Medical Essay

Dexter is a 29 year-old male who visited his primary care physician due to severe headaches and feelings of lethargy. Upon examination nothing out of the ordinary was revealed aside from a low body mass index of 15 kg/m2. Unable to find any medical explanation for his symptoms and concerned for his extremely low weight the doctor referred Dexter to an eating disorder specialist. Dexter is the youngest child of nine children. He grew up in a large, tight knit Mormon family in rural Idaho. He…

is a 38-year-old female packer who sustained a low back injury after dumping a garbage bag full of foam. Per OMNI entry, she was initially diagnosed with low back strain. Per the medical report dated 07/12/16, the patient presented for her 6/6 chiropractic visit. She will continue her home exercises. Per the medical report dated 07/29/16, the patient presented for her 6/6 acupuncture visits. MRI of the lumbar spine dated 08/22/16 revealed L5-S1 annular bulge eccentric to the right and…

The profession I chose is DMS, which stands for Diagnostic Medical Sonogropher. There are several different specialties and directions within this career. One of the reasons I chose this career is for its growth and advancement opportunities. The main job responsibilities of my profession include operating machines that use sound waves to create images inside the body. Sonograms detect and diagnose illnesses, track changes in the body, and can be used as a map during certain surgical procedures.…

Medical Marijuana Medical Marijuana is known more by many street names. Marijuana should not be prescribed to patients by doctors. Physicians do not know if it actually works or not. Marijuana is classified as a schedule one drug (Doctors). The drug is not needed, there are far more other solutions to medical problems. In the year of 1937 marijuana was in the top three most prescribed medicines in the United States (University). This drug is one of humanity's oldest medicines used for…

patient. In the same vein, the process of implementing modern forms of communication such as text messaging and use of smartphone have also been impede by overly restrictive security policies. Although the idea of shifting from paper based Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) was meant to enhance patient care by booting efficiency levels, the process has often been marred by new privacy risks. The Characteristics of a Healthcare Security System Healthcare records are a highly precious commodity;…

there are side effects that people have to live with. The World Health Organizations estimated millions of cases for abortion each year that has so many records per day. People have many medical reasons for abortion some people are less controversial and some or more acceptable than abortions. Some of the medical reasons that are for abortion is life threaten pregnancy where women may need some treatment for their illness such as cancer, that sometimes damages there body parts. Poverty is…

This week's discussion board concerns that of quality in the operating room. The case of Forthright Medical Center: Social marketing and the Surgical Checklist is very interesting in that all of the issues that came about during the surgery could have been easily avoided if the staff was properly trained and made aware of the hospitals mandated new quality improvement initiative. In fact, the case was a little comical because of the "what can go wrong, will go wrong" factor. It was also…

Ramachandran begins his book with snippets of peculiar medical cases. The stories are fascinating because the brain is fragile, yet strong; damage to a particular part of the brain can lead to the expression of an odd behavior, yet the person can remain rational. Ramachandran (1998) expresses that these type of cases usually do not get much attention from doctors (i.e., neurologists and psychiatrists) and there has not been much investigation about the causes of their behaviors (p. 2). However,…

Medical Pluralism can be defined as the existence of multiple healing systems as well as the various options of healthcare within a society. Pluralism has always existed in health care systems and there have always been multiple practitioners to choose from and multiple ways of understanding health and healing. There are two recognized health care practitioners in South Africa. These practitioners are the traditional herbalist or traditional healers who specialize in more traditional remedies…

errors that are associated with patient misidentification (The Joint Commission, 2016). Many processes have been included into the pre-transfusion check list to prevent errors. The patient must state his or her name, birth of date, and if known their medical record number. After those checklists are obtained the blood is next. Two health care professionals must check and confirm that the blood matches the identification number on the patient’s orders, the blood type must match the patients, and…