Blood‚ cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and brain tissue are all constituents of the cranium. The pressure within the cranium is known as intracranial pressure (ICP); it is the same as that found in the brain tissue and CSF. (2) The pressure-volume relationship between ICP‚ brain tissue‚ blood‚ volume of CSF‚ and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) is known as the Monro-Kellie hypothesis.(12) This hypothesis states that the cranial compartment is considered as an enclosed and inelastic container‚ which has
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frequency and pattern are poor predictors of work of breathing in patients receiving pressure support ventilation. Chest 108‚ 1338-1344. BetterHealth (2013).First aid-basics: Victorian State Government. CenterforDiseaseControlandPrevention (2003).Glasgow Coma Scale. Edited by D. o. H. a. H. Services. Fort Bragg. Day‚ R. A.‚ Paul‚ P.‚ Williams‚ B.‚ Smeltzer‚ S. & Bare‚ B. (2009). Textbook of Canadian Medical-Surgical Nursing‚ 2nd edn: Brunner & Suddarth. DepartmentofHealthandAgeing (2009).Promoting
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Nursing Article Review Tony Pousson Rasmussen College Adult Nursing Two Mrs.Wolfskiel Introduction The journal article review completed this week is entitled “Nursing tools and strategies to assess cognition and confusion”‚ written by Thomas Aird and Michelle McIntosh published in the British Journal of Nursing in 2004. Summary of Article This article focuses the differences between cognition and confusion
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Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) being the most common used within the Royal Canadian Medical Service to describe the severity of brain injury; GCS 13-15 mild TBI‚ GCS 9-12 moderate TBI‚ and GCS 15mmHg‚ when the brain is injured the body autoregulation system will try
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How Far Would You Go to Protect? Going to war isn’t easy‚ but neither is coming back from it. Doing a good deed‚ such as serving your country‚ can result in severe emotional‚ psychological‚ as well as physical trauma. In a study published in 2004 in the New England Journal of Medicine‚ researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research found that nearly 17 percent of soldiers who have returned from Iraq‚ or nearly 1 in 6‚ showed signs of major depression‚ generalized anxiety‚ or Post Traumatic
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Recognition of acute critical illness in pregnancy 13 Conclusion 15 Reference List 16 Appendix 1: Maternity Observation Chart 18 Appendix 2: National early Warning Scores 19 Appendix 3: ABCDE observation chart 21 Appendix 4: ViEWS & Glasgow Coma Scale 22 Introduction ‘Midwives provide high quality
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bleeding by placing gloved hand and then getting pressure dressing‚ skin color: assessing color‚ temperature and condition‚ capillary refill (immediate2sec).assess‚ intervene‚ reassess d. Disability- alert and orientation use AVPU or BRIM or Glasgow coma scale. What‚ where‚ when‚ how it occurred‚ recall event (AOX4)‚ events leading to injury. Causes of ALOC AEIOUTIPS‚ e. Expose‚ Examine‚ Environment- expose any life threating injuries or pertinent negatives (chest pain expose chest‚ abdominal pain
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having a pizza part to celebrate a patient going home. He had been in a bad car wreck and came to the hospital rehab in a semi-comatose state with a G-tube‚ trach‚ no communication‚ bed bound‚ and had limited reflexes with a low rating on the Glasgow coma scale. After recovering‚ they spent the day sitting around a table eating pizza and telling jokes. Ms. Caraway remembers the day he first opened his eyes like it happened
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I’ve encountered an ethical dilemma situation in my recent capstone clinical. My clinical preceptor and I caught in the concepts of the principles of autonomy‚ veracity‚ and nonmalifecence. This occurred when we provided nursing service to a 30-years-old male patient who was taken to the ED as a post-code patient. The EMS team arrived in the scene and initiated CPR and defibrillated a client (on the floor of his room). The client ended up in the ICU with a diagnosis of hypoxic- anoxic injury (HAI)
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Imagine being the popular kid in school everyone looking up to you being drop dead gorgeous‚ amazing at sports‚ and a bright future ahead of you‚ then waking up one day to have your entire life flipped upside down. I don’t know If any of you know someone with a brain injury or head trauma but I have been influenced by it my whole life. My Aunt Terri was in a horrible crash‚ she was comatose for over three weeks‚ and woke up with the mind of a toddler‚ her story is in nothing short of a miracle.
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