Carlie Fleming Mrs. Stanley English 12 27 October 2016 An Anesthesiologist Anesthesiologists are physicians who administer and determine what type of anesthetic treatment is to be used for the patient prior to surgery, as well as positioning the patient on the operating table in a manner that will be helpful to the surgery. Following strict medical guidelines, the anesthesiologist takes into account the patient’s current health, any medications they are taking, and the type of surgery that is being performed. While the surgery is taking place, the anesthesiologist monitors the patient’s critical life functions to make sure no complications arise. After the surgery is over, the patient’s well-being has to be monitored as the anesthetic wears…
The care of the patient is essential. When patients are experiencing cough, they should inform their providers about every symptom and give significant details…
Suctioning her oral pharynx was used to test her gag reflex. She did not exhibit a gag during the test. Anesthesia professionals attempted to place an oral airway however it was unsuccessful due to patient resisting it. Therefore, a nasal intubation was implemented. The patient did have increased bleeding after the trachea was intubated nasally.…
. Down’s syndrome is a chromosomal disorder that involves both a certain amount of physical deformity and some degree of mental retardation. 49 Esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula means that the esophageal passage from the mouth to the stomach ends in a pouch, with an abnormal connection between the trachea and the esophagus. As a result, food and drink pass to the lungs instead of the stomach, eventually resulting in suffocation unless surgery is performed to correct the malformation.50 Surgery to correct esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula is routinely performed with success, but the parents of Baby Doe refused to consent to the surgery. Shortly after Baby Doe was born, a hearing was held at Bloomington Hospital…
1. Describe the procedure/surgery and/or treatment and include associated complications I assisted in the care of two patients while in the critical care unit today. One of my patients was suffering from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, while the other was experiencing an outbreak of shingles. The patient with end-stage COPD was a 57-year-old female patient, who has been hospitalized for shortness of breath related to her COPD numerous times in the past few months.…
Due to the strain placed on the lungs, it has become necessary in most patients to perform breathing therapy. In this, a therapist must follow a procedure to make the boy or girl attempt to cough. Once the person has done so, the therapist will then extract the mucus that has formed (Abramovitz…
You should do inhalations with essential oils of rosemary or eucalyptus twice or three times a week, which would help you cleanse your lungs from contamination. You don't have to buy a special device for the inhalation. All you have to do is heat some water in a big pot, put a few drops of essential oil and place a towel over your head while you…
A potential ethical dilemma that I could face in my chosen advanced nurse practice role as a family nurse practitioner is a large family that disagrees amongst themselves over whether to continue their mothers care. The situation is this: A mother of five children, divorced for over fifteen years, enters the hospital after suffering a massive stroke, was found unresponsive yet breathing in her yard by a neighbor. EMS was called and she was brought into the hospital and placed on advanced life support. The primary ICU physician and neurosurgeon are in agreement that the patient will not regain a significant amount of brain function. It has been a catastrophic injury without hope of recovery.…
VAP can cost a lot of money to a hospital. Many steps can be taken to reduce cases of VAP as you mentioned in your post. Routine sub-glotic suctioning is a good practice. Currently, we are trialing two different kinds of ETT with the capability of sub-glotic suctioning. I am not sure how effective these tubes are.…
Question 1. A. AIRWAY– Maintaining a clear airway is always considered a high priority because the airway is essential for gas exchange. However, the patient has a patent airway (Ramkumar, 2011). The nursing strategy is to conduct an airway assessment “look, listen and feel” continuously to detect any changes.…
This building also includes a therapy unit for people who have had a recent surgery and need physical therapy during their recovery process, a unit for retired people who can no longer care for themselves at home alone, and a unit dedicated to people with a tracheostomy that require a ventilator to assist them in breathing. A tracheostomy is a surgical opening through the trachea. This is necessary for someone who is unable to maintain their own airway. The ventilator is connected to the tracheostomy which will then maintain a constant airflow for the patient to breathe. For the first time in my three years of employment at this facility I worked on the “vent” unit, as it is refer to it in the medical field.…
I believe that the most important teaching/learning aspect that the caregivers, both medical and family, needed to understand when caring for patient #17 was the concept of AND. To put it into perspective, it isn’t unusual for the elderly population to put DNR on their advanced directive – they are elderly and no longer want to be in pain/suffering. However, it is unusual to see a pediatric patient with an AND order. AND, meaning to allow natural death is something that individuals with chronic illnesses will put in their advanced directives. This particular patient requested that no chest compressions or cardiac medications be utilized in the case of distress.…
Asthma is a disease that affects lungs airways. A person with asthma always has inflamed airways. When something triggers symptoms, airways become more swollen and muscles around the airways tighten. This swelling and tightening causes troubles with breathing, and can trigger shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing, or chest tightness. For many people who suffer from asthma, symptoms occur when they do physical activity.…
Ethics Ignored for Henrietta Lacks In the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Henrietta was the victim of abuse from the health care delivery system. Her story is remarkable, but as a social worker reading her story there were many read flags involving unethical care to the client. The most disturbing part of the book was reading the consent provided on page 31 of chapter three. When Henrietta presented to John Hopkins Hospital to be treated for her cervical cancer she was given this consent: “I herby give consent to the staff of The John Hopkins Hospital to perform any operative procedures and under any anesthetic either local or general that they may deem necessary in the proper surgical care and treatment of: ____” (Skloot, 2010).…
Any time anything in surgery – not just sterile technique is not right, you must be able to speak your mind. The OR is not the time or proper place to keep quiet and tell somebody about it afterwards. You may see something that someone else on the team did not. You may see something that is the difference between life and death and you must know when and how to say what has…