The cardiac conduction system of the heart consists of specialized muscle cells that generate and send rhythmic electrical impulses to the myocardium in order for the heart to contract (Cardiac Conduction System‚ 2016). When there is the normal rhythm of the heart it is called sinus rhythm and any deviation from sinus rhythm is called an arrhythmia (Saladin‚ 2012). Electrocardiograms (ECG) record the electrical impulses and help determine when there are any abnormalities in the way the heart functions
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PICO Paper: Point of Care Testing in the Emergency Department America’s emergency departments (ED’s) are experiencing a crisis related to overcrowding and long wait times. Thus forcing these departments to function beyond their intended capacity and posing a threat to patient care safety and efficiency. One method of increasing patient flow and improving speed of diagnosis is the introduction of point-of-care technology (POCT). The first documented utilization of POCT is found in an Egyptian papyrus
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Palliative care is an area of health care that provides care for patients who are ill and caused their health to deteriorate progressively‚ and rapidly at times toward the end of life‚ the purpose of palliative care is to relief pain‚ yet maintaining best quality of life and supporting the patient’s family before and after the patient has come to eternal sleep and when the illness has come to attempts at cure are impossible (Clevelandclinicmeded.com‚ 2015). Home palliative care are for patients
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Stage 1 – Understanding There are 42 acute care hospitals in the state of Colorado. The complication rate for specific procedures varies greatly from hospital to hospital. Sepsis mortality and morbidity rates also range from low of about 8% to high of just over 39%. No one hospital provides the best care for all conditions and procedures. Several problems may account for these discrepancies: • Small rural hospitals may have limited staff that is not certified in all specialties. • Smaller hospitals
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Cardiac This is an involuntary muscle‚ found solely in the walls of the heart‚ as well as in the walls of the blood vessels. This sort of muscle has similarities with the skeletal muscles‚ because it is striated. Furthermore‚ it has slight similarities to the smooth muscles‚ because its contractions are not under conscious control. On the other hand this type of muscle is highly specialised. It is under the control of the autonomic nervous system‚ however‚ even without nervous imput contractions
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Wound Care Essay This essay will focus on a chosen client and how‚ as a registered nurse‚ evidenced based practice was implemented to prevent the development of a pressure ulcer‚ as indicated by National Institute of Clinical Excellence NICE (2005) and European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel EPUAP (2009). Important and marked changes have taken place over the last 15years in the development of clinical practice guidance. As Van Zelm et al (2006) noted‚ the demand for evidence
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to federal laws. This fact should also be mentioned that recently the provision has been modified under the instructions of Supreme Court which ruled on the case of Obama care. There are sources which are declaring that Medicaid expansion as ‘milestones in health care history.’ Medicaid expansion is aimed at opening access to good health care facilities all over America and especially to the poor people who find it hard to access good medical treatment. However‚ at this moment‚ there are certain states
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Discuss with your colleagues 1.What are Ethics? 2. Where do they come from and who is responsible? 3. How do ethics apply to health care organizations and its employees? Provide specific examples. 4. Research a specific ethics issue applicable to health care organizations‚ discuss how it was handled‚ what ethics theory epitomizes the handling of the issue and how would you have handled the issue and which specific ethics theory would apply to your solution. [see below A Framework for Thinking Ethically
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little money that will be distributed throughout the doctors. There is small amounted of medicine‚ due to how many people come in the hospital. This is what our world is going to lead to if universal health is going to be allowed. Therefore‚ health care in the
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Organizational Responsibility Organizational structure and culture influence have a huge effect on the success or downfall of an organization. Many organizations have proper processes in place to prevent health care fraud and abuse. This paper reviews fraud and abuse and how organizational structure and governance‚ culture‚ and focus on social responsibility affect or influenced the described situation. This paper will also review resources and allocation to prevent this type situation in the future
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