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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Basic search and seizure warrant requirements A search occurs when an expectation of privacy that society considers reasonable is infringed by a governmental employee or by an agent of the government. Private individuals who are not acting in either capacity are exempt from the Fourth Amendment prohibitions. A seizure refers to the interference with an individual ’s possessory interest in property. To meet the definition of an unreasonable seizure‚ the property ’s owner must have had a reasonable
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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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This paper examines some of the ethical dilemmas posed to the medical community by the practice of organ donation after cardiac death (DCD) and whether it violates any of the basic ethical principles of medicine. Cardiac death can only be declared on the basis of cardiopulmonary criteria of permanent cessation of circulatory and respiratory function and not on the basis of neurological criteria of irreversible loss of all functions of the entire brain‚ which is used to declare brain death. In the
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and lungs. This is done by Cardiac massage‚ artificial respiration‚ and drugs to maintain the circulation of oxygenated blood to the brain. In 1950’s a surgeon opened the chest of a patient that suffered a heart attack and subsequent and cardiac arrest. After opening the papatientschest he performed a heart massage‚ which was a successful maneuver. This was turned out to be the basis for the chest compression which is used today. In the Early 1960’s Drs. Kouwenhoven‚ Knickerbocker‚ and Jude discovered
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Unit 7. Assignment 2. The Effects of Selected Drugs and Diseases on the Central Nervous System. Alcohol’s use as an anesthetic is based on the effects it has on the brain‚ including relaxation and insensitivity to pain. Because the anesthetizing effects of alcohol are less predictable than the drugs available to modern-day anesthetists‚ alcohol is no longer used professionally to anesthetize patients. Some diseases related to alcohol are: liver disease‚ high blood pressure‚ muscle weakness‚ anemia
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When to use AED? AED should be used on any adult or children (1-8 yrs)‚ when there is‚ no response‚ no breathing and no pulse. Following is the sequence for AED use: • If no response • Activate EMS (for all witnessed adult and children cardiac arrest except for drowning adult and unwitnessed children‚ who would need 2min/ 5 cycles of CPR before activation of EMS) and get AED • Begin CPR How to use AED: • Turn on AED • Attach electrode pads (child’s pads for 1-8 yrs if available) to the
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