatic‚ out-of-hospital cardiac arrest benefit from a combination of good chest compressions‚ rapid defibrillation‚ therapeutic hypothermia‚ and supportive care postarrest. * Therapeutic hypothermia involves the three phases: induction‚ maintenance
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are no longer allowed to ride on the side or back of the fire truck as a measure of safety to protect them from being thrown from the vehicle. That seems like a common sense idea‚ but what has the fire service done to address the issue of cardiac arrest? In 2011‚ nearly sixty percent of firefighter fatalities were related to cardiac emergencies (FEMA‚ 2012). The fire service is always coming up with new ideas and standards to reduce the number of firefighters who perish from burns‚ smoke inhalation
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My novel The Day They Came To Arrest The Book’ was based upon racism in the late 70’s. An era which occurred before I existed. There are many movies and books depicting events from this time‚ some of which I have seen or read. I had always thought that my views on racism were somewhat close to the truth‚ after reading the novel I realized that I had been wrong. Therefore‚ this novel has altered my feelings and opinions which I had towards the treatment of the Negro race. Before I read this novel
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