Journal Scan: Reduced Post-Traumatic Stress in Family Members Witnessing CPR Huang‚ Emily MD; Lovato‚ Luis MD Family Presence during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 2013;368(11):1008 Patients generally died at home with their loved ones before cardiopulmonary resuscitation was invented in the 1950s. For better or worse‚ technological advances and prehospital care have moved patients away from their homes and into the hospital during the last moments of their life. (Crit Care Nurse 2005;25[1]:38
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Traumatic Brain Injury A description and criteria for Traumatic Brain Injury using DSM-IV-TR According to the Center for Disease Control‚ a traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an individual sustains a jolt to his head or a piercing head damage that interrupts the functions of human brain. The degree of TBI varies from mild to traumatic. Mild TBI occurs when a person loses consciousness for a short period. Traumatic TBI on the other hand occurs when an individual experiences long-term period
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix D Psychological and Psychophysiological Stress Disorders Respond to the following: 1. Stress can be the root cause of psychological disorders. Name four symptoms shared by acute and posttraumatic stress disorders. The four symptoms shared by acute and posttraumatic stress disorder are the ability to re-experience the event in which the individual went through‚ the wanting to avoid and wanting the emotional numbness‚ hypervigilance‚ irritability
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Psychophysiological Stress Disorders Respond to the following: 1. Stress can be the root cause of psychological disorders. Name four symptoms shared by acute and posttraumatic stress disorders. You could experience any one of these if not more than one; Re-experiencing the Event‚ Avoidance and Emotional Numbing‚ Hypervigilance‚ irritability or sleep problems‚ Alienation‚ depression and physical symptoms (headache‚ stomachache) 2. What life events are most likely to trigger a stress disorder? Personally
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Psych 303 - Dominick Cobb with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder I will be diagnosing Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception who played the role as Dominick Cobb. Mr. Cobb suffers from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He works in the field of extraction which involves of stealing valuable information from his target by infiltrating their dreams. Cobb is currently wanted by the United States because his wife committed suicide and framed him for her death. He is now currently on the run looking for work
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EVALUATION Client Name: Ingrid Age: 45 Diagnosis: Traumatic Brain Injury Medical/Surgical History: Spent weeks at acute care hospital before admission to inpatient rehabilitation facility. Occupational Profile Ingrid was a social worker‚ wife‚ and mother who live in a two story colonial home with her husband and two daughters‚ aged 8 and 15 years old. She was active in the school of her children‚ serving on committees and volunteering to read in the classroom. In addition‚ she attended to church
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Chapter One: The Concept of Stress Adaptation 1. How are the body’s physiological defenses affected when under sustained stress? Why? While under sustained stress the body’s physiological defenses are affected in many ways. For example‚ the hypothalamus responds to sustained stress by stimulating the pituitary gland to release a number of different hormones such as adrenocorticotropic hormone‚ vasopressin‚ growth hormone‚ thyrotropic hormone‚ and gonadotropins. As a result of the release of these
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Bennet Omalu discovered Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in a former NFL player‚ Mike Webster. CTE is a progressive brain degenerative disease that is caused by repetitive brain trauma. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy can affect who has had multiple brain injuries and may be any age. CTE can only be diagnosed through an autopsy but‚ tests can be done to determine
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Neuroimaging in traumatic brain injury 1.COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) : While severe and moderate traumatic head and brain injuries often mandate head CT‚ several clinical scales require specific criteria in determining the need for neuroimaging after a mild TBI. These include the New Orleans Criteria (NOC) and the Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR).(45) Both are relatively straight forward and use seven criteria readily obtained in the setting and evaluation of mild TBI. A head-to-head comparison
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Case Study 19 – Carl Rogers 1. How did Katharine’s self-concept differ from her ideal self before her experience with her support group? What does this imply about her mental health‚ according to Rogers’ theory? a. Katharine’s ideal self is a woman who is self-sufficient‚ an entrepreneur‚ and a mother as well as wife. Prior to attending her support group‚ Katharine’s life lacked any positive self-regard. She had been living as a ‘kept’ woman at her husband’s insistence for many years
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