Culture Shock What is culture shock? Culture shock is primarily a set of emotional reactions to the loss of perceptual reinforcements from one ’s own culture‚ to new cultural stimuli which have little or no meaning. (Adler‚ 1975) In layman ’s terms‚ culture shock is the anxiety resulting from losing one ’s sense of when to do what and how. (Pederson‚ 1988) There are many different ways to experience culture shock. It can be experienced across the world or as near as one ’s backyard. Many Americans
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Students will be shown different places where you can put a pressure bandage and also different ways to use it. Hypothermia: Students will be shown how to treat the fifth category of the MARCH Mnemonic which is Hypothermia. Hypothermia is a condition in which the core body temperature is below 95 degrees. Core temperature is defined as the parts of the body containing the vital organs. Students will be told a few common causes of Hypothermia which are Environmental conditions‚ water immersion
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forming a balloonlike sac. Common causes are atherosclerosis‚ syphilis‚ congenital blood vessel defects‚ and trauma. If untreated‚ the aneurysm enlarges and the blood vessel wall becomes so thin that it bursts. The result is massive hemorrhage with shock‚ severe pain‚ stroke‚ or death. Treatment may involve surgery in which the weakened area of the blood vessel is removed and replaced with a graft of synthetic material. Aortography (ā′-or-TOG-ra-fē) X-ray examination of the aorta and its main branches
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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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which both were delivered via cesarean section. The patient had an unremarkable health history‚ with no history of anemia‚ hematological anomalies or cardiac problems. Her medical diagnosis was hypovolemia‚ with using extensive to avoid hemorrhagic shock. During surgery‚ the patient received eight units of packed red blood cells‚ two units of fresh frozen plasma‚ two liters of Hespan‚ and eight liters of fluid. Her estimated blood loss throughout the procedure was 4500ccs. Prior to the emergent
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PTR‚ BP‚ SpO2 due to flame burn at work on the entire right leg. Nursing Assessment: Objective data: (1) Temp 35.8°C in tympanic is below normal as pt sustained a flame burn at work causing heat loss from the body with risk of hypovolemic shock and dehydration. (2) BP 80/60 mmHg showing pt as in hypotension as partial-thickness burn on his entire right leg with 10% TBSA burn: blisters 3+‚ oedema 2+‚ red & moist skin‚ ↓ROM due to blood loss from flame burn. (3) Patient
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22nd April 50% The major traumatic injuries that this patient may experience would be possible pelvic fractures‚ a lateral compression fracture‚ anterior posterior fracture (open book)‚ or vertical shear fracture. Also combine would be hypovolaemic shock and a pneumothorax which could possibly develop into a possible tension pneumothorax. The bony pelvis consists of the ilium (iliac wings)‚ ischium‚ and pubis‚ which form an anatomic ring with the sacrum. Disruption of this ring requires significant
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Chronic pancreatitis pathophysiology is unclear. However‚ Long tern alcohol use causes hypersecretion of protein in pancreatic productions‚ this then causes protein plugs and calculi to form inside the pancreatic channels. Therefore‚ alcohol abuse has a direct poisonous impact on the cells of the pancreas. Subsequently‚ patients with eating regimens such as low protein and high or low in fat are more at risk. Smoking is another aspect on the improvement of chronic pancreatitis (J V. Tsirambidis‚
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provide a holistic approach to care (Roper‚ Logan and Tierney‚ 2000). The main activity of living that will be affected within this care plan will be maintaining a safe environment as Mr. Jones may have a potential problem of death‚ due to hypovolemic and/or metabolic shock caused by ketoacidosis. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) usually occurs in people with type 1 diabetes mellitus‚ but diabetic ketoacidosis can develop in any person with diabetes (Diabetes UK‚ 2013). DKA results from dehydration during
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the United States. The virus interferes with the interior cells lining the surface of blood vessels and with blood clotting. As the blood vessel walls become damaged and destroyed‚ the platelets are unable to clot and patients fall into to hypovolemic shock. Ebola is transmitted through bodily fluids‚ while conjunctiva exposure may also lead to transmission. There are five recognized species within the Ebolavirus genus‚ which have a number of specific strains. The Zaire virus is the type species
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