help you inhale more carbon dioxide and helps it to be quickly added back into the bloodstream. This restores the balance of gases in the blood stream which in turn slows breathing rate and gets it back to your steady breathing rate. Nebulizer/Inhaler – most commonly used in the treatment of asthma. They use oxygen‚ compressed air or ultrasonic power to break up medical solutions and suspensions into small aerosol droplets that are inhaled directly into the airways when you breathe in. This means
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The child should also be given any medication they require on time as this could affect their behaviour and may put them or the other children at risk of injury or harm. Asthma. Practioners should be aware of any children with asthma and their inhalers must be kept with the child at all times. It is also important for the practioners to respect that the child had asthma and not push them to do too much physical activity as they will bring on an asthma attack. Dyspraxia. As this is a condition
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SKILLS GOING FORWARD TO 1. Changing a central line dressing. 2. Administer metered-dose or dry powder inhaler. 3. Administer an inhaled medication using a spacer device. 4. Administer a topical medication. 5. Administer transdermal patch medication. 6. Administer a nasal instillation medication. 7. Administer ophthalmic medication. 8. Administer ear medication. 9. Administer vaginal medication. 10. Administer rectal medication & suppositories. 11. Administer medication using a pen device
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Asthma Teaching Principles I am to conduct a family teaching session. How I describe the content‚ including the pathophysiology‚ to a patient depends on the patient’s level of education and experience with asthma. Is this a new diagnosis for this patient? Is this diagnosis new for this family? Is the patient a healthcare professional or in the case of a child‚ are the parent’s healthcare professionals? Patients learn the best when they are
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experience difficulty with breathing while walking short distance. Mentally‚ Mrs. V.H. is determined to lose weight and stop taking majority of her medication. Mrs. V.H. is hoping that one day‚ the only type of medication she will be taking is her inhaler. “I find the struggle for me losing weight and controlling my blood sugar is being on prednisone every day. I have a strong faith in the almighty God and I believe he will heal me from my illnesses” ” (V. Holmes‚ personal communication‚ May 27‚ 2016)
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of bronchi. Increase mucosal swelling with increase mucous and increased airway constriction. PC – increased sob HPC – started with a cough which developed increase sob and wheeze PMH - ? known Asthma‚ allergies DH - ? on nebulizers/inhalers SH - ? Smoker‚ lives with other smokers‚ normal exercise tolerance if known asthmatic Examination 1. Look at patients position and colour.chest wall shape & movement‚ intercostals recession. 2. Listen – wheeze 3. Measure – obs‚ peak flow‚ sputum
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Anoro Ellipta (umeclidinium and vilanterol inhalation powder) Anoro Ellipta was approved by the FDA on December 18th‚ 2013 as the first once-a-day‚ long-term maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ including bronchitis and emphysema. Anoro Ellipta is a combination of an inhaled anticholinergic and a long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist that relaxes the muscles around the airways to allow more air to flow in and out of the lungs. Anoro Ellipta is available as an inhalation
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Asthma: Disease of the respiratory system Breathing‚ the act of inhaling and exhaling of air. Oddly enough this process is an absolute necessity for life and yet we do not control it. There are two systems involved in our ability to breathe one is the parasympathetic nervous system and the other is the respiratory system. The parasympathetic nervous system controls the body ’s unconscious actions that are necessary to live such as the beating of the heart. The Respiratory system mainly consists
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ignored. DuPont was the largest CFC producer in the world with a 25% market share in the 1980s.This product was a less hazardous alternative to the sulfur dioxide and ammonia and was widely used as refrigerants in refrigeration‚ ACs‚ and medical inhalers for asthma patients. In March 15‚ 1988 NASA announced that CFCs were not only creating a hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica‚ but also thinning the layer elsewhere in the world. After NASA announcement‚ DuPont announced that it would begin to
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P2: Explain the potential effects of five different life factors on the development of an individual Fetal Alcohol Syndrome FAS is the term used to describe a number of foetal abnormalities which occur in the babies of women who have abused alcohol during the course of their pregnancy. If a woman drinks alcohol during pregnancy the alcohol goes across the placenta to the foetus through the bloodstream. The foetus’ liver isn’t fully formed‚ so it cannot metabolise the alcohol quickly enough‚ therefore
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