alive by life-support machines such as respirators to help them breathe arid feeding tubes to provide them with nutrition. They are clearly more dead than alive and will never be able to live a normal life any more. For example‚ after Samuel‚ an infant‚ had swallowed a balloon‚ he stopped breathing. The balloon was removed‚ but lack of oxygen had caused brain damage and left him in an irreversible coma. Samuel was unable to breathe without the aid of a respirator‚ and there was no hope for his recovery
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hospitalized. They would run out of supplies and might not be able to replace them fast enough. “For pandemics with a lower attack rate and fewer cases (eg‚ 2009-like pandemic)‚ the number of respirators needed would be higher because the pandemic would have a longer duration. Providing these numbers of respirators and surgical masks represents a logistic challenge for US public health agencies.” (Carias‚ Cristina) The pandemic might go on for a long time. The US would eventually run out of medical supplies
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Assisted Suicide "Should Doctors assist their patient’s death? The doctors’ obligation is to provide every possible support during the process of dying. Do doctors have the right to hasten the process‚ when requested to do so? There has been a great deal of discussion over this topic for the past few years." For many years now‚ assisted suicide has been a debated topic of who believes in it and who does not. The Christian faith disagrees in the act of assisted suicide. "This
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life. Josephina is afraid of shortness of breath. After several weeks of improvement‚ Josephina’s health condition has decreased that had resulted in use of a respirator. Josephina is fully alert and aware of her medical condition‚ however has resulted with much frustration. Thus‚ this had led Josephina in wanting to disconnect her respirator and would like the social workers and nurses to respect her wishes. Josephina declines any further medical treatment. Josephina’s primary physicians have asked
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There is a chance the premature baby will be born with underdeveloped lungs and as a result‚ the lungs will not be capable of working on their own. At that point‚ the baby would need to be put on a respirator until their lungs are strong enough to work on their own. Even after being taken off the respirator and leaving the hospital‚ the baby will be at high risk of having breathing problems throughout their entire life. These babies are also more vulnerable to asthma and are at higher risk of SIDS.
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protection clothing and respirators‚ working closely to dangerous machinery. - Chemical poisoning in the plant was a critical concern. The lead poisoning level was much higher than the international acceptable level and it would definitely affect the health of all the workers. IMC did not alarm its staff about the consequence of over inhaling the lead and the protection action. It even restrained the contractors to get relative information and rejected to provide any respirator which was violating
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Physician-Assisted Suicide There is much controversy over whether or not physician-assisted suicide should be legalized. Physician-assisted suicide should be supported because terminally ill patients should have the right to decide whether or not they wish to die. Physician-assisted suicide occurs when the individual assisting in the suicide of a patient is a doctor rather than a friend or family member. However‚ studies indicate that many physicians are unwilling to provide their assistance in
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MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE SEVERE ASTHMA Dr DHANNURAM MANDAVI INTRODUCTION Asthma is a chronic lung disease with airway obstruction‚ airway inflammation and airway hyperreactivity to various stimuli‚ often reversible with bronchodilators and anti-inflammatory drugs. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 1)Extrinsic cause(IgE mediated/allergens) 2)intrinsic cause (non IgE mediated/Infection) Allergens leads to a) Early Reaction within 10 min Due to histamine; leukotriene- C;D;E ;PAF & bradykinin Mucosal edema; bronchoconstriction
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vegetative state. Her parents wanted the life support removed. After a court battle‚ along with religious doctrines‚ the New Jersey court sided with the parents and the life support was removed. Unbeknownst to all she lived for nine years without the respirator breathing for her (Ekland-Olson & Aseltine 1). Hospice or palliative care is an option available to patients that are at the end of their lives; but for many the medications are not effective. For many years physicians have allowed and even helped
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myself. The socks and knitted scarf were also a much needed surprise‚ thank you‚ and the birthday cake looked wonderful. However‚ as I was dishing it out to the lads the blasted Hun decided to launch a gas attack on us. In my haste to put my gas respirator on I dropped the cake into a puddle of mud. I’m sorry‚ I know how much love and time went into making it‚ but on the bright side the cat sized rats seemed to enjoy it very much! The Battalion that we have relieved in this new position had only
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