When Hypothermia Sets In When the cold slaps your face and squeezes tears from your eyes‚ it could be the start of hypothermia. Nazi doctors calculated that a human can die when their body temperature drops to around 77 degrees fahrenheit. The lowest recorded core temperature in a surviving adult is 60.8 degrees fahrenheit (12). Instinctively‚ the web of capillaries on your hands constricts sending blood coursing away from your skin and deeper into the torso. Tibetan Buddhist Monks can raise
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anatomic location. B) b. ask the patient about risk factors for coronary artery disease. C) c. auscultate both the carotid arteries for the presence of a bruit. D) d. assess the patient for symptoms of left ventricular hypertrophy. | D assess the patient for symptoms of left ventricular hypertrophy. | To auscultate for S3 or S4 gallops in the mitral area‚ the nurse listens with the A) a. bell of the stethoscope with the patient in the left lateral position. B) b. bell of the stethoscope with
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successful in treatment of some supraventricular tachyarrhythmias including paroxysmal SVT‚ reentry SVT‚ multifocal atrial tachycardia‚ and junctional tachycardia. It can also be considered for rate control in atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter in patients with preserved left ventricular function. (www.drugs.com) When used in conjunction with ACE inhibitors‚ diuretics‚ and cardiac glycosides it can be used to treat New York Heart Association class II and class III heart failure. (www.drugs.com)
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CARDIO Tendon xanthomata: deposition of yellowish cholesterol rich material in the tendons‚ asociared with hyperlipidaemia. Eg on knuckles Xanthelasma: cholesterol deposits around the eyes. Corneal Arcus: deposition of cholesterol/lipid in the cornea. CRP : acute phase of protein produced predominantly by the liver in response to inflammatory cytokines Chest Pain on Xray: evidence of another cause of chest pain such as air in the mediastinum (oesophageal rupture) or aortic dissection
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Fluid Balance Explain in detail the fluid compartments of the body‚ including distribution of fluid and electrolytes within each compartment and the movement between compartments. In the average person water constitutes 60% to the total body weight.: 42L in a 70kg individual. 40% is intracellelular fluid‚ while remaining 20% is extracellular. The extracellular fluid can be divided into plasma (from intravascular compartment) and interstitial fluid intracellular fluid (28 L‚ about 35% of lean
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10 American Inventions That Changed the World From the mundane to the truly spectacular‚ numerous American inventions have changed the world. Here is a countdown of ten things invented by Americans that have become part of our everyday lives here and across the world. 10. If you find buttons quite a fuss as you dress up for work‚ then you have to thank Whitcomb L. Judson‚ an inventor from Chicago‚ for inventing the clasp locker‚ the zipper’s predecessor which was introduced in 1893. The modern
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1. | | | Uncoordinated electrical activity that occurs during an acute coronary event‚ preventing any contraction within the Heart is known as....? Answer | | | | | | | Ventricular Tachycardia | | | Atrial Flutter | | | Ventricular Hypertrophy | | | Ventricular Fibrillation | | | | | 1 points Question 28 Question 28 1. |
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Patient presented confused but conscious. Upon presentation in the ED he had left face‚ left arm‚ and left leg weakness. After MRI and cerebral angiogram‚ findings were conclusive to a right-sided embolic CVA. Echocardiogram revealed apical ventricular thrombus. Patient presented to ED on Coumadin therapy with INR at 3.1. Patient was not a candidate for thrombolytic therapy. He continued on Coumadin and aspirin 81 milligrams was added. Left-sided weakness resolved within one to two days.
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Cardiovascular The cardiovascular system is consists of the heart and network of arteries‚ veins‚ and capillaries that transport blood throughout the body. There are two primary circulatory loops in the human body: the pulmonary circulation loop and the systemic circulation loop. The heart is a muscular organ about the size of a closed fist that functions as the body’s circulatory pump. It takes in deoxygenated blood through the veins and delivers it to the lungs for oxygenation before pumping it
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upright in a chair. She has bibasilar crackles to her scapulae‚ and her heart rhythm is irregularly irregular. She has pitting edema bilaterally to her thighs‚ jugular venous pulsation to the earlobe‚ and bilateral infiltrates. An ECG shows a left ventricular ejection fraction of 78% with estimated pulmonary artery pressures of 50-55 mm Hg. Laboratory values are unremarkable. On admission‚ Mrs. K. is started on Lisinopril‚ 5 mg orally once per day‚ and given 20 mg of IV furosemide. She is also given
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