Heart Failure Heart failure (HF)‚ often called congestive heart failure (CHF) or congestive cardiac failure (CCF)‚ occurs when the heart is unable to provide sufficient pump action to distribute blood flow to meet the needs of the body. Heart failure can cause a number of symptoms including shortness of breath‚ leg swelling‚ and exercise intolerance. The condition is diagnosed with echocardiography and blood tests. Treatment commonly consists of: lifestyle measures such as smoking cessation
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Systolic and Diastolic Heart Failure Heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood for the body due to a weakened or damaged heart. The heart’s pumping action moves oxygen-rich blood as it travels from the lungs to the left atrium‚ then on to the left ventricle‚ which pumps it to the rest of the body. The left ventricle supplies most of the heart’s pumping power‚ so it’s larger than the other chambers and essential for normal function. (American Heart Association). In left-sided
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object or card at random and see what relationships you can force. Use mind-mapping or a matrix to record the attributes and then explore aspects of the problem at hand. Robert Olson in his book The Art of Creative Thinking describes the problem of examining a corporate organisation structure by comparing it to a matchbox. Matchbox Attributes Corporation Striking surface on two sides The protection an organisation needs against strikes Six Sides Six essential organisational divisions Sliding centre
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Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film based on the true story of the mutiny that occurred aboard La Amistad (Spanish for “friendship”) in 1839. The ship is traveling from Cuba to the United States and has a cargo of Africans captured in Sierra Leone and held at the Lomboko slave fortress. It begins with Cinqué‚ a Mende tribe leader‚ freeing himself‚ leading to the massacre of the entire crew‚ save the two Spanish navigators. Instead of sailing the Africans back to Sierra Leone‚ the cunning
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America was once a hustling and bustling titan of industry‚ pumping out new products and mining our beautiful lands for our precious resources that made us the powerhouse we were. Sadly‚ during the Great Hippie Uprising of the 60’s and early 70’s‚ those acid fueled teenageres decided that they hated America’s success‚ claiming that various industries were “destroying the environment” or that they were “releasing countless cancer causing chemicals into the water sources” or other random pieces of
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Business Law I Brief of Court Case Walgreen Co. vs. Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board Citation: It was decided on February 19‚ 1998. Wisconsin Appellate Court The owner and operator of several pharmacies of the Walgreen Company in Wisconsin violated various regulatory statutes and administrative rules relating to pharmacies when it accepted prescription orders form physicians by a computer electronic mail system and provided used computers for some of the physicians participating in
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Failure is a step towards success‚ a motivator for the entrepreneurs to do better for their business. In operating a business‚ failure is not a must for the entrepreneurs but is a need for them to learn from it. It is not easy for the entrepreneurs to operate a business without facing any problems or mistakes but they need to contemplate for all the possibilities. Walter Elias Disney‚ an American entrepreneur‚ creator of The Walt Disney Company‚ the best-known motion-picture production companies
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One of the main reasons for the failure of the proletarian revolution was Marx’s idealistic forecast of what was to come. He founded his theory of the class struggle on some basic assumptions about the working class but he underestimated the bourgeoisie. He believed that the proletariat would focus their energies together against the present state of affairs. Because as the bourgeoisie gathers more and more capital‚ the number of proletariat increases exponentially. Marx stated that eventually the
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Examining the Current State of the Profession Paper CCMH/510 July 9‚ 14 Examining the Current State of the Profession Paper Derald (2013) stated‚ “The adage “counselor or therapist‚ know thyself” is the basic building block to cultural competence in the helping professions.” (P.6) Part of connecting with clients includes the separation and awareness of the helping professional versus the other person. The helping profession has not always embraced the awareness of self in regards to culture. To
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