a Dengue Suspect? • • • • all dengue suspects should be brought to the nearest health facility. Do not give Aspirin as it may lead to bleeding or may cause abdominal irritation. high fever should be managed by sponging & giving Paracetamol. start oral rehydration in the early stages of fever if symptoms persists for 3 or more days or if danger signs appear‚ refer the patient immediately to
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of Drugs Act 1971 Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 COSHH Regulations 1999 Access to Health Records Act 1990 Data Protection Act 1998 Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005 Common types of medication which I deal with and support my clients with are: Paracetamol- usually prescribed as 500mg tablets and used to relieve symptoms of mild to moderate pain and can also be used to reduce body temperature during fever. Potential side effects can include; rashes and blood disorders although these are rare. Simvastation-
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SCHOOL OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCE BACHELOR OF NURSING SCIENCE WITH HONOURS ------------------------------------------------- NBNC 2607 CLINICAL PRACTICE 14 SEMESTER JAUNARY/ 2012 ------------------------------------------------- THE NURSING CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF CLIENT WITH PYELONEPHRITIS MATRICULATION NO : 880426565278001 IDENTITY CARD NO. : 880426-56-5278 TELEPHONE NO. : 0173127220 E-MAIL : zatil_qma@yahoo.com LEARNING CENTRE : PETALING JAYA
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M-45‚ Batch: C‚ Roll no.: 69-74 SCHOOL HEALTH CLINIC Boundary Road‚ Mymensingh Date of visit: 27/03/2011 Briefed by: Dr. Sahin Sultana‚ Medical Officer. PREFACE The school health program encompasses comprehensive health care (promotive‚ preventive‚ curative and rehabilitative) to school students in order to prepare them physically‚ mentally socially for entry into adulthood as a step towards achieving the goal of ‘Health for All’. The school health program dates
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REPORT: 26.10.12 Winterbourne View:- Care Home for Adults with learning disabilities and autism. Concern and problems were raised at Winterbourne Home on 1 June 2011‚ when footage was released of abuse‚ neglect and many more problems were shown and released to the public. Reporter Joseph Carey went undercover as an employee for 5 weeks secretly filming the carers and nurses in the home abusing and neglecting residents. The footage exposed abuse‚ gross misconduct‚ and neglect amongst other
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This literature review will be looking at an assortment of scholarly articles available online in order to investigate the effects of different kinds of chronic joint pain‚ their causes and different methods of treatment with varying levels of effectiveness and acceptance by the medical community. Chronic joint pain is primarily caused by arthritis‚ the common name for over 200 diseases and conditions that cause swelling and inflammation of joints and surrounding tissues. The most common forms of
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similar to ibuprofen‚ acetaminophen is used to treat many conditions such as headache‚ muscle aches‚ arthritis‚ backache‚ toothaches‚ colds‚ and fevers. There are other purposes this medication could be used for. Another name for acetaminophen is Paracetamol/APAP‚ while its chemical formula is C8H9NO2 and its IUPAC name is n-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanamide. Acetaminophen comes from its chemical name‚ para-acetylaminophenol‚ which is broken down into acet-amino-phen. Acetaminophen is known to have several
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Nicola Lamb CU1572 1.1 The following is a list of legislations that has direct impact upon the handling of medication within in a social care setting‚ The Medicines Act 1968 The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 The Misuse of Drugs(Safe Custody) Regulations 1973 SI 1973No 798 as amended By Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 The NHS Scotland Pharmaceutical Service
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Disruption A disruption of thermoregulation can potentially cause unbalance within the body. As referenced in Resource B‚ one of the cyclists called Sally hurt herself while biking on Day 4. She “clipped my back wheel and down she went‚ massive graze on the knee and nasty gash on her elbow.” (Resource B) Yet in Day 6‚ it is mentioned that among the hot temperatures‚ Sally was battling a fever and nausea due to an infection from one of her injuries. Fever and infection can offset thermoregulation
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R E S O U R C E U N I T Intermediate Outcome Criteria | Content | Teaching Learning Activities | No. Of Hours | Evaluation | Reference | After the one-hour lecture the students will be able to: a. Understand the health adaptation of pediatric clients b. Enumerate and differentiate the sequence of physical examination of various age groups. c. Identify the guidelines in terms of pediatric adaptation. d. Role play the proper sequence of physical examination in various age groups
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