Cardiac Pacemakers The heart is bestowed with a specialized system that automatically generates rhythmic control via the sinus node‚ located in the superior lateral wall of the right atrium near the opening of the superior vena cava. The specialized pacemaker cells dictate control of the rest of the heart through regular electrical impulses that propagate from the right atria to the lower ventricles. The rapid conduction of these impulses cause the muscle cells of the atria to contract
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major veins they are the pulmonary veins. The pulmonary veins are large blood vessels that receive oxygenated blood from the lungs. A Cardiac surgeon is a person that works on the heart when there is a problem and cause. The heart is the most beautiful organ in the body there is. The heart is what keep the body alive and flows the blood. The development of cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass has lowered the rates of being performed. Performing on the heart comes with many complications when
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Punishment versus Rehabilitation Survey of Justice and Security - AJS/502 March 17‚ 2014 Arnold Wicker Punishment versus Rehabilitation‚ there has been many debates on the effectiveness of punishment compared to the effectiveness of rehabilitation of convicted offenders in prison and under community supervision. Punishment is defined as a penalty that is imposed on an individual for doing something wrong. The term rehabilitation is defined as a way to help somebody to return
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for the situation around them. There are three different types of syncope‚ including cardiac‚ non-cardiac‚ and neurocardiac. There is three stages of syncope‚ which are‚ pre-syncope‚ syncope‚ and recovery. There are many signs and symptoms for each stage of syncope. No matter the type of syncopal episode there is one way to go about treating the patient. Cardiac syncope occurs when there is an “inadequate cardiac output and usually occurs as a result of a serious underlying heart condition (Grimes)”
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Physical Therapy is a rehabilitation program that focuses on treating a person’s injury by using some type of physical activity to regain strength in certain parts of the body. Some of the most common physical therapy types are geriatric‚ neurological‚ cardiopulmonary‚ exercise‚ pediatric‚ and orthopedic. Without these methods of physical therapy‚ a person’s injury will not complete the healing process correctly. Of course there are drugs and medicines that could help take some of the pain away‚
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Mobility in Stroke Rehabilitation The purpose of this assignment is to identify the nursing role in the mobility rehabilitation of a patient who had a lacunar ischaemic stroke affecting the right corona radiata.The nursing care and the interdisciplinary management of the impairment will be critically evaluated as well as the patient progress during the stay in the hospital. The patient that will be discussed in this assignment was given the pseudonym of Martha. Martha is a 76 year old female
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Rehabilitation for Juvenile Delinquents When a child commits a crime‚ they are considered as a juvenile delinquent and are placed in a detention center for punishment. Most juveniles commit crimes because of the environment in which they live. An unhealthy environment can be associated with living in poverty‚ the demise of family‚ and child abuse. Although‚ others commit crimes because of bad decision making. Juvenile delinquents deserve better rehabilitation than they are already receiving because
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released out of prison. Many are sent to prison based on the stigma of child sexual abuse. This is not saying what the individual committed was not wrong‚ but that due to a disorder it should be handled differently with a focus on treatment and rehabilitation. Back in the 1980s when a surge of child sexual abuse began being reported‚ people jumped to the action of creating harsher laws and sentencing. The “tough on crime” political atmosphere surrounding the time and even today helped pushed through
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How effective is the rehabilitation of juveniles compared to just locking them up? Lately more and more people are recognizing that rehabilitation is a better route to go in order to help those who live a life of crime. Although some people still believe that locking people up and throwing away the key would do the trick‚ not all people benefit from that type of treatment. According to the Oxford Dictionary rehabilitation is described as the act of restoring someone to health or normal life through
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For decades‚ the U.S. has used prison to punish criminals. And‚ the amount of drug users in this “rehabilitation” is staggering. However‚ as our use of this institution has grown‚ the amount of drug users has definitely not shrunk. Much of the time‚ when a drug-user is sent to prison for their use‚ they seek out drugs again once they’re released. Our current system is not working. We sent these people off to prison‚ and they come back miserable and hardened criminals‚ but still using drugs. We punish
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