Mohat is a 52 year old man who presented to the Emergency Department by his wife Dorga‚ with chest pain and difficultly breathing. Mohat has been living in Australia for the past two years with his family and is originally from a tiny area in Africa. During triage‚ the nurse finds it hard to gather personal information from him due to his lack of communication skills and understanding of English. Therefore the nurse went ahead with her usual job without explaining the procedures to Mohat and later
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Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States of America. Sudden cardiac death‚ or SCD‚ is the largest cause of natural death in the United Sates. SCD causes about three hundred twenty-five thousand adult deaths each year in the US. Half of all heart disease deaths are caused by sudden cardiac arrest. Occurring mainly in adults in their mid-thirties to mid-forties‚ SCD affects only one or two children each year. Sudden cardiac arrest is not a heart attack‚ or myocardial infarction
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Focus Questions #1 1. Relate each client’s current manifestations to the pathophysiology of shock to determine what type of shock the client could be experiencing. Shock is a syndrome characterized by decreased tissue perfusion and impaired cellular metabolism. The patient Richard Tanner has been admitted to the CCU for r/o myocardial infarction. The patient has not prior history of cardiac problems though he has been treated for the last 5 years for cholesterol totaling 285 (HDL 35‚ LDL 212)
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Cardiac catheterization is often referred to as coronary angiography or a coronary angiogram. It is a radiographic procedure that is used to look at and visualize the heart and the coronary arteries. During a cardiac catheterization it is possible for the cardiologist performing the procedure to see how effectively blood is flowing through the coronary arteries. In addition‚ this procedure allows the cardiologists to see how blood is moving through the chambers of the heart and how effective the
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Running Head: Sepsis 1 Sepsis: A Clinical Case Study Example Conestoga College Running Head: Sepsis 2 Abstract Sepsis is an inflammatory systemic response to infection. The symptoms are produced by the host’s defense systems rather than by the invading pathogens (Schouten et al.‚ 2008). Sepsis is a frequent cause of admission to intensive care units (ICUs) and it is one of the leading causes of death among hospitalized patients (Alberti et al.‚ 2003). It is a public health
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Analyzing the Heart with EKG Nicole Mae Martinez‚ Paolo Go‚ Gerome Sy BS in Pre-med Physics Student‚ Physics Department‚ De La Salle University - Manila‚ 2401 Taft Avenue‚ Manila‚ Philippines nicsisme@yahoo.com Abstract — Monitoring one’s electrical activity of the heart is important in determining any abnormalities present in the heart. In this experiment‚ we investigated the wave forms presented by the electrocardiogram reading and relate it to the heart’s electrical activity
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Dilated cardiomyopathy is a serious condition in which the heart muscle becomes weakened and loses strength to pump blood throughout the body. In an attempt to make up for the loss of blood supply‚ greater amounts of blood fill the hearts lower chambers. The ventricles expand and‚ in time‚ the heart muscle stretches out of shape‚ or dilates‚ and becomes even weaker. Most individuals with cardiomyopathy eventually develop heart failure‚ a condition in which the ventricles are not able to pump enough
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Kate Marsh 04 April 2014 Congestive Heart Failure Heart failure affects almost 6 million Americans. About 670‚000 people are diagnosed with heart failure each year. It is also the leading cause of hospitalization in people older than 65. Congestive heart failure means that the heart is still pumping blood‚ but at a slower rate than normal‚ so the pressure in the heart starts to increase as a result. This slower heart rate causes the heart to be unable to pump enough blood to provide the rest of
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The Frank–Starling law of the heart (also known as Starling’s law or the Frank–Starling mechanism or Maestrini heart’s law) states that the stroke volume of the heart increases in response to an increase in the volume of blood filling the heart (the end diastolic volume). The increased volume of blood stretches the ventricular wall‚ causing cardiac muscle to contract more forcefully (the so-called Frank-Starling mechanisms). The stroke volume may also increase as a result of greater contractility
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NURSING: The Postoperative Phase Postoperative care of the cardiac surgery patient is challenging in that changes can occur rapidly. The preoperative condition of the patient as well as intraoperative events should be considered in postoperative care. It is essential for the nurse to anticipate the possible complications so that appropriate interventions are initiated in a timely manner in order to ensure a positive outcome for the patient. There is a flurry of activity as the patient enters
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