Do Not Resuscitate Ashford University HCA 322 Health Care Ethics & Medical Law Eugene Elliott 9/1/2014 Do Not Resuscitate The case study I choose is Scenario No. 2: DNR. DNR stands for Do Not Resuscitate. A DNR is a legal document in which health care teams will follow once you are faced with serious health problems or when you are at the end of life. This document lets you choose if you would like CPR or electric shock if your heart stops. Also‚ this document lets
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Chapter 1 - The Human Body Anatomy is the science relating to the structural organisation of living organisms. Physiology is the science relating to the operational functions of living organisms. The many parts and systems of the body are integrated and function co-operatively to provide a healthy living body via 6 hierarchy levels of structural organisation. The basic or first level is the Chemical Level‚ where atoms are combined to form molecules. The second level is the Cellular Level
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of the requirement for the fourth year of B.Sc. Nursing Programme. We were provided 8 weeks of the clinical practice‚ at Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center. During our 8 weeks of clinical exposure each student had to do a detailed study of one cardiac problem. During my clinical exposure to Coronary Care Unit (CCU) for 1 week I got an opportunity to take case for study. We had morning‚ evening and night duty for complete exposure to clinical picture. Regarding this process‚ I would like to express
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excurse force. This is helpful to Wilkinson’s game because it enables him to do things like hand off players. This is made possible by his bicep relaxing and his tricep contracting to make his arm straight. This function is not evident in either cardiac or smooth muscle. Type 1 muscle (slow twitch oxidative) is evident in many Athletes such as long distance runners‚ cyclists and long distance swimmers. This is because these athletes have a high demand of oxygen in their muscles and need their muscles
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rescue breathing (about 12 breaths). If the victim has a pulse but still is not breathing‚ continue rescue breathing and checking the pulse every minute. If the victim’s pulse stops‚ begin CPR. CPR is an emergency medical procedure for a victim of cardiac arrest or‚ in some circumstances‚ respiratory arrest. Find the lowest tip of the breastbone; place your other hand on top of the first hand. Use your shoulders and upper body‚ push down on the chest (a compression) 30 times‚ before giving two breaths
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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)
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What is athletic training? Athletic training is the concern of the well being of the athlete and generally assumes the responsibility for overseeing the total health care for the athlete. This basically states that an athletic trainer’s job is to be there for the athlete whether he/she is injured or not‚ and to practice the prevention of injury. By learning the proper techniques and steps to stretching‚ an athletic trainer can pass that information onto the athlete to help prevent common problems
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stimulation caused the heartbeat to flat line and then restart and react normally. 2. Soon after you applied the stimuli‚ did the heart rate increase or decrease? Soon after the stimulus is applied the heart rate decreased. 3. Why? This is because the cardiac muscle cells depolarize. 4. How do the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems work together to regulate heart rate? Sympathetic neurons increase the heart rate while the parasympathetic neurons decrease the heart rate and the heart simultaneously
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The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood through the body via the circulatory system. In vertebrates the heart consists of two chambers called the atria and ventricles. The atria (upper chamber) receives the blood returning to the heart and the ventricles (lower chamber) pumps the blood away from the heart. The atria and ventricles chambers are separated by four main valves called the atrioventricular (two valves)‚ pulmonary‚ and aortic valves. These valves help create the heart sounds often
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to the fact that the content hits close to home for many Americans‚ especially because heart disease is America’s #1 killer. In fact‚ in the U.S. alone‚ nearly 1 million people suffer their first heart attack each year. Dr. Crandall‚ chief of the cardiac transplant program at the renowned Palm Beach Cardiovascular Clinic in Palm Beach‚ Florida‚ practices on the front lines of interventional‚ vascular‚ and transplant cardiology. Editor’s Note: 4 Bodily Signs a Heart Attack is Near: A Special Video
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