Brief Narrative about Patient: (What brought patient to the hospital?)Using (OLDCART) Patient was admitted to the hospital via Assisted Living Facility. She has Hospital Acquired Pneumonia and is having acute confusion episodes. She cannot describe any pain‚ but says “ow” when she is being examined. She is aware of herself‚ but is not oriented to time or place. Subjective: Patient states “Ow” during examination Objective: Temp: 97.5‚ Pulse: 66‚ BP: 142/71‚ Resp: 20‚ O2: 98% Room air Medical
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innovated it to make it more reliable.Lie detectors work by measuring breathing‚ pulse‚ and galvanic skin response. Lie detector is basicly the sidekick of the twenty first century. Lie detectors tell the truth 80-90% of the time. It was not until 1914 and 1915 when the first lie detector came out. That was many years ago so they would have innovated it to make it more reliable. Lie detectors work by measuring breathing‚ pulse‚ and galvanic skin response. Two pneumographs are around the chest
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1.1 Describe the common types of fractures There are two types of fracture called open and closed. A closed fracture is where the skin is unbroken‚ but the internal damage to surrounding tissue can be seen as swelling. An open fracture has a wound. The bone may or may not be protruding. There is also internal damage to surrounding tissue. 1.2 Describe how to manage a fracture. A casualty with a fracture needs to keep still and not move the injured part. The treatment for a closed fracture is to
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of ARDS are breathing vomit into the lungs (aspiration)‚ inhaling chemicals‚ lung transplant‚ pneumonia‚ septic shock (infection throughout the body) and trauma. ARDS leads to a buildup of fluid in the air sacs. This fluid prevents enough oxygen from passing into the bloodstream. The fluid buildup also makes the lungs heavy and stiff‚ and decreases the lungs ’ ability to expand. The level of oxygen in the blood can stay dangerously low‚ even if the person receives oxygen from a breathing machine (mechanical
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Expand on areas previously identified as abnormal and those that place the person at a health risk. Support your observations with data from the textbook. Smoking s a biggest risk factor in this case .Pt need to quit smoking in order to improve his breathing related problems .The main problem associated with smoking cessation is that ‚pt consider Smoking as a norm and enjoyment. According to our text book‚ smoking tobacco products including cigarettes are associated with emphysema and lung cancer (Amico
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http://www.how-to-meditate.org/breathing-meditations.htm/ http://viewonbuddhism.org/meditation_practice.html Summary of resource: This site gives the basics of meditation that can easily be done throughout the day. It lists some books that can be used to further the intensity of the meditation. The purpose of meditation is to clear the mind and achieve a feeling of peace and serenity to help eliminate stress. The basics of meditation is to clear the mind and use your breathing to put yourself into a relaxed
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undergoes stress will feel a tendency to sweat‚ headache‚ feeling anger‚ sadness‚ food craving and alcohol abuse. In this text we shall learn about how to reduce stress which is deep breathing‚ positive imagery and laughter. 2. Body Paragraph 1 A) The simplest of all stress-reduction techniques is deep breathing. (i) Take a deep breathes from the pit of your stomach inhale through your nose. (a) When air is drawn into the nose‚ the air can smooth the blood flow to the brain and this
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Stridor‚ Pediatric Stridor is an abnormal‚ usually high-pitched sound made while breathing. This sound develops when an airway becomes partly blocked or narrowed. Many things can cause stridor‚ including: Something getting stuck in the throat‚ nose‚ or airway (foreign body). Swelling of the upper airway‚ tonsils‚ or epiglottis. An infected area that contains a collection of pus and debris (abscess) on the tonsils. A tumor. A developmental problem‚ such as laryngomalacia
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respiratory system. 9.4 Mechanism of Breathing 1. Contrast the processes of inspiration and expiration during ventilation. 2. Define the terms tidal volume‚ vital capacity‚ and residual volume in relation to ventilation. 3. Summarize the purpose of the inspiratory and expiratory reserve volumes. 9.5 Control of Ventilation 1. Explain how the nervous system controls the process of breathing. 2. Explain the role of chemoreceptors and pH levels in regulating breathing rate. 9.6 Gas Exchanges in
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P5-explain the concept of homeostasis P6- follows guidelines to interpret collected data for heart rate‚ breathing rate and temperature before and after a standard period of exercise Homeostasis Conditions in the body have to be controlled with narrow limits. This is called homeostasis. These conditions include water content‚ ion content‚ body temperature and blood glucose concentration. The thermoregulatory centre is the part of the brain that monitors and controls body temperature. The pancreas
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