Memorandum I am writing this memorandum to document to the hospital and my colleagues the process in which I have taken to pick a heart transplant. The decision must be made in a timely manner. However‚ it needs to be made in proficient ethic manner as well. I have 3 patients awaiting a heart transplant and will need to schedule surgery immediately after the decision is made. The three patients are Jerry a male at age 55‚ Lisa a female at age 12‚ and Ozzy a male at age 38. Jerry is a mid-level
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Heart transplants In this paper about heart transplants I will be talking about the operation‚ and what needs to happen before surgery. Then I will be telling you about the beginning of all transplants and who accomplished it. Then I will talk about what a heart transplant actually is. After that I will tell you what the purpose of a heart transplant is and why we use this procedure. I will talk about the safety precautions and a lot of other dangers‚ or things that can go wrong in or after
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transplantation‚ also called heart transplantation‚ has evolved into the treatment of choice for many people with severe heart failure (HF) who have severe symptoms despite maximum medical therapy. Survival among cardiac transplant recipients has improved as a result of improvements in treatments that suppress the immune system and prevent infection. Definition A heart transplant‚ or a cardiac transplantation‚ is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe
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To:Operations Manager From: Lead Surgeon Date: September 13‚ 2012 Subject: Heart Transplant This evening of September 13‚ 2012 at 0900hrs we received word of an available heart. After further review of each matching candidates‚ we have decided that the 12 year young lady named Lisa will be receiving this heart. If Lisa does not receive this heart she has a high chance of not even making it to her 20s. She has suffered many health issues in her short life due to various viral infections
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Decision Memo for a Heart Transplant This memorandum serves three purposes: (1) declares the chosen person for the heart transplantation; (2) outlines the decision process; (3) evaluates possible outcomes of the made decision. Among the three qualifying candidates who were in need of the transplant‚ the person that was chosen to go through the process of heart transplant is Lisa; a 12-year-old female who has suffered from health issues all throughout her life. Lisa has suffered from various
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Memorandum To: Hospital Trustees CC: Peer Review Committee From: Dr. Jonathan Kesler Date: 6/20/2011 Re: Heart Transplant The purpose of this memorandum is to inform you that the recipient of the heart transplant has been decided. The following will describe to you the process from which the decision was made. Although the time in which to make the decision was limited the decision was made with professional and ethical choices. There were three qualifying candidates who were in need of the
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Heart Valve Transplants The heart‚ the most important organ in the body‚ plays a vital role in a supplying the body with all of the nutrients needed. Not only does the heart pump blood through the body‚ but it also carries oxygen to help the body function correctly and it allows for the removal of waste product. Because the heart is so essential to human body‚ its structure and function is equally as important. The heart is designed to pump blood through its chambers. The top two chambers
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Artificial Heart/ Heart Transplants A natural heart has two pumps‚ each has two chambers. The right atrium pumps oxygen-depleted blood from the body into the right ventricle. The right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs. The left atrium sends aerated blood from the lungs into the left ventricle‚ which pumps blood out of the body. With each heartbeat‚ the two atria contracts together‚ followed by the large ventricles. Congestive heart failure is when the heart fails to pump blood. Heart failure
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expensive medical procedures. Be prepared to be shocked! Procedure: Heart Transplant Cost: $990‚000 per surgery Sometimes a heart transplant is need for various reasons‚ the most likely being chronic heart disease. With heart disease being one of the deadliest conditions‚ you’d think heart transplants are done all
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son’s‚ Mikey‚ softball game Mikey breaks down while hurrying to a respectable beginning stage. John and his wife urge him to the emergency room and discover Mikey’s heart is three times greater than it should be and he will require an open-heart transplant with a specific end goal to survive. The principle issue is the heart transplant which costs $ 270‚000 and the advancement of $ 75‚000 that must be given upfront in order to put a name on the donor’s list. In the first scene traditional
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